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.

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.

Canada: Keystone Expansion

WorleyParsons Ltd has been awarded the detailed engineering, commissioning and construction support for the facilities of the Keystone Pipeline System expansion for TransCanada Keystone Pipeline LP.

Detla designs stainless columns

Australia’s first grain-to-ethanol refinery has begun production in Queensland, Australia with an expected output of more than 80 million ltr/ yr.

USA: nuclear plants in Texas

Toshiba Corp.'s US subsidiary has agreed to build the two new 1400MW nuclear plants for the South Texas Project, a nuclear power facility being expanded by NRG Energy Inc. and CPS Energy.

Willbros new projects

Willbros Group Inc.’s upstream and downstream segments have been awarded new projects, valued at USD 181 million.

USA: enrichment facility expansion

Parsons has been awarded a two-year contract by Louisiana Energy Services  to provide engineering, construction management, and construction services for the expansion phase of the National Enrichment Facility in Eunice, New Mexico.

Gulf of Mexico: subsea systems

BP has awarded FMC Technologies a contract for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea systems for its projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

Siemens automates SSAB facility

Svenskt Stål AB (SSAB), a supplier of steel plate products, has awarded Siemens a contract for more than USD 14 million for a Vacuum Tank Degassing (VTD) facility at its Mobile, Alabama, US, facility.

Medallion acquires

Medallion Resources Ltd has announced that it has executed, with privately held Romaine River Titanium Inc., an agreement that grants Medallion the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Everett iron-titanium property.

Franklin Electric buys Vertical S.p.A

Bluffton, Carolina-based Franklin Electric Co. Inc. has completed its acquisition of 75% of the outstanding shares of Vertical S.p.A for cash.