Carbon Steel Fittings

Important Points for selecting best carbon steel fittings

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Important Points for selecting best carbon steel fittings :

If you have a new industrial project which includes pipe installation, you would want to select best material for laying down the pipes, elbows, flanges etc. In this context it would be useful to keep in mind a few of the following points:

  • Evaluate the magnitude of the project
  • Understand the scale of the implementation
  • Enumerate the liquids or gases the pipes are going to carry
  • The desired age or longevity of the structure

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India imposes anti-dumping duty on steel imports from China

Anti Dumping Duty on Steel

India imposes anti-dumping duty on steel imports from China

The commerce ministry had recently recommended a $25 per tonne import duty on metallurgical coke (met coke) which is a key raw material for the steel sector. The commerce ministry had recently recommended a $25 per tonne import duty on metallurgical coke (met coke) which is a key raw material for the steel sector.
Several domestic Steel makers has opposed the anti-dumping duty. Secretary general of Indian Steel Association argued that such a levy of anti-dumping duty on met coke will have a cost push effect on the steel sector in India.Imposition of any such duty will cause the price of finished steel to increase by Rs 700-1,500 a tonne. Several domestic Steel makers has opposed the anti-dumping duty. Secretary general of Indian Steel Association argued that such a levy of anti-dumping duty on met coke will have a cost push effect on the steel sector in India.Imposition of any such duty will cause the price of finished steel to increase by Rs 700-1,500 a tonne.
Met coke costs have about tripled since January this year since the time the case was started and it is at present administering around $350 a ton, without any indications of subsiding. Met coke costs have about tripled since January this year since the time the case was started and it is at present administering around $350 a ton, without any indications of subsiding.
Domestic steel makers fear that Imposition of anti-dumping duty will further worsen the already bad situation by increasing the prices of inputs though sale realisations have remained more or less flattish. Domestic steel makers fear that Imposition of anti-dumping duty will further worsen the already bad situation by increasing the prices of inputs though sale realisations have remained more or less flattish.

Understanding Carbon Steel

THIS ARTICLE MAKES AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND CARBON STEEL AND ITS DIFFERENT TYPES:
Carbon steel is steel in which the main interstitial alloying constituent is carbon in the range of 0.12–2.0%. The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) definition says:

Steel is considered to be carbon steel when no minimum content is specified or required for chromium, cobalt, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, titanium, tungsten,vanadium or zirconium, or any other element to be added to obtain a desired alloying effect;when the specified minimum for copper does not exceed 0.40 percent; or when the maximum content specified for any of the following elements does not exceed the percentages noted: manganese 1.65, silicon 0.6, copper 0.6.

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7 oil and gas projects to watch in 2015

1.Another new Russia – China pipeline
In the wake of the $400bn deal Russia signed this May to sell its gas to China through the under-construction Power of Siberia pipeline, a second November agreement between the two countries may have not made quite as many headlines as it should.
The new contract will see Gazprom supply 30 bcm of gas a year to the Chinese state oil company CNPC, and it will involve more major pipeline work in Russia. China will receive its gas through a new 2,600km pipeline network called Altai, named after one of the regions of western Siberia it will run through on its way to China’s northwestern border with Russia.

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Low Oil, Gas Investment to Have Long-Term Impact on Supply, IEA Chief Says

OSLO—The International Energy Agency’s executive director said Monday that global oil and gas investments were expected to drop in 2015 and 2016, marking the first two-year spending decline in decades, and he warned of the long-term impact on supply.

“We have never seen this in the last 30 years, two consecutive years of investment decline,” the IEA’s executive director, Dr. Fatih Birol, told The Wall Street Journal on the sidelines of a Statoil conference. “This will have implications for the oil markets, if not tomorrow then the day after tomorrow.”
The IEA, the energy watchdog of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, has forecast oil prices will pick up slowly toward $80 per barrel by around 2020, as demand keeps growing and the current oversupply is gradually reduced.

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EN 10204 3.1 Certification Vs EN 10204 3.2 Certification

Looking for an EN10204, 3.2 Certification?

EN10204 is a Euronorm (issued by the European Community) specification that describes different types of material test reports and certifications.  The standard contains no requirements relative to actual material requirements.  The most common reference is to a 3.1 type certification (3.1 is the paragraph number within EN10204 that describes the content).  A 3.1 certification is simply the common mill test report that reports test results on the lot of material in question, performed by a laboratory (often operated by the mill itself) that is independent of the personnel actually producing the material.  Sending samples to an independent laboratory for testing to the ordering specifications will still result in a 3.1 certification.  It is just being tested by a second source.

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U.S companies Seeks Anti dumping duties on Indian Steel Pipes

Major U.S Companies dealing in manufacture , supply and export of Steel Pipes has urged the

regulators in U.S to apply anti-dumping duties on welded stainless pressure pipes imported from India.

 

Increasing Imports of Welded stainless pressure pipe from India at price lower than U.S markets from past three years
is turning out to be a big concern for these companies as the imports rised from 12,101 tones to 281 tons from 2012 to 2014

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WORLD NEWS: CHINA AND RUSSIA BEGIN WORK ON POWER OF SERBIA PIPELINE

Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have confirmed that construction is underway on the 4,000-km Power of Serbia Pipeline that will deliver up to 38 Bcma of gas to China.The first joint of pipe for the Chinese sector of the project was recently welded near the city of Heibe in the northern Heilongjiang Province bordering Russia, according to CNPC. Russia started building its section of the 2,500-mile eastern route last year. The pipeline is due to become fully operational in late 2017.

An oil pipeline project from Raxaul

An oil pipeline project from Raxaul, India, to Amlekhgunj, Nepal, has been approved for construction and signed by the Cabinet. The pipeline will supply petrol, diesel and ATF to the Himalayan Kingdom. Aug 16, 2015.