Projects

This section provides the latest news updates on a variety of world-wide tenders, projects, expansions contracts and acquisitions for stainless steel and related products.

Mammoet wins LNG project on US Gulf Coast

Industrial lifting company, Mammoet, has been awarded the heavy lift and heavy haul contract for the Cameron LNG project in Hackberry, Louisiana. The multi-billion dollar project will be comprised of three natural gas liquefaction trains with approved liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity of 1.

Two million vacant manufacturing jobs by 2025

The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte are reporting that U.S. manufacturers will soon experience an even greater skills gap crisis than originally thought: Approximately two million unfilled manufacturing jobs by 2025, which is only 10 years from now.

U.S. extends call for stainless cone valve

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has extended its call for bids to provide a fixed cone valve to the Summersville Dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia (W.Va.,). Bids were originally due by April 9, 2015 but now the deadline has been extended to April 14, 2015.

Stainless cone valve needed for Summersville Dam

The US Army Corps of Engineers has issued a new call/tender for bids to supply a fixed cone valve to Summersville Dam on the Gauley River in West Virginia. All bids are requested by April 9, 2015.
Summersville is the second tallest dam east of the Mississippi River and was completed by the Corps in 1966 for flood control recreation and flow augmentation.

ATI elects new director

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI), the specialty materials and components producer, announced today that David J. Morehouse has been elected to the ATI Board of Directors. His election increases the number of directors to eleven.

FORTUNE names Fluor #1 admired engineering company

For the fourth year in a row, Fluor Corporation was given the top spot on FORTUNE magazine’s 2015 World’s Most Admired Companies in the Engineering and Construction sector.

FORTUNE’s Most Admired Companies list is considered a definitive report card on corporate reputations.

Eighth annual Alacero designing contest

The Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) has launched its eighth annual contest Design in Steel for Architecture Students of Latin America.

This year, participating teams will work on constructive solutions in steel (including stainless steel), related to community life and sports.

Areva wins angra 3 project contract in Brazil

AREVA has signed a contract with the Brazilian utility Eletrobrás Eletronuclear (ETN) for approximately EUR 75M to supply additional mechanical and electrical equipment to the Angra 3 nuclear power plant.

Enbridge to provide crude oil pipeline in GOM

Enbridge announced plans to build, own and operate a crude oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico to connect the planned Stampede development, operated by Hess Corporation, to an existing third-party pipeline system.

MDN to take advantage of high niobium demand

MDN Inc. is one of the very few North American companies targeting niobium production. Niobium is mainly used in steel alloys to create high strength low alloy steels (technically referred to as “High Strength Low Alloy Steels”), stainless steel and heat resistant steels.