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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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Saudi gas project in the balance

Saudi Arabia is unhappy with the latest responses from oil majors on three core ventures in its multi-billion-dollar gas initiative but has left the door open for further consultations.

Slovakian polypropylene plant

Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (Dresden, Germany)will supply Slovnaft AS (Bratislava)with a turn-key polypropylene plant.

US coal plant

ALSTOM has been awarded a contract valued at more than EUR 162 million by Santee Cooper, South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility.

Lovejoy FLA Series Couplings

The all-metal FLA Series gear couplings from Lovejoy Inc. feature precision labyrinth seals that retain lubricant and repel contaminants without rubber o-rings, for extended service and reduced maintenance efforts in high-temperature mechanical power-transmission applications most commonly found in steel mills.

JGC wins contract for China plant

Japanese plant engineering firm JGC Corp. has won a contract worth around 60 billion yen (USD 487.6 million) to help build China's largest petrochemical facility.

New turning machine

To cope with the increase in demand for its fastener products, Stainless Steel Fasteners Ltd (Chesterfield, UK) has invested in a new CNC machine at a cost of GBP 50,000.

Power at the mouth of the Rhine

InterGen has announced the financial close of the Rijnmond Energy Centre, a 790-MW natural gas-fired, combined heat and power facility located in an industrial zone of Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Nigerian chemical complex

The French Centre for Foreign Trade reports that the consortium Euro-Chem (Indonesia and Singapore) plans to build a methanol, ethylene and polyethylene complex in Nigeria, to come online in 2006.

Indian stainless producers keen on added intake

Indian stainless steel manufacturers are unhappy with the quantum of domestic consumption and they are keen that its intake and distribution levels reach the levels in the West, a leading business daily has reported.

From ethylene to propylene

Japan's Mitsui Chemicals Inc will transform its ethylene centre in Osaka into a propylene centre.