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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).

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Indonesia: LNG project

BP Plc and its partners plan to sign up liquefied natural gas customers by August in the USA and South Korea, allowing them to go ahead with a USD 5 billion project in Indonesia.

USA: Great River to build own power plant

Great River Energy (Minnesota) has rejected 31 proposals from 17 organisations for constructing a new 150MW generating plant and decided to do the USD 70–80 million project itself.

Indonesia: power boiler for pulp and paper mill

Aker Kvaerner's subsidiary Kvaerner Power has signed a power boiler contract worth more than EUR 40 million with an Indonesian customer

Sudan: Dodsal wins contract

The Dubai-headquartered Indian firm Dodsal Group has secured three contracts in Sudan, covering all engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities in the oil sector.

China: nuclear power project in Sanmen

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC), the operator of the country's three commercial nuclear power plants, is poised to start construction of the first phase of a 20 billion yuan nuclear power plant in Sanmen in the eastern province of Zhejiang.

Philip Cornes increases stocks of Alloy 825

Specialist nickel alloy distributor, Philip Cornes, part of the TW Metals Group, has increased its stocks of the nickel-iron-chromium Alloy 825, in response to market demand.

Norway: Technip wins Norne contract

Technip announces that Technip Offshore Norge AS, its Norwegian affiliate, has been awarded by Statoil a contract related to the subsea portion of the Norne Satellites Project in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.

Stolt wins North Sea awards

Stolt Offshore SA has announced the receipt of Letters of Intent for two contracts from Statoil ASA on its Norne Satellites Project in the North Sea.

UK: hydro-electric power station

VA Tech Hydro has been awarded a turn-key refurbishment contract of the Culligran power station by Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE).

Cladding contracts

Arc Energy Resources (UK) recently completed two fast-track weld overlay cladding projects for the Pembroke refinery of Chevron Texaco.