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Stora Enso plans to raise newsprint output as part of a EUR 15 million investment programme at the Kvarnsveden mill in Sweden.

Japan's fifth largest steel maker Kobe Steel will cut 1700 workers in Japan, or 6% of its global work force, to reduce costs in an industry hard hit by sliding steel prices and declining demand.

AK Steel has said that stories recently published in metals trade publications reporting that AK Steel licensed a Korean steel company to utilise AK Steel's coating technology are patently false.

Sandvik Steel has recently received several large orders within the strategic growth areas of special tubes for the fertiliser industry and advanced tubes for steam generators.

Duke Energy North America and Duke/Fluor Daniel are constructing two power plants in Mississippi totalling 1280mw.

Skoda Trading, a subsidiary of Skoda Holding, has signed a EUR 4.3 million order for the reconstruction of the Kolubara A power plant in Yugoslavia.

Hydrogenics Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology, has announced that Nissan Motor Co. Ltd has selected Hydrogenics’ FCATS(TM) test systems to support expanding fuel cell research activities at the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa, Japan.

Sterling Tubes, a division of Sandvik Steel Ltd, has announced the appointment of David Harbon as Sales Manager for Ireland, Scandinavia and Canada with responsibilities also for new market development.

Skanska's Norwegian subsidiary, Selmer Skanska, has been commissioned to build the new Tyin hydroelectric power plant in Norway.

Irving Oil Ltd & Chevron Canada Resources are the latest players to announce their intentions to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal.