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Sterling Tubes appoints new sales manager

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 to build power plant in Norway

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

LNG terminal in Canada proposed

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.

Outokumpu may acquire Metso grinding mills

The US Federal Trade Commission has approved Outokumpu's acquisition of the grinding mill business (earlier Nordberg's mill business) from the Finnish Metso Corporation.

Generics factory in Brazil

Hexal do Brasil will invest R$ 108 million in a new factory for the production of pharmaceuticals and generic drugs in the municipality of Cambe, Parana, Brazil.

Electronic chemicals expansion in Korea

Ashland-ACT Korea Ltd has expanded its capacity for manufacturing advanced photoresist strippers at its plant in Pyongtaek, Korea, by 35%.

Hydrogen fuel system

Millennium Cell Inc., a development-stage company that has created a proprietary technology to safely generate and store hydrogen, has provided the Ford Motor Company a prototype Hydrogen on Demand(TM) fuel system for automotive application evaluation.

NOx reduction in Indiana

Vectren Power Supply, a subsidiary of Vectren Corporation (Evansville, Indiana), has awarded Black & Veatch (Kansas City, Missouri) the engineering & construction contract for three selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit additions at two different plants in Indiana.

World’s largest fertiliser complex

Qatar Petroleum Corporation (Doha, Qatar) and Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway)have approved construction of the USD 535 million Urea Unit and awarded Krupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) the contract to construct a massive urea unit in Messaieed, Qatar called "Qafco IV".

Ipiranga plans naphtha refinery

Grupo Ipiranga is intending to construct a refinery in Brazil in partnership with the Venezuelan PDVSA.