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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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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.

Guide to consumables for stainless welding

A new guide from Esab aims to provide the correct consumable specification when welding stainless steels.

Rouging Workshop at SSW America 2004

Several leading corrosion scientists/engineers who are very knowledgeable in the field of rouging have agreed to be panellists at the Rouging Workshop to be held at Stainless Steel World America 2004.

USA: CHP plant in Wisconsin

Northern Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp., has been selected by SC Johnson to engineer, build, and commission a USD 6 million turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) system.

Italy: Adriatic LNG terminal

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to conduct detailed design and planning activities for future offshore phases of the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the North Adriatic Sea.

Thin steel belts

Sandvik Process Systems is set to expand its presence in the conveying market with the introduction of ultra-thin steel belts.

India institutes new NID chair

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

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.