Stainless steel is playing an important role in delivering effective infrastructure to achieve water savings, securing a sustainable environment and future for irrigation communities in Australia.

Stainless Steel and Fire Resistance
Stainless Steel for High Performance Enclosures
Stainless Shines in Darling Harbour
Stainless Steel for 100 Year+ Design Life
Stainless Provides Strength and Style
Taking pride of place within Perth’s Optus Stadium Park is the Arbour featuring a stainless steel cable net canopy delivered by ASSDA Member Structural Dynamics.
Stainless Sustains Intricate Brick Facade
The Family of Duplex Stainless Steels
Stainless Steel Shines in Perth's Elizabeth Quay
Running Water
Stainless Steel Design Innovation
A Walk to Remember
Riverwalk Reborn
Local stainless companies get a piece of the mining action
ASSDA member Australian Pickling & Passivation Service (APAPS) and ASSDA sponsor Sandvik Mining & Construction have been central to the expansion of a coal export port in North Queensland.
Proven Strength in Stainless
Stainless Steel and Nickel - 100 Years of Working Together
This is an abridged version of a story that first appeared under the same title in Stainless Steel Focus No. 07/2012.
The Nickel Institute's director of promotion, Peter Cutler, and consultant Gary Coates, reveal some of the reasons for the continuing popularity of nickel in stainless steels.
Stainless steel is everywhere in our world and contributes to all aspects of our lives. We find stainless steel in our homes, in our buildings and offices, in the vehicles we travel in and in every imaginable industrial sector. Yet the first patents for stainless steel were issued only 100 years ago.
How did this metal become so desirable over the past century that more than 32 million tonnes was produced in 2011? And how does nickel, a vital alloying element in most stainless steel alloys, contribute to the high demand for stainless steel?