Iron ore is traditionally pelletized using the binding agent bentonite to facilitate transport and handling.…

The research group of Yasuhiro Uozumi and Yoichi Yamada at Riken (Saitama, Japan; www.riken.jp), in…

A pilot plant will be established at the University of Newcastle (Newcastle, Australia; www.newcastle.edu.au) to…

Fermenting sugar is at the heart of many bio-based chemical and biofuel processes, but obtaining…

When coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) is converted to liquid fuel by the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process,…

Researchers at the University of California Irvine (UCI, Irvine CA; www.chem.uci.edu) have taken a cue…

A highly active nickel catalyst for performing cross-coupling reactions has been developed by the research…

  Strength with stress Shear forces usually break bonds in polymer materials, but a research…

A process from Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS; Edina, Minn.; www.dowwaterandprocess.com) uses a unique…

Lactose has been widely used as a pharmaceutical excipient, where the size and morphology of…

A continuous fermentation process for making biologically derived butanol from a variety of sugar feedstocks…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) is today officially opening its new €100-million Clariant Innovation Center (CIC)…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) plans to sell its Leather Services business to Stahl Holdings B.V.…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) says that Qinghua, the largest substitute natural gas (SNG)…

BASF New Business GmbH (Luswigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has entered into an agreement with the Dutch…

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has opened a new production facility for organic specialty…

Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) says it will establish a new manufacturing campus in Zhangjiagang, China, to support…

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) :JEC) announced today that it was awarded a…

EuroChem (Moscow, Russia; www.eurochem.ru), one of the world's largest fertilizer companies, today announces the launch…

WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) announces the recent award of an engineering, procurement and…

Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.com) has established Teijin Corporation (Thailand) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary…

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

Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and Quangang Petroleum and Chemical Industry Park Management have…

White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has started up a…

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by GS Caltex Corporation for…

UOP LLC (UOP; Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering…

Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded a contract by Sasol to supply its proprietary ethylene…

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com), and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., today announced…

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) says that its ICA Fluor industrial engineering-construction joint venture (JV)…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has signed an agreement to divest its Detergents & Intermediates business…

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China; www.wison.com), the largest private sector chemical engineering, procurement…

Cooper Valves (Stafford, Tex.; www.coopervalves.com) says it has acquired Accuseal (Houston), the leading manufacturer of…

Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and E.ON, one of the world’s largest power and…

Belarus-based Grodno Azot has placed an order with plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG…

Technology, engineering and project-management company Neste Jacobs Oy (Porvoo, Finland; www.nestejacobs.com) and dairy company Valio…

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded minerals-processing-technology orders by Grupo Peñoles for four…

Advent International www.adventinternational.com), one of the largest and most experienced global firms dedicated solely to…

Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has successfully expanded production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts at its…

Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has commissioned a new CO2 concentration unit at its Newcastle…

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced plans to build, own and operate a new…

As part of its ongoing transformation, Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has signed an agreement…

Ethanol is a widely used commodity chemical with several applications, including use as a solvent…

Chemical, pharmaceutical and related industries produce large amounts of wastewater in their production and cleaning…

Boilers generate steam using different methods to circulate the steam-water mixture through the evaporator tubes.…

Avoid delays, cost overruns and more with significant owner involvement   It is well known…