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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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Nickel helps save Leicester bridge

Metalock Engineering has been using its cast iron metal stitching expertise to repair and refurbish the Old West Bridge in Leicester, UK.

Zero corrosion

A carefully drilled 1mm hole in the rear mid-frame of a 12 year-old Duple 425 coach has provided rather unusual evidence of the zero-corrosion performance of a high-performance stainless steel.

Fluor wins S. Korea offshore project

Fluor Corporation has announced that its Fluor/AMEC joint venture has been chosen to provide operations, maintenance and production management services for South Korea's first offshore gas development project.

Big cable order set for Norway

Nexans has received a letter of intent from ABB for the supply of 165km of umbilical cables and 26.5km of submarine control cables.

Petrochem plant in Qatar

Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd has been awarded a contract by Qatar Petroleum for front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management consultancy (PMC) for a new linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant in Qatar.

Solent & Pratt wins Kristin contract

Solent & Pratt (Brecksville, Ohio, USA) has been awarded a contract by Statoil of Norway to provide high performance butterfly valves and actuators for the Kristin Offshore Platform Project engineered and constructed by Aker-Kvearner of Oslo, Norway.

Saudis gas deal close

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has said the kingdom expects to begin final negotiations with Shell and ExxonMobil on an estimated USD 12 billion gas investment at the end of this month after receiving what he said were positive responses from the two consortia led by the two oil majors.

Italy’s Edison unit wins Chinese deal

Italy's second-biggest energy group Edison has announced that its engineering and construction unit Tecnimont has won a USD 220 million deal to build a polyolefin complex, part of China's huge petrochemical project.

Osaka Gas investment

Osaka Gas Co. will invest 313.5 billion yen (USD 2.66 billion) in capital investment over three years starting in fiscal 2003, with particular emphasis on growth sectors, including electric power generation.

Japanese invest in Iran

Japan's National Oil Corp. is to invest in and provide a guarantee for a Japanese group's share in the development of the offshore Soroush and Nowrooz oilfields in Iran.