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Tenaris played a key role in Brava Energia's successful completion of its first two casing drilling projects in the Alto do Rodrigues Field, located in Brazil's Potiguar Basin. With Tenaris's technical support, two…
The Brazilian government has extended its steel import quota system for another year to safeguard the domestic industry from unfair competition. The system, introduced by the Foreign Trade Chamber (Camex) in 2023, sets…
Beumer Group South America has secured two contracts from Gerdau S.A. to supply new stockyard equipment to the Gerdau Acominas steel plant in Ouro Branco, Brazil. The scope includes a bridge-type bucket wheel reclaimer…
Vallourec, a global leader in premium seamless tubular solutions, has secured a major contract with Allseas to supply line pipes for the Buzios 10 offshore project, operated by Petrobras. The deal covers nearly 18,000…
Tubacex has secured a EUR 40 mln (USD 41.2 mln) contract from Brazil's Petrobras to supply premium materials for gas extraction operations. This deal strengthens Tubacex's role as a key supplier of corrosion-resistant…
ArcelorMittal's Tubarao unit, located in the metropolitan region of Vitoria, Brazil, is a key player in special steel plate production in Latin America. Recently, SMS group completed the revamp of the suspension system…
Tenaris has completed the production of steel pipes for Equinor's Raia offshore gas pipeline project at its welded mill in Pindamonhangaba, Brazil. The Raia project involves the construction of a 200-kilometer subsea…
Tenaris has been awarded a contract by Subsea7 to supply pipes and coating solutions for Petrobras' Buzios 9 project in Brazil's Santos Basin. Located 180 km (112 miles) offshore Rio de Janeiro, the Buzios Field lies at…
JFE Corporation, in partnership with Megatec Corporation, has secured an order from Gerdau for hot repair engineering services on the coke battery at Gerdau's Ouro Branco plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. This hot repair…
Tubacex has secured a strategic contract with Petrobras for the Sepia-2 and Atapu-2 offshore gas projects in Brazil. Valued at EUR 64.5 mln (USD 70.4 mln), this agreement reinforces Tubacex's position as a leading…
Ternium and Petrobras have signed a contract to supply natural gas to Ternium's unit in Rio de Janeiro, marking the company's shift from the captive market to the free market in the state. Under this agreement…
Vallourec, a global leader in premium seamless tubular solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100pct of the shares of Thermotite do Brasil Ltda., a subsidiary of Mattr specializing in thermal insulation…
Brazilian steel producer CSN has signed a contract with Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil giant, to supply natural gas to its Rio de Janeiro plant. This agreement marks CSN's transition to the free natural gas market…
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale and Midrex Technologies, Inc. have signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to advance the use of iron ore briquettes in direct reduction plants, aiming to support steelmaking…
Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (Secex) has officially launched an anti-dumping investigation into cold rolled flat steel imports from China, according to a recent notification. The investigation, initiated…
ArcelorMittal Brazil has signed contracts for two solar energy projects totaling 465 MW, which will cover 14pct of its current electricity needs. The first project, a 200 MW solar plant in Bahia, is a joint venture with…
Vallourec, a global leader in premium tubular solutions, has secured approvals from Brazil's state environmental authority (COPAM) and federal mining regulator (ANM) to proceed with the first phase extension of its Pau…
Vallourec has won two major orders to supply line pipes for phases 6 and 8 of the Buzios oil field development operated by Petrobras. These orders are in addition to the contract previously won for phase 7, representing…
Vale announced a partnership with Wabtec Corporation to advance the decarbonization of the company's rail operations. The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to…
Brazilian steel producer Usiminas has recently granted the provisional acceptance certificate (PAC) to Primetals Technologies for the modernization of Usiminas’ welding machine at a steel plant in the city of Ipatinga…
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