Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced that, together with its steel pipe pile joint corporation in Vietnam, Nippon Steel & Sumikin Pipe Vietnam Co., Ltd. (NPV), it has recently received orders for large volumes of steel pipe pile with inner ribs for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia. The order covering 18,000 mt of steel pipe pile is the biggest order received by NPV.
According to NSSMC, as there are many oil and gas projects in Australia, demand for steel pipe pile is expected to increase. NPV has already received several steel pipe pile orders for the Australian market, including this order. NPV is determined to actively develop its products for construction also in Southeast Asia and Oceania while further improving its foundations of production and quality management.