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China: smelter construction contract
Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd has announced that it has won a contract for the modular construction of a nickel smelter valued at USD 153 million. The project, owned by Koniambo Nicke, a JV of Canada-based Xstrata Nickel and New Caledonia-based SMSP, is the world's first large scale integrated modular construction of its kind. The contract includes the construction of 18 modules with total weight of nearly 40,000tns. The largest module weighs 5000tns. Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2008 and be completed by the end of November 2009 in Offshore Oil Engineering's premise at Qingdao.
India: ferroalloys capacity expansion
Manganese Ore (India) Ltd has proposed to substantially expand its ferroalloys capacity. It has formed an equal joint venture with Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) & MOIL Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd to implement a new facility at Bhilai in Chhattisgarh. The joint venture would set up a greenfield unit to produce 1 lakh tonnes of ferromanganese per year. The fast-track project, estimated to cost Rs 400 crore, will turn commercial in the first quarter of 2010. MOIL has also finalised plans for setting up another ferroalloy plant at Bobilli in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. Once commissioned, the two projects will result in MOIL's ferroalloys capacity substantially rising.
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Possible natural gas pipeline
The Alaska House of Representatives has approved a state license for TransCanada Corp. to pursue federal certification for a 1715mi natural gas pipeline. The Alaska Senate has yet to consider and vote on the measure. The state's Senate must make its decision before 2 August on Gov. Sarah Palin's Alaska Gasline Inducement Act. The AGIA established state requirements for companies interested in building a pipeline. If the legislature grants a license to TransCanada, that still does not guarantee pipeline construction. A license would provide up to USD 500 million in state startup money for TransCanada to begin the lengthy, costly process toward federal certification for a pipeline.
Africa: subsea pipelines
Technip has announced that it has been awarded a major contract for the engineering, procurement of equipment, construction and installation of subsea flowlines. The contract is a framework agreement with call-off services in support of a major development program in offshore West Africa. Technip has signed the first call-off contract under the frame agreement with an estimated value of EUR 300 million.
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