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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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Iraq project plan approved

The Coalition Provisional Authority and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have approved Bechtel's Iraq infrastructure implementation plan, triggering a major mobilisation of work in the project's priority sectors.

Woodside investments

Woodside wants to proceed with a fifth liquefied natural gas production train worth USD 1.5 billion on the North West Shelf.

Tobacco gains stainless production line

Belt Technologies has expanded production of stainless-steel tobacco belts.

Simulator simplifies control system retrofit

When Honeywell UK won a contract to retrofit an existing control system on a General Electric LM2500 gas turbine, it required a simulation package that had the power and flexibility to model the nonlinearities of a turbine.

Syntroleum launches GTL barge

Syntroleum Corporation plans to commercialise a small barge-mounted GTL plant.

Arc Energy revamps work stations

Arc Energy Resources, a specialist in corrosion and wear resistant weld overlay cladding for the oil & gas, petrochemical and process industries, is completing a comprehensive refit of the work stations at its Gloucestershire factory.

Clean valve launched in UK

To meet growing demand for clean valves, Flowserve Flow Control is introducing a new product range into the UK.

Check valves for high temperatures

Parker Instrumentation has launched a new instrumentation check valve to cope with extreme temperatures and high pressures.

Willbros wins EPC contracts

Willbros Group Inc. has won an EPC contract for multiple pipelines in the Lekhwair field area to be installed for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).

Thin films facility in Ohio

Cabot Supermetals will build a facility for manufacturing tantalum sputtering targets and high performance materials for use in semiconductor, optics, magnetics and flat panel display thin film applications.