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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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Stainless-steel pressure gauges

A new range of Swagelok stainless-steel industrial pressure gauges accurately monitor vacuum and positive system pressures

Pipeline capacity expansion

Transwestern Pipeline Company is on schedule to supply expanded natural gas service to California on June 1, 2002.

Plexus awarded Shell contract

Grant Prideco, Inc. announced that its Plexus Deepwater Technologies Division has been awarded a contract by Shell Deepwater Services

New Syngas plant in China

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded a contract by the BASF-YPC joint venture for a Syngas Plant to be located in Nanjing, PRC.

Major investment in Brazil

Brazilian companies that use large amounts of electric power plan to invest 4bn reais (US$1.6bn) in generation projects over the next five years.

Stainless steel prospects

Latest output statistics indicate that the international market for stainless steel is picking up.

Stolt earns contract in Angola

Stolt Offshore S.A. announced the award of the $660 million Sanha Condensate contract from CABGOC.

Uhde awarded contract

The Hungarian chemical company BorsodChem Rt. has awarded Uhde a contract for a new oxychlorination plant as the first stage in the expansion of its production capacity for vinyl chloride (VCM) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Shell in bioethanol fuel development

Shell Oil Products, a division of Royal Dutch/Shell Group has purchased a $29 million equity stake in the Canadian company Iogen Energy Corporation, a world leading bioethanol technology company.

Clough wins gold project in Mongolia

The Clough group has been awarded a A$46 million (US$25 million) contract