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Coiled tubing drilling at SPE/ICOTA 2009

AnTech Ltd, an engineering design and manufacturing company serving the international upstream oil and gas industries, has reported a successful showing at the SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition 2009 in Houston, USA.

Manufacturing cell for stainless products

Truex Inc., headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, US, has added a new manufacturing cell for stainless steel products, which incorporates three transfer presses, a cleaning line, and a bright annealing furnace.

Xstrata donates to Canadian research program

Raglan Mine has announced its participation in a large-scale research program that aims to further understand the dynamics and space use of migratory caribou populations in Quebec and Labrador in the current climate change context.

Probe and Noront form JV

The Directors of Probe Mines Ltd have announced that a Joint Venture agreement has been signed between the company and Noront Resources Ltd comprising 87 claim units located in the "Ring of Fire" area of McFauld's Lake, Northern Ontario, Canada.

AK Steel wins safety award

AK Steel’s Walbridge, Ohio, US plant of AK Tube LLC has received a Special Award for its safety performance from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, division of Safety and Hygiene.

New CR line

A new CR production line built by North America Stainless and supplied by Japan Sejal, is the fifth CR production line in the North America Stainless steel company.

Stainless flux-cored wires

Lincoln Electric has expanded its UltraCore line of flux-cored wires to include six stainless wires that provide superior weld performance on a variety of stainless steels.

Mexico: cryogenic plant project

ICA Fluor, the industrial construction joint venture of Empresas ICA, S.A.B de C.V. and Fluor Corp., announced that Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica has awarded a project to a consortium of ICA Fluor and Linde Process Plants for the construction of a cryogenic plant at the Poza Rica Gas Processing Complex in the State of Veracruz.

Metalloy 110 welding wire

Hobart Brothers Co. of Troy, Ohio, US has released its Metalloy110 gas-shielded metal-cored wire as part of its Tri-Mark brand of welding wires.

Landore reports on nickel deposit

Landore Resources Ltd has confirmed that infill drilling on the B4-7 deposit, located on the Junior Lake Property in Ontario, Canada, has confirmed the continuity of nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum mineralization.