Tag: UK

At the Regional Forum prior to the Annual Dinner of the British Stainless Steel Association (BSAA), held on 9 November 2006, the Director, Mr Nigel Ward reminded delegates of the growth opportunities for use in the UK and reviewed the latest activities of the BSSA to promote and support development of the market.

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by npower renewables to provide engineering design on the new River E Hydro-electric project.

Citing an “extremely strongâ€? market and high mill loadings, the UK arm of Finnish stainless group Outokumpu has announced two successive price increases for cold rolled sheet, cold rolled coil, continuously produced plate (CPP) and quarto plate (QP).

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a contract to provide a range of services on a new hydroelectric power project in the Scottish highlands.

Plans to build a wave power station off Pembrokeshire have been unveiled. Backers hope to have what they call a Wave Dragon unit in the sea at West Dale Bay near Milford Haven in 2007.

Venture Production Plc has awarded Subsea 7 its first major EPIC (engineering, procurement, installation and construction) contract under their recently announced partnership agreement.

Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured two new-build contracts totaling USD 60 million through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel Verolme in the Netherlands and Keppel AmFELS in USA.

BG Group and its partners have announced the signing of the shareholders and other related agreements confirming their commitment to develop an LNG importation terminal at Milford Haven in Wales.

Nigel Ward, the new Director of the British Stainless Steel Association, has outlined some new initiatives for the Association to address the lack of growth in the UK for the demand of stainless steel.

In its latest special report, "A Profile of the UK Stainless Steel Market", the British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) confirms that since the early 1980s, globally, stainless steel has enjoyed an average annual growth rate of 6%, significantly faster than the majority of other metals.