The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) says that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has received full notice to proceed (FNTP) for the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a waste-to-energy power…
At the Frankfurt-Höchst, (Germany) industrial estate, AkzoNobel is converting an amalgam electrolysis plant to the modern membrane process and has commissioned ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) to design and supply the energy-saving Uhde membrane cells. This extensive conversion project…
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced yesterday that the two polyethylene facilities planned as part of the company’s U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project, would be located on a site nearby the Chevron Phillips Chemical Sweeny…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that it has been selected by Sinochem to provide technology to purify hydrogen at a new petroleum refinery in China. Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. — a fully owned subsidiary of…
Data from March indicate that the global chemical production regional index (CPRI) was flat after three consecutive monthly gains, while the U.S. CPRI was up slightly in March, according to the latest edition of the Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company (ChemaWEyaat) for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) services for an…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Kennecott Utah Copper to supply 30 TankCell e300 flotation cells, with an option for an additional ten cells for retrofit of the company's Copperton Concentrator. The contract was booked in Outotec's…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), Arsenal Capital Partners (New York, N.Y.; www.arsenalcapital.com) and Foosung Co. (www.foosung.com) today announced BASF’s acquisition of Novolyte Technologies (Cleveland, Ohio). Novolyte is a manufacturer of electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries, as well as specialty chemicals…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) released a new study showing that emerging technologies designed to convert waste into fuels or raw materials offer environmental benefits and cost savings over disposal. The study, “Environmental and Economic Analysis…
Government data show that specialty chemical manufacturers are reducing their environmental footprints, says the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA; Washington, D.C.; www.socma.com.). The group states that its member companies are significantly decreasing toxic chemical releases to the…