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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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Allegheny enhances South Carolina plant

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has announced a project designed to enhance the high- performance metals capabilities of its Richburg, South Carolina, long products rolling mill facility.

Technip-Coflexip to build Saudi acid plant

Technip-Coflexip has been awarded by SABIC a contract for the design and construction of an acetic acid plant in SABIC's Arabian Industrial Fibers Company Complex in the industrial city of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

LNG project in Timor Sea

Phillips Petroleum Co. has signed a heads of agreement to supply liquefied natural gas from the Bayu-Undan gas field in the Timor Sea to two Japanese utilities.

AvestaPolarit invests in North America

AvestaPolarit's US subsidiary, AvestaPolarit Inc. is enhancing its capabilities in stainless steel long products through investments in new capacity and a long-term hire-rolling cooperation agreement with Allegheny Technologies Incorporated in Richburg, South Carolina.

Lincoln introduces TIG 275 and 375

The new Precision TIG 275 and 375 units from the Lincoln Electric Company use Square Wave TIG technology to achieve a smooth, controlled arc and better starting performance.

Steel’s contribution to sustainable development.

The IISI has announed that Amory Lovins and Nicholas Grimshaw will provide keynote addresses at a major International Conference on Steel in Sustainable Construction.

“Virtual corrosion laboratoryâ€?

InterCorr International, an international provider of corrosion testing, monitoring and consulting services and software has formed a licensing arrangement with OLI Systems Inc. of Morristown, New Jersey. Under the terms of this agreement, InterCorr will be creating a “Virtual Corrosion Laboratoryâ€?...

Trinidad FEED award

CSO Aker Engineering Inc., a US entity of the Teechnip-Coflexip Group has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by BHP Billiton for its Angostura Development Project offshore Trinidad.

Timor Sea gas development

Phillips Petroleum Company, parent of Darwin LNG Pty Ltd and other Australian affiliates, has signed an agreement that enables it and its co-venturers to move ahead with the gas development of the Bayu-Undan project in the Timor Sea.

Crane Flowseal HP butterfly valves

Eriks has again extended its range of ANSI valves with the Flowseal high-performance (HP) butterfly valve of Crane Process Flow Technologies. Among the materials used are stainless steel, Alloy 20, Monel and Hastelloy C.