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12 TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL May 2017
MagnaDense selected
for Mexican gas pipeline
Shawcor and LKAB Minerals have
signed a contract for the delivery of
several hundred thousand tonnes of
MagnaDense up to October 2017.
LKAB will supply MagnaDense (made
from magnetite, an iron ore product)
to Shawcor’s pipe coating facility in
Altamira, Mexico. Shawcor will coat
pipes for the Sur De Texas-Tuxpan
pipeline with a high density concrete
(concrete weight coating) containing
MagnaDense to ensure optimal anti-
buoyancy and seabed stability.
Sur De Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipe-
line is an 800km project that begins
offshore in the Gulf of
Mexico, at the border near
Brownsville, Texas, USA,
and ends in Tuxpan, Mexico.
“We selected MagnaDense
because of its outstanding
performance characteris-
tics, track record in similar
offshore applications and
confidence in the LKAB
Minerals logistics capa-
bilities and team,” said Henri Tausch,
group president Shawcor pipeline
performance.
The agreement was finalised by LKAB
Minerals CEO Leif Boström and Peter
Mörtlund, president of LKAB Minerals
Inc. Mr Mörtlund commented, “We
are proud to have a long-standing
relationship with Shawcor, having
supplied them in numerous projects
around the world. It has been confirmed
time and again that MagnaDense is
a high quality and consistent product
that meets the demands of the offshore
industry. It is used for both loose ballast
and as an aggregate in high density
concrete. That we again can supply a
project on another continent proves
that we are competitive on a global
scale and that our services and supply
capacity matches the high quality of
our product that we believe to be a
benchmark in the industry.”
LKAB Minerals – Sweden
Shawcor Ltd – Canada
Pumps, Valves and Pipes Africa 2017
Indutec is a large and comprehensive
trade show dedicated to all the
industries involved in the conveyance
of liquids, gases and slurries, eg
mining, manufacturing, oil and gas,
agriculture, construction, chemical and
petrochemical.
The event will be held from 17 to 19 May
at the Gallagher Convention Centre,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Indutec (Pumps, Valves and Pipes) has
been delivering a B2B environment for
the industry for over 20 years, with
2017 being the 11th edition, which will
incorporate new features and focus
areas to complement the trade show.
Features and events co-located with
PVP Africa will include:
• Watertec Innovation Hub: A content-
led space for introducing, launching
and boosting awareness of products
designed to contribute in solving the
current water crises in South Africa
• Petrotex Africa: The mid- and down-
stream event for the petroleum and
petrochemical industries in South Africa,
with the main objective of promoting
products and services within Sub-
Saharan Africa
• PVP Live Conference: A three-
day, high-level and informative forum
dedicated to the supply chain in the
conveyance of liquids, gases and
slurries
Three new sectors have also been
added to the event this year to expand
the market for suppliers: tanks, vessels
and fluid/gas storage solutions; comvac
(compressed air and vacuum); and PPE
(personal protective equipment).
dmg EMS Africa – South Africa
Leif Böstrom and Henri Tausch
Concrete weight coated pipes