News

Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).

Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.

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Allegheny/J&L re-organisation

Allegheny Ludlum Corp. is moving quickly to absorb the J&L Specialty Steel operations it acquired last month.

Stainless gauges

One For Instrumentation Ltd (Congleton, Cheshire, UK) has launched a new range of pressure and temperature gauges.

Stainless leak-free plugs

Lee Products' new stainless-steel AFO (Axial Force Only) plugs are designed to handle high-pressure, high-temperature manifold applications, such as those occurring in the petrochem and offshore oil industry.

Australia: Siemens to build power plants

Siemens AG has won more than EUR 460 million in contracts to build two power plants in Australia.

Fluor wins oil sands contract

Fluor Corporation has been selected by Canadian Natural Resources Limited to provide design services at its Horizon Oil Sands project in Alberta, Canada.

Estonia: pulp mill

Andritz (Graz, Austria) has been selected to supply all the major production systems for a new hardwood mechanical market pulp mill to be built in Kunda, Estonia.

Valves for flue gas

Stainless Valve Company (North Carolina, USA) has supplied two of its 48" Big Knife valves for flue gas application, made in duplex stainless steel 2205.

India: ONGC diversifies

India's ONGC is in talks with LNG suppliers in Oman, Qatar and Malaysia like to firm up its plans for setting up an LNG terminal in Mangalore.

New hygienic valves and components catalogue

The new Sudmo catalogue is now available in both hard copy and CD format, giving details of the company's specialist stainless valves and components.

Mexico: ICA Fluor signs contract with Pemex

AICA Fluor has signed four contracts, each for the fabrication of an offshore drilling platform to be installed in Campeche Bay in the Gulf of Mexico.