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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).

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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.

Lukoil and Gazprom sign strategic pact

Lukoil and Gazprom have signed a general strategic partnership agreement.

CB&I win Chinese contract

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV has won a contract from Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex for a low-temperature liquids storage facility in the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park in Caojing, China.

Gazprom to build baltic pipeline

Gazprom has given the go-ahead for a huge pipeline project from Russia to Western Europe under the Baltic Sea, now seen operational by 2007.

Qatar to supply LNG to Philippines?

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez has revealed that Qatar has expressed keen interest to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Philippines in the near future.

Far Eastern hydro

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will invite the governments of China and Burma to jointly develop a multibillion-dollar hydroelectric scheme on the Salween River in Tak province.

Flowmeters overcome technology limitations

Krohne has introduced Optimass, a new family of Coriolis mass flowmeters, in a bid to overcome previous limitations in technology and opens up a wide range of metering opportunities.