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VAI UK to upgrade Columbus anneal & pickle line

Columbus Stainless, part of the Acerinox group, has awarded VAI UK, the UK-based subsidiary of Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau, a contract to upgrade the anneal & pickling line no. 2 at its works in Middelburg, South Africa.

Stainless steel road tanker

Nicrofer 3127 hMo, alloy 31, developed by ThyssenKrupp VDM GmbH, opens up new possibilities for the transportation and storage of hazardous substances such as sulphuric or nitric acid.

Faster production welding

Combining the benefits of laser light and MIG arc welding offers production welding processes with greater weld gap bridging, deeper penetration, narrower weld seams and lower heat input.

Sudanese refinery

China National Petroleum Corp. plans to invest USD 1 billion jointly with Sudan to create the African country's largest oil refinery.

BASF to increase DMF capacity in Nanjing

BASF-YPC Company Limited will increase annual capacity at its DMF plant by 10,000 to 40,000 metric tons.

Sandvik wins heat exchanger order

A major order for small diameter, seamless stainless steel heat exchanger tubes has been won by Sandvik Materials Technology.

Total issues Dalia awards

Total, formerly TotalFinaElf, has authorised the development of the Dalia oilfield, offshore Angola, and has subsequently issued contracts related to the development of the field.

JGC wins Abu Dhabi contract

JGC has won a contract for the construction of crude oil processing facilities in Bab, Abu Dhabi.

Snøhvit contracts awarded

Fabricom (Belgium) and Heerema (The Netherlands) have won contracts for deliveries to the gas liquefaction plant which is to be built on Melkøya off Hammerfest in Finnmark county.

2nd Inox-Red Metallurgy Conference

The 2nd Inox-Red Metallurgy Conference took place at the Acerinox’s Factory in Campo de Gibraltar (Cádiz, Spain) on 26–28 March 2003 and more than 90 people attended it.