Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract with Tongmei Guangfa Chemical Industry Co., whose major shareholder is Datong Coal Mine Group Co. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Liquide will invest around €60 million in a…
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal; Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a contract by Bariq Mining to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the Jabal Sayid copper-concentrator project located in Saudi Arabia. The project has an estimated pre-production capital cost…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will deliver sintering and ferrochrome smelting technology for the expansion of Outokumpu’s ferrochrome plant in Tornio, Finland. The new sintering plant and smelter will double Outokumpu’s ferrochrome production capacity. The contract value is approximately €45…
Production of chemicals declined by 0.1% in October, as overall industrial production was flat, according to data from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, as analyzed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its most recent Weekly Chemistry…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden; www.alfalaval.com) has expanded its mixing portfolio with the launch of magnetic mixers with a revolutionary magnetically coupled levitating impeller. Alfa Laval magnetic mixers feature a patented design that delivers friction-free mixing, unparalleled cleanability and the…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com) has successfully completed the first test phase with its CO2 capture process in a pilot facility at the Staudinger power plant operated by E.ON. With its innovative and particularly ecofriendly process the company is setting…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has begun supplying BP’s petroleum-refinery complex in Whiting, Indiana, with hydrogen from its new, state-of-the-art hydrogen facility. The two steam-methane reformers have a total capacity of 200 million standard cubic feet per day. BP uses…
After four years of construction, Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) and Dow Corning Corp. (Midland, Mich; www.dowcorning.com) today officially inaugurated their joint integrated silicone-manufacturing site in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China. The facility will serve fast-growing demand for silicone materials…
The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) is set to further expand its gas supply infrastructure for GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, China’s largest producer of highly purified polycrystalline silicon (polysilicon). Building on the existing contract with GCL, this deal…
In Elyria, Ohio, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has commenced construction of a more than $50-million production facility for innovative cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries used to power hybrid and full-electric vehicles. The facility is being built with the help…