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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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Constellation Energy appoints Hyle

US-based Constellation Energy has announced that Kathleen W Hyle, currently senior vice president, Constellation Energy, will assume the role of chief operating officer of the company's overall commercial business and lead its new management team.

USA: carbon and stainless steel processing facilit

ThyssenKrupp has completed a number of milestones since a year after breaking ground on its massive steel processing project in SW Alabama, and is poised to start up the facility on schedule in 2010.

USA: nuclear fuel repository

The US Department of Energy has awarded a contract to USA Repository Services LLC, a unit of URS Corp. that includes Areva and the Shaw Group, to manage the used nuclear fuel repository project at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

Pure Nickel agreement with ITOCHU

Pure Nickel Inc. has announced that it has entered into an exploration and option agreement with ITOCHU Corp., a Japanese conglomerate. 

Canada: nuclear plant

Nuclear power-plant operator Bruce Power has announced that it intends to build a new nuclear plant in the small community of Nanticoke, Ontario, next to the massive coal-fired generating station that is slated for shutdown in 2014.

RTI project delays

RTI International Metals is delaying its expansion projects by up to a year in light of the current economic uncertainties and the overall short-term softening in demand for titanium.

Crocotta acquires Black Bore

Crocotta Energy Inc. has announced that it has closed the acquisition of Black Bore Resources Ltd.

TDW repairs subsea riser

TDW Offshore Services has successfully completed a key subsea flex-joint isolation operation on the Independence Trail natural gas pipeline for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. in the Gulf of Mexico.

Plantation pays penalties

Plantation Pipe Line Co. has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement safeguards in order to resolve a Clean Water Act lawsuit over fuel pipeline spills in three states.

Arab gas pipeline extension

Whilst visiting Syria, a Stroytransgaz delegation headed by the Chairman of the Management Board Mr Vyacheslav Makhonin signed a contract to construct an extension of the Arab Gas Pipeline.