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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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Taipower to build power plant

Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) will invest in an 800MW power plant in Changhua, central Taiwan.

Mexico: Mitsubishi wins power contract

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has received an order from Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), headquartered in Mexico City, for rehabilitation work at the Tula Power Plant.

Pure-screen filter range

Axium Process, specialist stainless steel fabricators, offer pilot plant test facilities for customers wishing to develop or enhance their product using any of the filters from their newly launched Pure-Screen filter range.

Italian water projects

Stainless steel is playing a crucial role in some recent water-related projects in northern Italy.

Norway awards licenses

Statoil, Hydro, Shell, Eni, BG, Gaz de France and ChevronTexaco were among 16 companies offered participation in production licenses in Norway's 18th licensing round.

Special Piping Materials Ltd

Special Piping Materials has announced that on 1 June 2004 it opened an office and warehouse in Singapore to service Asia, particularly Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Borneo.

Making money out of stainless

Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) has secured an order for supplying 200 million pieces of steel coin blanks valued at EUR 1.6 million euros from the French mint, Monnaie de Paris.

BHP set to win oil/gas deal

The Philippines is likely to grant an oil and gas exploration and development contract to a consortium led by a unit of BHP Billiton.

TIGER Welding Station

Orbimatic GmbH has released details of its TIGER tube and pipe welding station.

Axium offers test facilities

Axium Process, specialist stainless steel fabricators, offer pilot plant test facilities for customers wishing to develop or enhance their product using any of the filters from their newly launched Pure-Screen filter range.