Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Sandfire Resources to deliver key process technologies and services for the DeGrussa copper/gold concentrator in Western Australia. The contract value exceeds €15 million. Outotec's scope of delivery comprises SAG and…
AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) is to invest more than €60 million in boosting production capacity for its Bermocoll cellulose derivatives (paint and building material thickeners), providing additional momentum for the company's accelerated growth strategy which includes doubling revenue in…
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) is deploying to the scene of a fatal accident at Carbide Industries, a producer of calcium carbide products located in Louisville, Kentucky. Two workers were killed and two others were injured on Monday (March…
Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) will supply SIA Graanul Invest with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the municipality of Launkalne in Latvia. The power plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture…
The Gorman-Rupp Co. (Mansfield, Ohio; www.grpumps.com) announced that its Mansfield Division has achieved certification to ISO 14001:2004: for its Environmental Management System. Certification to the internationally recognized standard signifies a demonstrated commitment to minimizing the impact of company activities on…
UOP LLC Des Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that its technology has been selected by Great Orient Chemical for a new petrochemicals complex in China that will produce the key ingredient for biodegradable household laundry detergents. Great…
PetroAlgae Inc. (Melbourne, Fla; www.petroalgae.com) has entered into an agreement with Haldor Topsøe S/A (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) and its U.S. subsidiary, Haldor Topsoe, Inc. (Houston) to provide technology and catalysts to upgrade oils produced from Petroalgae’s biomass through refinery coking…
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (The Hague, the Netherlands; www.shell.com/home/content/globalsolutions) and Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzerchemtech.com) have renewed and extended their strategic alliance agreement, originally concluded in 2000. The new agreement further strengthens the long-standing relationship between Shell Global…
With today’s turning of the first sod in Leuna, Germany, Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has begun construction of its first ever skid-mounted chlor-alkali electrolysis plant. Uhde was awarded the contract by Leuna-Harze GmbH, one of Europe’s leading producers of…
Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) and Tate & Lyle (London; www.tateandlyle.com) signed a joint development agreement for the demonstration-scale production of Genomatica’s biologically derived BDO (1,4-butanediol). The Genomatica process produces the same BDO product that is currently made from a…