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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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Kaminak acquires in Quebec

Kaminak Gold Corp. has announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in five copper-nickel-platinum group element projects (43,000 hectares total) located in the Grenville Geological Domain of southern Quebec.

Online stainless steel info centre

The SCI have recently launched an Online Information Centre for Stainless Steel in Construction.

Stainless sculpture takes flight

A stainless steel sculpture called "East Gate/West Gate" was lifted from the Indianapolis Museum of Art - its home since 1973 - and carried by helicopter along the White River to the IUPUI campus downtown.

Western Metal acquires Western Titanium

US-based Western Metal Material Co. Ltd intends to complete its full acquisition of Xi'an-based Western Titanium Co. Ltd by the end of June 2009.

GE opens Americas headquarters

GE Oil & Gas has moved into its new office building in Houston, Texas, US.

Severstal and workers negotiate

Severstal North America and the United Steelworkers will resume bargaining on a contract for 6000 workers in four states.

Stainless steel filter line

Parker Hannifin has introduced a new line of filter regulators, regulators and mini filters which are suitable for OEM applications and critical in-plant applications.

Canada: Kitimat FLNG

Teekay Corp. has made an agreement with Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. to jointly develop a project to convert the S/S Arctic Spirit into a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant to be moored alongside a pier near Kitimat, British Columbia.

Stainless steel embezzler sentenced

An ex-convict from Stillwater has been given a two and one-half year prison term for embezzling 15 sheets of 4in x 4in stainless steel from his former employer, the Victory Energy plant in Cushing, while he was working there as a welder in July 2008.

ThyssenKrupp reorgoranizes

ThyssenKrupp has announced that they will reorganize the five segments Steel, Stainless, Technologies, Elevator and Services into two divisions.