EPMA personnel changes

The 12th General Assembly of the European Powder Metallurgy Association, held in Sweden on 3 May, was attended by over 50 member companies and approved a number of changes in personnel within the organisation.

Rautaruukki management group

The Board of Directors of Rautaruukki Group has confirmed the appointment of the company's internal Management Group as from 28 May 2001.

ALSTOM/CAF wins Spanish high-speed train contract

Renfe, the Spanish national railway operator, has awarded the ALSTOM/CAF consortium a contract for the supply and the complete maintenance of 20 Regional High-Speed Trains.

SynFuel gasification plant

Farmland Industries and SynFuel Technologies LLC have signed a letter of intent for SynFuel to develop a coal gasification plant adjacent to Farmland’s ammonia fertiliser manufacturing facility in Enid, Oklahoma.

Dynamet raises prices of titanium alloys

Dynamet Inc., a subsidiary of Carpenter Technology Corp., has increased book prices on most of its titanium alloys by 5–12%, effective immediately on new orders.

SNC-Lavalin wins contract in Turkey

SNC-Lavalin and a local Turkish company have, as part of a consortium, signed a CAD 120 million lump sum turnkey contract with Eti Holding S.A. of Ankara, Turkey, for the establishment of a pyrite burning sulfuric acid plant.

Texaco contract for rig off Brazil

Texaco Inc has contracted Houston-based Transocean Sedco Forex Inc's Sedco Energy rig for deepwater drilling in Brazil's Campos Basin.

New chairman for ISSF

Dr Helmut G. Hadrys has been appointed the new chairman of the board of the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF).

Posco receives prize for 2001 Digital Award

Posco is the winner of the Grand Prize for the 2001 Korea Digital Award, it was announced by the Economist, a weekly magazine published by the Joong-Ang Ilbo.

Mauritania strikes oil

British oil exploration and production group Fusion Oil & Gas plc has announced a drilling success offshore Mauritania and likened it to the beginnings of huge deepwater finds offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and Angola.