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Air Liquide invests in new ASU in China  

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec; Beijing, China; www.sinopec.com.cn) have agreed on the supply of gaseous oxygen and nitrogen to Maoming branch of Sinopec (MPCC) 200,000-Nm3/h coal-to-hydrogen project and existing refinery in Maoming, Guangdong…

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AkzoNobel to invest  €45 million in DCP plant at Ningbo  

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced its intention to invest €45 million in a new dicumyl peroxide (DCP) plant at its Ningbo multi-site in China to meet a growing local, regional and global demand. Widely used as cross-linking agent…

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Outotec to deliver copper smelting and converting technology to China  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Guangxi Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metals Co. for the design and delivery of a greenfield copper production plant to be built in the Fangchenggang port area near Bei Hai in Southern…

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Praxair to supply new Uruguayan pulp mil  

Praxair Uruguay, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen to a new pulp mill complex being built in Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The new facility will be…

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Japanese firms plan large fertilizer plant in Angola

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), Sojitz Corp. (Tokyo; www.sojitz.com), Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp), entered into an Early Work Agreement covering a portion of the engineering work (basic design, preparation…

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Bechtel awarded $3.9-billion contract for Sabine Pass LNG expansion  

Bechtel Corp. (Frederick, Md.; www.bechtel.com) has been selected by Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for two new liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The project…

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UOP technology to clean natural gas on FPSO vessels in Brazil  

UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Modec, Inc. has commissioned a UOP Separex membrane system for processing natural gas on a new Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO is using the…

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Cristal Global announces TiO2-industry partnership with Outotec  

Cristal Global (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; www.cristalglobal.com), one of the leading vertically integrated titanium-chemicals companies in the world, has announced a “groundbreaking” partnership with Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com), a leading provider of sustainable minerals and metals processing solutions. The parties…

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Lanxess acquires U.S. biocide specialist Verichem  

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is strengthening its portfolio of biocides with the acquisition of Verichem Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.). As a result, the German specialty chemicals company will significantly bolster its position in the U.S. material protection market and broaden its…

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Siemens to acquire Vistagy  

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) expands its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy, Inc. (Waltham, Mass.), a leading supplier of specialized engineering software and services with emphasis on designing and manufacturing structures made of advanced composite materials. An…