Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced that its three large air separation units (ASUs) in Hangjinqi, Inner Mongolia, for Inner Mongolia Yitai Chemical Co. Ltd. (Yitai Chemical) have come onstream. The world-scale facilities supply more than 9,000 tons per…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) to support future Ma’aden projects located within and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under the MOU, Fluor would…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com), along with Mitsubhisi Corp., Mitsui & Co. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, has announced the creation of the “Advanced Hydrogen Energy Chain for Technology Development” (AHEAD) initiative and the launch of the world’s first Global…
Ineos (London, U.K.; www.ineos.com) announced that INEOS Phenol is planning to build a world-scale cumene plant in Germany with planned startup in 2020. The construction of a new cumene plant will support customer demand and improve the security of raw…
Lonza Group AG (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com) has launched the latest addition to its current biological manufacturing capabilities. Ibex Solutions is an innovative biological development and manufacturing concept, coupling flexibility in facility build-out with fully tailored business models and leveraging Lonza's…
Indorama Ventures Public Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand; www.indorama.net) has announced the inauguration of a giant world-class fertilizer plant located in Nigeria, built by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Ltd. at the cost of $1.5 billion. Acting President of Nigeria Yemi…
Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com) has successfully started up Saudi Arabia’s first Polyols plant. This manufacturing facility produces specialty chemicals that go into the production of polyurethanes and specialty foams. The polyols plant is one of the last…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde-group.com) announced that it has signed an agreement with Wanhua Chemical Group, the world’s largest producer of isocyanate (MDI), to expand the supply of gas to Phase II of Wanhua Chemical’s Yantai operations. Under the…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract by Dorogobuzh JSC (owned by JSC ACRON) to provide licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) to revamp an ammonia plant — originally built by KBR — located in the Dorogobuzh, Smolensk…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is investing an amount in the upper double-digit million euro range in the expansion of its fumed silica capacities in Antwerp, Belgium. The production complex is scheduled to become operational in the summer of…