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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).
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Copper-cored titanium conductivity wire

Anomet Products Inc. of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, US, has released a full range of copper-cored titanium and nickel clad high conductivity rod, wire, and bus bar for high current applications in hostile environments.

Questek wins three SBIR Phase 1 awards

QuesTek Innovations LLC has been awarded three Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to design and develop new alloys for the US Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research.

Long-term agreement for Allegheny

Allegheny Technologies Inc. has signed a five-year agreement with Spirit AeroSystems for the supply of nickel-based alloy and superalloy flat-rolled products for commercial airframe applications.

Vale miners to extend strike

Vale SA workers are set to extend a strike at a nickel mine in Canada after a five-month walkout that took about 10% of world supplies off the market and pushed up prices.

USA: activated carbon production facility

ADA-ES Inc. and Energy Capital Partners’ joint venture ADA Carbon Solutions LLC (ACS) has announced that the US Department of Energy has offered a loan guarantee to ACS’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Red River Environmental Products (RREP).

Sandvik agreement with Cubex

Sandvik has entered into a dealer agreement with Canadian-based Cubex Ltd to market, distribute and support its underground mining product line including all underground drills, booster/compressor packages, ancillary support components, and water pump systems.

Taseko sells stake in molybdenum mine

Canada's Taseko Mines Ltd intends to sell a 25% stake in its Gibraltar copper/molybdenum mine to Japanese trading house Sojitz Corp. for CAN 180 million, sending its shares up 17%.

Shakespeare Nickel Mine to resume operations

URSA Major Minerals Inc. is planning to resume mining operations at the Shakespeare Nickel Copper Mine located 70km west of Sudbury, Ontario.

Diamondex settles with Canada Nickel

Diamondex Resources Ltd has reported a settlement of the Action brought in the Supreme Court of British Columbia by Canada Nickel Corp. against Diamondex, its wholly owned subsidiary, Nickel Bay Resources Inc. and Randy C Turner, President and CEO of Diamondex.

Self-clinching fasteners for stainless sheets

PennEngineering of Danboro, Pennsylvania, US has released PEM self-clinching fasteners for use in stainless steel sheets.