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Sweetening at Mongstad

The Statoil board has agreed to the construction of a new sweetening plant at the Mongstad refinery near Bergen.

US stainless coalition seeks import relief

US producers of seamless stainless steel hollow products are expressing concern over imports of stainless tubular products and plan to confer with the Bush Administration officials regarding the situation.

CONSOL and Allegheny to build power plant

CONSOL Energy Inc. and Allegheny Energy Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding, to form a joint venture company to construct and operate an 88mw electric generating facility.

Gasmaster Industries orders new equipment

Powertech Industries Inc. reports that its wholly owned subsidiary Gasmaster Industries Inc. has ordered new automated equipment for heat exchanger manufacturer and assembly.

Semiconductor expansion in S Malaysia

Philips group of companies in Malaysia will invest some USD 200 million in the next four years to expand its semiconductor plant in Seremban, Southern Malaysia.

Egypt and Jordan sign pipeline deal

Egypt and Jordan have signed a deal to export Egyptian natural gas through a pipeline to Jordan as part of a 30-year agreement starting in 2003, Jordanian and Egyptian officials have said.

New line and mill for Acciai Speciali Terni

Acciai Speciali Terni SpA (AST), an Italian subsidiary of Krupp Thyssen Stainless with facilities in Terni and Turin, has brought a new bright annealing line and a new cold rolling mill on stream, increasing its bright annealed cold strip capacity by 80,000 metric tons per year.

Cold-rolled production put on ice

Cold Metal Products, Inc., an intermediate producer of strip steel, has announced it will discontinue full manufacturing of cold-rolled stainless steel effective immediately.

Special Metals brochure

Special Metals (Huntingdon, USA) has published a brochure entitled High-Performance Alloys: For Aircraft, Land-Based & Marine Gas Turbines.

Metal powder shipments increase in 2000

North American metal powder shipments hit record levels in 2000, reaching 562,633 short tons, according to Donald G. White, executive director of the Metal Powder Industries Federation.