Stainless dumping duties

On 16 January 2002 the US Department of Commerce announced the final dumping and countervailing duties on imports of stainless steel bar from France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

Conoco CHP plant in UK

Conoco Global Power (UK) Ltd has announced the go-ahead for a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant to be built alongside its Humber refinery in the United Kingdom.

Titanium alloys online

Three of the most popular grades of titanium alloys are now available at carpenterdirect.com(TM), the e-commerce site of Carpenter Technology Corp. Carpenterdirect has added CP Titanium Grade 4, Titanium 6Al-4V and Titanium 6Al-4V Eli bar to its online metals catalogue.

Egyptian LNG export plant

Egyptian LNG (ELNG) will construct and operate a USD 900 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant based at Idku, east of Alexandria.

Iogen to expand ethanol production

Iogen Corporation is preparing final touches on a pilot scale ethanol plant to demonstrate how ethanol can be produced from cellulose plant fibers.

BASF to increase specialised plastic output

Over the course of 2002, BASF intends to increase the production capacity of Ultramid® C, a polyamide specialty, by 15,000 metric tons.

Fire at Avesta’s Dutch tube plant

A fire broke out at an AvestaPolarit facility in Helmond, The Netherlands, on the evening of 16–17 January, destroying the tube production facilities and a warehouse on the site.

Blast-cleaning system

A large oil and gas exploration and production company has turned to Guyson for blast deburring expertise.

Appointments at Spectro

Spectro Analytical Instruments has announced the appointment of Mr Franzotto Hornung as Chief Operating Officer.

North Sea oil find “biggest in over a decade”

New reserves of oil found in the North Sea have been described as the biggest in over a decade, according to a report on the BBC's website.