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Sandvik said Thursday it has been awarded a SEK1B multi-year delivery contract for steam generator tubes for the nuclear power industry.

   MAIN FACTS:

-Deliveries will begin during 2013.

-Customer is Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Equipment Co.

-The steam generator tubes will be used in nuclear power plants in China.

-By Stockholm Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +46-8-5451-3090; djnews.stockholm@dowjones.com