Inco proposes 34% emissions cut
Inco Ltd has confirmed that it has been in discussions with the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of the Environment (MOE) on a programme to comply with a draft control order for emissions at the
company’s Sudbury Ontario smelting operations.
Aurora to drill Nickel Lake discovery
Aurora Platinum Corp. has initiated a second phase drilling program designed to test its Nickel Lake, copper-nickel-platinum-palladium discovery on the Foy Property Sudbury, Ontario.
Australia gives major project status to BassGas
The ASD 400 million offshore Victoria (Australia) BassGas project had been given Federal government major projects facilitation status, Industry, Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin has said.
Inco announces new head of Goro Nickel
Inco is pleased to announce the appointment of Pierre Alla as Président Directeur Général of Goro Nickel, a nickel-cobalt project located in the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia.
Saibos wins contract offshore west Africa
Saibos CML, a subsidiary of Bouygues Offshore and Saipem SpA, has won a contract for the Kizomba A Development Project in Angola worth about USD 230 million.
Stainless strainers
Nicholson Steam Trap, Walden, NY is offering a broad new line of strainers designed to suit most applications. Its line of Y Strainers line in cast iron, bronze, steel and stainless steel.
Chinese nickel company cuts back
China's Jilin Nickel Co. is to decrease its nickel output to about 4000mt in 2001, compared with an earlier target of 5500mt, because of the flooding of its mine in August.
Australian nickel ramp-up on schedule
The ramping up of Anaconda Nickel's 60%-owned Murrin Murrin laterite nickel-cobalt project in Western Australia is continuing on schedule, the company has said.
Stainless steel: future for architecture
The Lowry arts complex in Salford, UK, contains over 22,000 m2 of stainless steel manufactured by AvestaPolarit.
Modernisation of steam cracking furnaces
The Spanish company Repsol YPF has recently awarded Technip a contract for the modernisation of the nine steam-cracking furnaces of the Repsol Quimica ethylene plant located in Tarragona, Spain.