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    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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    India institutes new NID chair

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    The National Institute of Design (NID) and Jindal Stainless Ltd have instituted a Jindal Stainless Chair for Research & Product Innovation at the NID campus in Ahmedabad, India.

    Switching stainless grades can be difficult

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    Since the price of nickel doubled there has been much talk of substitution – using nickel-free or low-nickel grades of stainless instead of type 304 and other austenitics.

    Norsk Hydro awards contract

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    Norsk Hydro ASA and partners awarded a USD 35 million contract to Stolt Offshore SA to lay two 125 km, 6 in. pipelines in Norway.

    Brazil: nuclear contract

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    AREVA has been awarded a contract by Brazilian operator Eletrobrás Termonuclear SA – Eletronuclear for the supply of two replacement steam generators for the Angra 1 nuclear power plant.

    Harder stainless steel

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    Tanaka Limited of Osaka, Japan, has developed a plasma carburisation treatment that hardens the surface of austenitic stainless steel nuts and bolts.

    New powder metallurgical production method

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    Linn High Therm GmbH (Germany) has introduced a new powder metallurgical production method that allows practical use of foam metals.

    Russia: Expro wins Sakhalin contract

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    Expro International Group PLC has won a USD 60 million contract in its Expro Gulf Ltd subsidiary, awarded by Exxon Neftegas Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation and operator of the Sakhalin-1 consortium.

    Canada: acid plant expansion

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    UVK Corp. (Mansfield, OH, USA) has won a contract from Dofasco Inc. to expand the treatment capacity of an acid regeneration plant at Hamilton, ON.

    Long-term support for leisure flumes

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    Early in 2002, Advanced Metals International supplied super duplex steel AMINOX R 255 strands to replace corroded Type 316 strands used to support flumes in leisure complexes at Clydebank and Dumbarton in Scotland.

    Australia: Technip wins Otway awards

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    Technip has been awarded two contracts with part of the Otway Gas Project being developed by Woodside Energy Ltd in Australia.
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