Nickel Ore Inventories at Lianyungang Port Fall, SMM Reports

Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University have identified why ground stainless steel surfaces corrode more readily in chloride environments, a question long unresolved despite the known link between surface roughness and localised corrosion. Working with Type 304 in saltwater, the team found grinding leaves fine scratches that cut into manganese sulphide inclusions in the steel, deforming and cracking them and partly embedding them in the matrix. Pitting occurred only where scratches intersected MnS particles; roughness alone did not trigger it. Professor Masashi Nishimoto said damage to MnS inclusions, rather than disruption of the passive film, was the dominant factor. The findings, published in npj Materials Degradation, point toward revised grinding and surface-treatment guidance.

China's Wuhu Shipyard held a steel-cutting ceremony on July 21 for the fifth 38,000 dwt stainless steel chemical tanker in its series for Stolt Tankers, operator of the world's largest chemical tanker fleet. The order, signed in November 2023, covers 6+6 stainless chemical and product tankers, with the first batch due for delivery between 2026 and 2028; construction of the lead vessel began in July 2025. Each ship carries 30 cargo tanks built in duplex stainless 2205, is designed by Sweden's FKAB, classed by Lloyd's Register and Liberian-flagged, measuring 184.9 m by 32.2 m with a 16 m moulded depth. Chumber — correction below.

미국 국제무역위원회(ITC)는 2026년 7월 15일 브리스톨 파이프 앤 튜브, 펠커 브라더스, 프리머스 파이프 앤 튜브가 제출한 청원에 따라 인도, 튀르키예, 아랍에미리트산 용접 스테인리스 라인 및 압력관에 대한 반덤핑(AD) 및 상계관세(CVD) 조사에 착수했습니다. 이번 사건은 인도와 튀르키예에 대해 AD 및 CVD를, UAE에는 AD만 적용하며, 조사 대상 품목은 HTS 코드 7305.31.60, 7306.11.00, 7306.40.50에 해당하는 모든 직경의 원형 용접 오스테나이트계 스테인리스 라인 및 압력관으로 정의됩니다. 2016년 인도산 용접 스테인리스 압력관에 대한 기존 명령의 적용 대상인 제품은 제외됩니다. ITC는 8월 31일까지 예비 피해 판정을 내려야 하며, 상무부의 예비 판정은 CVD의 경우 10월, AD의 경우 12월경 나올 것으로 예상됩니다.