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Quotas on specialty steel products would be the most effective way to deal with the current pervasive surge in unfairly traded imports, Carpenter Technology Corporation has said.

Data released at an international conference confirms that the South African stainless steel industry remains one of the fastest growing industries in the world.

Rolled Alloys has been certified by Rolls Royce PLC (Derby, UK), as an approved supplier. The scope of supply includes forging stock, sheet and bar products under the RPS 905, Appendix 1 specification.

South African state-owned exploration and production firm Soekor has been given approval to develop the offshore Sable oilfield.

Weir Westgarth and Weir Entropie recently completed delivery of the fourth Thermo Compression Desalination Plant of 2500m3/day capacity for the Private Department of His Highness Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Arc Machines’ 25th anniversary party, held on May 2001, with over 400 people in attendance was a great success.

In its continuing effort to reduce costs, Slater Steel has initiated discussions with the unions representing its employees at Atlas Stainless Steels (the only producer of stainless steel flat rolled products in Canada, based in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) and other parties regarding its operations at Atlas Stainless Steels.

Olympic Steel Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio) has completed a planned reduction in its total workforce, the second in its 47-year history.

Dragados Offshore, part of the Spanish Dragados group, has won its third contract this year at the Cantarell (Campeche) oil field in Mexico.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV, which maintains its corporate headquarters in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, plans to move its world-wide administrative office from its current location in Plainfield, Illinois, USA, to the Houston area.