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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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Saudi refinery and power co-generation

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded a project management services contract for two distillate hydrotreaters and power co-generation plants by Aramco Overseas Company.

Xikomba EPS awards

ExxonMobil recently awarded several contracts associated with its Xikomba EPS subsea development offshore Angola in about 4593 FSW (1400 MSW).

Sandvik supplies duplex to W. Africa

Sandvik Steel has received orders for nearly half a million metres of duplex stainless steel tubing, for hydraulic and chemical injection lines for subsea umbilical cables, for ExxonMobil's Kizomba project and the Zafiro project, both in West Africa.

New from Tyco

Tyco Valves & Controls announces the release of the Morin MRP & MRS Rack and Pinion pneumatic actuators.

Kvaerner wins orders from Europe

Kvaerner has announced that its Pulp & Paper business area has recently secured contracts to supply boilers, boiler rebuilds and fibreline systems, primarily in Europe, worth a combined total of approximately EUR 45 million.

Elastomers expansion in Georgia

Elastomers expansion in Georgia Kraiburg Corporation (Duluth, Georgia, USA), a business unit of Kraiburg TPE GmbH (Waldkraiburg,Germany), has completed construction and begun production of Thermoplastic Elastomers at their new plant site in Duluth, Georgia.

Iranian LNG export

UK oil multinational BP is behind plans to build a massive liquefied natural gas terminal linked to offshore developments in southern Iran to ship 8 million tonnes per year of offshore gas to India and the rest of the world.

Monomer plant in China?

South Korea's LG Chem is studying whether to build a vinyl chloride monomer plant in China to complement its proposed ethylene dichloride plant in Australia, a company source has said.

Iran-India gas pipeline agreement

A USD 3.2 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan is showing more promise with the expectation that Pakistan and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow the second week of September allowing studies for the pipeline to proceed.

Utility invests in China’s west-east venture

H share Shandong International Power Development has clinched two deals in Ningxia worth 5.26 billion yuan, enabling it to take part in China's ambitious west-to-east electricity transmission project.