July 2001 News Index
Foot-and-Mouth Hits Aircraft - Disinfectant Corrosive to Landing Gear NKK Weathering Steel 1st Choice for Bridges PPG Supports Coatings Development: New e-coat Center On-stream Corrosion Clogs Fire Defense - Sprinkler Fails & Causes Death Salamander Protected, But Residents Exposed - Longhorn to Restart 51 Year-old Pipeline $4.5billion Dollars Later, Scientists Turn to Titanium & Steel PUR Coating - the Cat's Whiskers for Bridges Sulfuric Acid Incident - Man Missing - Fears for Corrosion OPS "Definition" Saves Industry $3billion "Golden Boy" in Need of Rust Repair Ageing Pipelines Subject to Replacement Program in Wildlife Area Koch Pays $100m's in Pipeline Corrosion Lawsuits (and $10k's for Pipeline Safety Research) Florida Bridge Decay Costs Approach $39m and Trigger National Bridge Code Reform One Inspection in 50 Years & No Corrosion Monitoring - Pipeline Explosion Kills 12 Paying for Pipeline Leaks and Fires Cheaper Than Investing in Prevention O-rings Cost Manufacturer Up to $300million - Corrosion Causes Safety Systems to Fail Penn State Announces Superior Thermal Barrier Coating Technology Subaru recalls 180,000 cars in 'salt belt' $13 million Cleanup Costs - Lawsuit Pending Prudhoe Bay in News Again - Corrosion May be Cause of 200 Gallon Oil Spill Idaho to Protect Drinking Water Supplies - Spent Fuel Pool Clean-up Underway World War II Legacy has Ecological Consequences - Corrosion Could Destroy Baltic Sea Fishing Industry New Anti-Corrosion Coatings Anticipate Vast Market Corrosion's the Limit for "Skygate" Corrosion-free Materials Contribute to Economic Viability of Marginal Fields China Releases Five Year Development Plan for Metallurgical Industry CSIRO Puts Corrosion on the Map Contaminated Water Result of Corroded Pipes - is Council to Blame? Weld Defect May Have Caused Greenville Pipeline Rupture Alaska Oil Safety Questioned - Can Ageing Infrastructure Meet Demands of New Energy Boom? Treasure Island - Corrosion Causing Weakness to Bridge Quantum Demonstrates 10,000 PSI Hydrogen Storage Technology for Fuel Cell Vehicles Applied Materials Announces New 300mm Tungsten Deposition System 14 Foreign Ships Under Detention in the UK During June Ohio Company's Titanium Goes Golfing Titanium Facelift for Bilbao Museum 50-year Old Pipeline to be Rejuvenated - but Explosions and Spills Make Environment Study Mandatory FAA Wants Airlines to Fix Lap-joint Cracks on Hundreds of Older 737s
