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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).
Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.
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LNG pipeline in Gulf of Mexico

DCP Midstream Partners and Williams Partners are planning to expand the Discovery natural gas gathering pipeline in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Sabine Liquefaction wins fourth foundation buyer

newsitemCheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (Cheniere Partners) announced that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Sabine Liquefaction), has entered into a liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS).

Cartwright elected to Raytheon board

newsitemThe Board of Directors of Raytheon Company has appointed Gen. James E. Cartwright as a director. With the election of Cartwright, the Raytheon Board is now comprised of 10 directors.

Nucor CEO wins AISC Robert P. Stupp Award

newsitemNucor Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Daniel R. DiMicco has won the Robert P. Stupp Award for Leadership Excellence by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC).

GE and SSF partner on Finnish power project

newsitemGE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a project development memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finland-based software and systems engineering firm Space Systems Finland (SSF).

How to get slow movers back on the fast track

Trading is one of the most important elements within the stainless steel industry. It has always been very internationally oriented and people working in the industry have contacts all over the world.

Excelerate Energy advances 7th LNG facility

newsitemExcelerate Energy has executed an agreement with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to take on the development and permitting of a floating offshore LNG regasification facility off the southern coast of Puerto Rico.

Solar energy facility in Arizona

Fluor Corp. has announced that Arlington Valley Solar Energy II, LLC (AVSE II), a member of LS Power Group, has awarded the company a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, as well as a separate contract for ongoing operations and maintenance services (O&M) for its new nominal 125MW solar photovoltaic (PV) facility located in Maricopa County, Arizona.

US wave and tidal energies have potential to power

newsitemThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released two nationwide resource assessments showing that waves and tidal currents off the West and East coasts could generate up to one-third of the nation’s electricity usage per year.

Shell Canada to explore offshore Nova Scotia

According to the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Shell Canada won its call for bids to secure the exploration rights on four parcels of deepwater land off the southwest shore of the province.