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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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Metal spray process

Inovati (Santa Barbara, CA) has successfully developed a low-temperature metal deposition technique, Kinetic Metallization (KM).

South African plastics plant

Sasol has announced expansion plans in South Africa, with the building of a SAR 2 billion plastics plant in Sasolburg, which will use natural gas from Mozambique as a feedstock.

Gorgan gas to gush?

Energy company ChevronTexaco is pushing ahead with plans to develop the remote Gorgon gas field off the West Australian coast.

NW Shelf expansion

Technip-Coflexip and Subsea 7 have announced that their Australian entities, Technip-Coflexip Oceania and Subsea 7 (Australia) Pty Ltd have been awarded a contract by Woodside Energy Ltd for the subsea installation part of the Trunkline System Expansion Project.

FWC to build petrochem plant in China

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its UK subsidiary has won the contract for the front-end loading and engineering package (FEEP) development for a world-scale integrated isocyanates complex in China.

GE lands turbine contract in China

General Electric Power Systems has won a bid to build gas turbines for a power plant programme in China's 10th Five-Year Plan (2001–2005).

Hydrogen facilty for ConocoPhillips

Air Products will build, own and operate a new hydrogen facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with a capacity in excess of 100 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD), to serve ConocoPhillips' growing requirements.

In Amenas gas project

BP PLC (BP) and Algeria's state-run oil and natural gas concern Sonatrach will begin development of the huge In Amenas gas fields in SE Algeria in early 2003.

Welding joint venture to be formed in China

The Kobe Steel Group, Matsushita Industrial Equipment Co. Ltd and China's Tangshan Kaiyuan Electric Co. Ltd. are to establish a joint venture in China to manufacture and market welding materials.

Natural gas field found in Indonesia

Government-affiliated oil exploration company INPEX Corp. has discovered a massive natural-gas field off Indonesia.