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Tube makingRaw mater ials for
Heat and corrosion
resistant materials
Hart bv, Netherlands, is a distributor of
heat and corrosion resistant materials.
The company supplies nickel, Monel,
Incoloy, Hastelloy, and titanium alloys
to the chemical, petrochemical and
offshore industries.
Complete packages of pipe, flanges,
forgings, plate, bar and fittings are
supplied to fabrication companies,
contractors, engineering companies,
and direct to the oil and gas industries.
Hart works together with worldwide
partners who specialise in these
materials, and supplies either through
its extensive stocks of material or, for
larger quantities and longer deliveries,
through major nickel and titanium
manufacturers.
Since the start of 2008, the company
has had an extensive stock range of
seamless pipe in alloy 200/201, alloy
400, alloy 600, alloy 625 and titanium
grade 2.
The company will be exhibiting at
the Tube China 2008 show, 23-26
September.
Hart bv – Netherlands
The benefits of
PVC pipes
SolVin, a leader in the PVC and PVDC
markets, was set up in 1999, whenSolvay
and BASF joined their competencies in
the vinyls sector.
In 2002 the company integrated the
polyvinyl chloride production activities
located in Martorell, Spain, which had
previously been owned by Solvay.
These activities comprise a 65% share
of the PVC and VCM production joint
venture operated with Atofina. SolVin
has operations in Belgium, France,
Germany, Spain and Italy, and has an
annual capacity of 1.3 million tonnes of
PVC and 35 kt of PVDC.
The company has founded, together
with Vulcaflex, Adriaplast and
Technometal, a joint venture for the
recycling of PVC wastes using the
Vinyloop-process developed by Solvay.
On SolVin’s website, it is possible to
download a presentation made by
Bruno van der Wielen, president of
PVC4Pipes, at the Plastic Pipes 2008
Conference in Moscow.
The presentation, titled ‘PVC: a reference
and a bright future in piping systems’,
looks at the five technical advantages
of PVC pipes: stiffness, durability,
ease of installation, fire resistance, and
environmental benefits.
The presentation can be viewed online
at:
newshp/0,,63796-2-0,00.htm
SolVin SA – Belgium
PVC4Pipes – Belgium
Mining rights to chrome ore deposit
The Cronimet Group, Germany, trades, produces and recycles alloying raw
materials for the stainless steel industry.
As of 1 April, a consortium of German and South African companies, headed by
the majority shareholder Cronimet Mining GmbH, has acquired the mining rights
to a substantial chrome ore deposit in South Africa.
The area is located in the Western Limb of the Bushfeld Complex near the town
of Northam. The Bushfeld Complex is home to some of the most substantial
chrome ore deposits in the world, with an average content of 48% of chromite
in its ores. Purchasing price and other contractual information is withheld. The
new venture has already been checked by the cartel authorities and has been
granted.
The new company, working under the name Cronimet Chrome South Africa
(PTY) Ltd (CCSA), will develop a reliable future supply source for the chrome
products required in steel production. Chrome is a product necessary for
stainless steel production.
It is expected that the geological model of the deposit will become available in
the third quarter 2008, and will be the basis for the mine plan. Mining will start
as soon as the mine plan has been developed.
The reserves will ensure a continuous supply of ores for the next 30 years.
The first investments of the CCSA have been set aside for the machinery and
production equipment for mining.
CCSA has reported that the company fully complies with the legal requirements
of the BEE laws through the participation of a Broad Based BEE as partner in
the company.
The Black Economic Empowerment Program is an important step for the
domestic political stability and establishment of long-term economic and social
development in South Africa.
The first goal of this legislation is to ensure the active participation of the
formerly disadvantaged population in the economy of South Africa.
Through the shareholding of trusts in CCSA, representing the population living
near the mining area, it is ensured that they take part in the economic success
of the company.
Cronimet Group – Germany
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