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of nearly 600 000 tonnes peryear of crude stainless steelwill rise to 900 000 tons by2005, which will make it oneof the five largest stainlesssteel producers in the world.

The BOC–TISCO jointventure was formed in 1996with an initial capital invest-ment of US$30 million. Thejoint venture entered into a 15-year agreement to supplyindustrial gases to TISCO.BOC has been investing inChina since the mid-1980s andis continuing the strategy thathas established it as the lead-ing industrial gases companyin the country.

In a second project, BOChas reached an agreement withGuangzhou Iron & Steel (GIS)for their joint venture companyPearl River Gases (PRG) tobuild a further two ASUs,adding around 400 tonnes ofproduction to its current opera-tions. Costing a total of US$19million, this new investmentwill come on stream by the endof 2004, supporting GIS’sexpansion of its steel manufac-turing operations in southernChina.

GIS is a major steel pro-ducer in China with an annualsteel production capacity of3.5 million tonnes. PRG wasformed in the early 1990s andhas three joint venture compa-nies under its management.These three companies togeth-er supply oxygen via pipelineto two steel sites, and bulk andcompressed gases to the mer-chant market within the PearlRiver Delta.

And in another project,BOC’s wholly owned sub-sidiaries in Suzhou have begunconstruction of new on-sitesupply scheme pipelines tomeet increasing demand forindustrial gases from key cus-tomers in Suzhou IndustrialPark and Suzhou New District.Coming on stream at the end of2003, the US$10 millioninvestments further strengthenBOC’s position in the Shang-hai/Nanjing area.

POWER GENERATION

BLCP POWERORDERS

COAL-FIREDPOWER PLANT

Mitsubishi Heavy Industrieshas been awarded a contractfor the construction of a1434 MW coal-fired powerplant by BLCP Power Ltd ofThailand.

The plant will consist oftwo subcritical pressure boil-ers and two 717 MW steamturbines, all to be manufac-tured by MHI. The plant willbe constructed in the Map TaPhut Industrial Estate in Ray-ong Province, approximately200 km south of Bangkok. TheNo 1 unit is planned to startoperation in October 2006,and the No 2 unit in February2007.

BLCP Power is an inde-pendent power producer joint-ly owned by Banpu Power Ltdand CLP Power Asia Ltd.Banpu Power is a whollyowned subsidiary of BanpuPublic Co Ltd, Thailand’slargest coal supplier. CLPPower Asia is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of CLP HoldingsLtd, one of the largest investor-owned power businesses inAsia.

DEMAG DELAVALWINS ��230MIN ORDERS

Demag Delaval IndustrialTurbomachinery AB hassecured power plant ordersworth approximately ��230million from Sweden, Greece,Russia and India.

The company will build aturnkey combined heat andpower (CHP) plant forGothenburg Energy, Sweden,and has secured orders for fourindustrial turbines from cus-tomers in Greece, Russia andIndia.

The CHP plant will pro-vide electricity and districtheat for the city of Gothen-burg. It comprises three 43MW gas turbines and a 141MW steam turbine. It will havean overall efficiency of 92.5%,and is scheduled to be opera-tional in late 2006.

Demag Delaval will alsosupply two gas turbines eachrated at 29 MW for a new CHPplant to provide power genera-tion for the town of Sochi inRussia. Contractor is JSC CityEnergo, Moscow, and the endcustomer is RAO UESR (Uni-fied Energy System of Rus-sia). The plant is scheduled tocome on line in the fall of2004.

The Siemens subsidiarywill also supply a 100 MWindustrial steam turbineincluding the instrumentationand control system and spareparts to Jindal Power PrivateLtd (JPPL) in the BellerayDistrict of India. In addition, ithas secured an order to supplyan 17 MW gas turbine to arefinery in Corinth, Greece.Technip placed the order onbehalf of the end-user, MotorOil Hellas.

WORLD’S FIRSTORDER FOR

REPLACEMENTPRESSURIZER

Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesLtd (MHI) has received anorder from Omaha PublicPower District (OPPD) for apressurizer and reactor ves-sel head to refurbish anuclear power station.

Pressurizer replacement isunprecedented, and the pro-ject is a global first. The pres-surizer is an integral compo-nent of the equipment thatforms the primary system inpressurized water reactors. Itcontrols pressure in the reac-tor to prevent coolant waterfrom boiling.

The equipment will beinstalled at the Fort CalhounNuclear Power Station located

30 km north of Omaha,Nebraska, USA. Equipmentdelivery is scheduled for 2006.Installation work is not includ-ed in the contract. The pressur-izer to be manufactured willmeasure 8.5 m in height and2.5 m in exterior diameter andwill weigh roughly 60 tonnes.The reactor vessel head will be2.5 m high, 4.3 m in exteriordiameter, and weigh 40 tonnes.Both will be made of low alloysteel.

The Fort Calhoun facilityhas a single reactor with anelectrical output of 492 MW.Replacement of its majorequipment is being carried outin preparation to extend theplant’s operating life by anadditional 20 years beyond thecurrently scheduled close in2013.

SHAW SELECTEDFOR NUCLEAR MAINTENANCE

SERVICESStone & Webster Con-struction, a subsidiary of theShaw Group, has been select-ed to provide maintenanceand modification services forfour stations in the NuclearNortheast fleet of US-basedEntergy Nuclear OperationsInc. The company expects tofinalize contractual arrange-ments by 31 December 2003.

The award represents anexpansion of similar work cur-rently being performed byStone & Webster at five unitsin Entergy’s South Nuclearfleet. Stone & Webster has pro-vided maintenance and modifi-cation services for the SouthNuclear fleet since 1996, andwas awarded a renewed six-year contract for a continua-tion of these services in April2003.

With the addition ofEntergy’s Northeast fleet, theShaw Group is now providingmaintenance and modificationservices to 32 of the 103 oper-ating nuclear plants in theUSA.