The research groups of Keiichi Fujishige at Tohoku University (Sendai, www.che.tohoku.ac.jp/~erec) and Daicel Corp. (Osaka,…

  Heap-leaching for REs Studies conducted by Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp. (Sierra Blanca, Tex.;…

The Circa Group (Melbourne, Australia; www.circagroup.com.au) and the Green Chemistry Center of Excellence at the…

Although several antimicrobial hydrogels have been developed in recent years, they all have one or…

The first commercial application of a newly developed process for the treatment of oxides of…

Last month, Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that it has licensed its proprietary adsorption-based,…

A team of researchers from Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novasep.com) has discovered and characterized the explosive…

Last month, Krohne Messtechnik GmbH (Duisburg, Germany; www.krohne.com) launched SmartSens, the first family of two-wire,…

Naomi Shibasaki-Kitagawa at Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan; www.che.tohoku.ac.jp/~rpel/) has developed a continuous reactor for making…

Two new coating products for sand proppants used in hydraulic fracturing operations in the oil…

Researchers from the group of Atsushi Fukuoka at the Catalysis Research Center of Hokkaido University…

Myriant Corp.(Quincy, Mass.; www.myriant.com) announced the successful scaling and commercial production of bio-succinic acid at…

Toyo-Setal Empreendimentos Ltda. (TSE), a Brazilian joint venture capitalized by Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba,…

Today, Nucelis Inc. (San Diego, Calif.; www.nucelis.com) officially commissioned its first, state-of-the-art fermentation facility. The…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Sinopec (www.sinopec.com) are considering the extension of their Nanjing…

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) chairman and CEO Jim Rogers and Tennessee Governor Bill…

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has formed a joint venture with chemical company JSC…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) has been awarded a significant contract comprising technology, engineering services and…

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract with Fujian Shenyuan New Materials…

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has signed a contract for the engineering, procurement and…

Ineos Nitriles (www.ineos.com) and Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group Corp. (www.bcig.cn) have today signed a…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Russian Copper Co. on the design and…

Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has completed and successfully commissioned the boil-off gas…

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has opened an office in Brazil to better service…

Lewa-Nikkiso America, Inc. (Holliston, Mass.; www.nikkiso.com) has recently acquired Integrated Process Technologies, Inc. (IPT), a…

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has entered into a technology alliance with HTI, a subsidiary of…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Global Oil Shale Group Plc. (London, U.K.; www.globaloilshale.com) have…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by NOVA Chemicals Corp. the detail engineering, and procurement…

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, has been selected to provide technology…

With three separate transactions, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany: www.basf.com) has strengthened its technology footprint in…

Technology, engineering and project management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Espoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and energy company…

With 418 exhibitors, AchemAsia has opened in Beijing on Monday morning. Until Thursday, companies from…

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany: www.lanxess.com) is focusing on the megatrend of mobility also in Brazil.…

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has started basic engineering for a production plant for…

Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN; Grand Forks, N.D.; www.northernplainsnitrogen.com)  leaders announced their plans today to build…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Minera Chinalco Peru…

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay) and Ineos AG Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) have signed a Letter…

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that it was awarded a contract by The…

Increasing production of crude oil from shale deposits in the U.S. and oil sands in…

Inline viscosity measurements can give continuous, realtime readings of a fluid’s viscosity during processing and…

Occasionally, direct fired heaters that have operated satisfactorily for long periods of time subsequent to…

   Polypropylene (PP) is one of the world’s most widely used polymers, second only to…

A variety of technologies, methods and best practices are available to obtain the lowest total…

Shell-and-tube heat exchangers are one of the most important and commonly used process equipment items…