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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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Russia: Expro wins Sakhalin contract

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

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

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

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

Bahrain: LPG revamp

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a contract by the Bahrain National Gas Company (BANAGAS) for front-end engineering design to revamp BANAGAS's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) facilities.

South Africa: coal expansion

BHP Billiton's Ingwe Collieries Limited and Anglo American's Anglo Coal are to investigate a proposed expansion of adjacent coal resources in the Western Complex, South Africa.

China: Uhde to build HDPE plant

Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by PetroChina Company Ltd to design a polyethylene plant.

USA: power plant project in North Dakota

A Colorado energy company and another firm are applying for an air quality permit to construct a 175MW electric power plant near a former coal mine in SW North Dakota.

USA: ICA Fluor to build power plant

ICA Fluor has announced the signing of a contract for the construction of a combined-cycle power plant in Mexico.

Dirty duty motors

Baldor has released a new grade of electric motors for 'dirty duty' applications.