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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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Allegheny announces price increases

Allegheny Technologies Inc. has announced that two of its operating units, Allegheny Ludlum and Allvac, are increasing prices for certain high-value products.

Qatar GTL

Sasol and Qatar Petroleum have awarded a USD 675 million EPC contract to Technip-Coflexip of Italy for the construction of the world’s largest and most advanced natural gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant.

Deep lake water cooling project

Invensys APV in Canada has won a USD 3 million order for the supply of Paraflow Plate Heat Exchanger units from Enwave, the project owner and successor to the Toronto District Heating Corporation.

Bulgarian hydro

An Alstom-led consortium has won a EUR 15 million contract for rehabilitation of two hydroelectric power plants, Orfeus (4 x 40mw) and Krichim (2 x 40mw) by Bulgarian Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (NEK).

Cleaner coal plant

KFx Inc. and Arch Coal, Inc. have announced that KFx and Arch Western Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of Arch Coal, have reached an agreement to pursue the development of a 700,000 tpy K-Fuel Plus(TM) plant.

Technip-Coflexip wins German heat project

Technip-Coflexip has won a lump-sum turnkey contract, valued at about EUR 41 million, for expansion and modernisation measures aimed at increasing efficiency in two existing natural gas-fired co-generation plants.

Strategic group orientation projects.

An Arcelor study on the orientation of the stainless-steel segment will be concluded in April 2003.

Metso to supply China’s Sun

Metso Paper will supply a paper machine to Sun Paper’s Yanzhou mill in China.

Duplex valves for flue gas applications

The Stainless Valve Company has fabricated two 48" valves for flue gas application, made in duplex stainless steel 2205.

Welding consultancy

A new engineering consultancy specialising in welding technology has just been launched in the UK.