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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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Hard Bop an icon in San Francisco

The sculpture named Hard Bop, designed by Mr John Atkin, an internationally recognized artist, has been unveiled in Fillmore Plaza San Francisco as part of a regeneration project to integrate the space into a place where friends and the community can meet and socialize.

Canada: Deep Panuke wellhead contract

EnCana has awarded Aker Solutions a contract for the transport and installation of wellhead protection structures on the Deep Panuke development, offshore Nova Scotia.

USA: seabed seismic contract

SeaBird Exploration Ltd has received a letter of award from BP Exploration & Production Inc. for an ocean bottom nodes (OBN) seismic acquisition survey in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, USA.

Vista welding helmet line expands

Lincoln Electric has announced that it has expanded its Vista® line of auto-darkening welding helmets.

Fletcher Nickel announces resignation

Fletcher Nickel Inc. has advised that John Jakolev, due to personal reasons, has resigned as Director.

Goldbrook partners with Ji’en Nickel

Ji'en Nickel and Goldbrook have announced that they will conduct joint exploration work for a period of three years on the Raglan deposit, located in the northern part of Canada’s Quebec Province.

LNG plant begins production

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has started up its California LNG Plant at Boron, California, the largest LNG production plant in the SW and the first large-scale plant in California.

Kates aquires Alloy Metals and Tubes

Houston-based Alloy Metals and Tubes International Inc. (AMTI) has been acquired by oil and petrochemical executive Curtis R Kates.

Antrim drills well in Argentina

Canadian-based Antrim Energy Inc. has drilled another successful oil well in its drilling program in the Springhill reservoir in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Safety issues at Texas plant

A 36-page federal report detailing safety concerns and citations issued for the Delek refinery in East Texas, where an explosion in the company’s Tyler plant killed one worker and injured others, has been released.