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Thermo ARL, a Thermo Electron business has introduced its highest performance process control X-ray spectrometer to date, the ARL 9800 XP+.

The shareholders of Kenya Oil Refinery have resolved to inject 7.8 billion shillings to upgrade the facility.

American Electric Power (AEP) has announced plans to construct new emission control systems on Unit 1 and Unit 2 at the John E. Amos Plant at St Alban’s, West Virginia, USA.

Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET, based in Denver, Colorado, USA) entered into an exclusive license agreement with Kobe Steel Ltd on 16 May 2002 for the manufacture and sale of Kobe’s patented “next generationâ€? Ti 9 titanium alloy (Ti, 4.5% Al, 2% Mo, 1.6%V, 0.5% Fe, 0.3% Si and 0.03% C).

Parker Drilling Company has announced two new contracts for land rigs in New Zealand.

Outokumpu's corporate management will be streamlined to some 25 staff.

Russia's Lukoil is to invest USD 150 million in an oil product terminal at the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region.

Skanska BOT AB has acquired a 35% interest in a newly formed company that will build, own and operate the Breitener Energetica power plant in Brazil.

Iran is in the process of offering exploration rights to foreign companies and joint ventures for some new oil and gas fields in the Gulf and Oman Sea

German furnace maker Linn High Therm has acquired LENA Industrieofenbau, which filed for bankruptcy at the end of May 2002.