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Wood wins EPCM contract for Röhm’s new MMA plant in Texas

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has launched a significant digitally-forward project with Röhm, a leading methacrylate manufacturer, where project work will be fully integrated with state-of-the-art technology solutions provided by AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software. Wood will deliver engineering,…

FLSmidth acquires thyssenkrupp’s Mining business for €325 million

FLSmidth (Copenhagen, Denmark) and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany), a fully owned subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG,  have reached an agreement that FLSmidth will acquire thyssenkrupp’s Mining business1 (TK Mining) for a total consideration (enterprise value) of €325 million, corresponding…

BASF and Sinopec to further expand JV site in Nanjing

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and SINOPEC (Beijing, China) will further expand their Verbund site operated by BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BASF-YPC), a 50-50 joint venture (JV) of both companies in Nanjing, China. It includes the capacity expansion of several downstream chemical…

Nouryon signs CiD license agreement with PVC producer Shaanxi Beiyuan Chemical

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a five-year license agreement with Shaanxi Beiyuan Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (Beiyuan), a leading producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in China. Under the agreement, Nouryon will license its innovative Continuous Initiator Dosing (CiD) technology…

LG Chem acquires LG Electronics’ Chemical Electronic Materials business for $460 million

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea)  will expand its business portfolio by acquiring the separation membrane business of LG Electronics to become the world’s largest general battery materials company. LG Chem announced that it held a board of directors meeting…

HollyFrontier to combine with Sinclair Oil, forming new public company

HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) and Holly Energy Partners, L.P. announced that they have entered into definitive agreements under which HollyFrontier and HEP will acquire Sinclair Oil Corp. and Sinclair Transportation Company from The Sinclair Companies. Under the terms of HollyFrontier’s…

Yara to sell Brazil phosphate project to EuroChem for $410 million

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with Eurochem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland) to sell its Salitre phosphate mining project for a cash consideration of $410 million. Yara’s ongoing transformation has a strategic focus on food…

KBR and Petron Scientech to license production technologies for renewable chemicals

KBR, Inc. (Houston) and Petron Scientech Inc. (PSI) announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to license differentiated, energy-efficient, and sustainable technologies for renewable chemicals production. Under this agreement, KBR will be the exclusive licensor for PSI's Ethylene Oxide…

McDermott receives mechanical-completion certificate for work on GCGV mono-ethylene glycol facility

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) and CTCI announced that their joint venture has received the mechanical completion certificate for Gulf Coast Growth Ventures' (GCGV) Mono-Ethylene Glycol (MEG) facility located in Gregory, Texas. "Congratulations to the joint venture project teams of McDermott…

PPG completes $15-million expansion at California manufacturing facility

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced the completion of a $15-million investment at its Sylmar, California manufacturing facility to expand the development and production of aircraft transparency technologies for military aviation programs, including canopy transparencies for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets. As…