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Future of Atlas Stainless in the balance

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 reduces workforce

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

CB&I to relocate

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.

Clough awarded new Thai contracts

Through its strategic alliance with Unocal Thailand Ltd and Unithai Shipyard and Engineering Ltd, the Clough Group has been awarded its second tranche of contracts in seven months to design and build wellhead platforms and subsea pipelines for Unocal in the Gulf of Thailand.

El Paso to build gas plant in Wisconsin

El Paso Merchant Energy is planning to build a gas-fired power plant in Muskego, Wisconsin. No details on the size or cost of the plant has been released. The company has given the city of Muskego a USD 20,000 developer's deposit.

Positive signals from ACHEMASIA 2001

The fifth ACHEMASIA International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology took place in Beijing, China, from 8 to 12 May 2001.

Direct FuelCell power plants in Asia

FuelCell Energy Inc. (USA) and Marubeni Corporation (Japan) have agreed to generate at least 45mw in Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plant orders, while providing the necessary infrastructure for successfully launching the product in Japan and Asia.

Russel Metals sells energy operation

Russel Metals has sold Total Distributors Supply Corporation, its Tulsa-based energy sector operation specialising in the distribution of heat exchanger tubing products, to a private investor for CAD 9.6 million.

Gas terminal for Irish West Coast

An AMEC-led joint venture has secured an GBP 100 million contract to design and build a gas terminal on the West Coast of Ireland for Enterprise Energy Ireland, a subsidiary of Enterprise Oil PLC.

Titanium producer wins ISO-9002 certification

Vulcanium Metals International, a division of Vulcanium® Corporation, has been awarded ISO-9002 certification.