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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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Titanium for Airbus

Kobe Steel Ltd will begun supplying titanium for use in Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 aircraft engine, developed for the Airbus A380.

Egypt: LUKoil moving in

LUKoil will boost spending on Egyptian oil and gas projects to compete for market share in Africa with BP and Royal Dutch/Shell.

Fine Tubes appointment

Fine Tubes, the UK based manufacturer of seamless, welded and drawn stainless steel, nickel and titanium alloy tubes, has announced the senior appointment of Dr Steve McCoy to the position of Oil & Gas Marketing Manager.

New source for nuclear welding supplies

Techalloy Company, a 50-year-old manufacturer of stainless steel and nickel alloy welding wire and rods, has formed a strategic alliance with newly formed nexArc Inc., headquartered in Millville, PA.

OMB awarded Sakhalin II LNG package

The joint venture of Chiyoda and Toyo Engineering, together with their Russian partner companies, the KhimEnergo Consortium and NIPIgaspererabotka, has awarded OMB Valves the order to supply all forged steel valves for the Sakhalin II Liquefied Natural Gas plant.

Yusco to start stainless project by 2005

Taiwanese stainless steel giant Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco) expects to start its 2.4 million mt/year hot-rolled stainless steel project and 800,000mt/year steel smelting project in Huangpu district in China's Guangzhou city by the end of 2008.

Reducing fuel consumption

A lightweight valve made from a nickel alloy has won first prize in the "Steel in Research and Development" category of the 2003 Steel Innovation Prize.

Libya: Shell signs agreement

Shell Libya Petroleum Development BV has signed a heads of agreement with Libyan National Oil Corp. establishing a long-term strategic partnership that could lead to the development of integrated upstream projects to enhance Libya's oil and gas production and its LNG export capacity.

Belgium: Ineos Phenol to expand

Ineos Phenol, the world's largest producer and marketer of phenol and acetone, will expand its Antwerp production facility.

Severe service needle valves

Enhancing their already extensive range of instrument needle valves, Oliver Valves now has a family of power industry and steam plant valves to ASME B31.1 Power Piping Code.