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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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Kitz to include wider range of alloys

Kitz Corporation has announced that its integrated production system will include a host of additional stainless steel and high-alloy steel valve castings.

Well services offshore Brazil

BJ Tubular Services has won a contract from Schlumberger Servicos de Petroleo Ltda to provide a range of tubular well services offshore Brazil on behalf of Petrobras.

Stainless steel clamps

Increasingly rigorous operating and cleaning environments demand that stainless steel fittings and process components are produced to higher material specifications.

Abu Dhabi power and desalination

An alliance of three British and Japanese companies have won a USD 2.2 billion contract for the construction of a power generation and water desalination plant in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Offshore sampling

A Jiskoot fastloop sampling system has been selected for installation at a Shell offshore platform in Malaysia.

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.