Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baosteel Group, one of the world’s top steel makers. This new air separation plant…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has begun work on a new project for Sasol Technology Pty. Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) for its Tar Separator Project. The new contract is for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the replacement…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded multiple orders, worth a total of €265 million, for technology deliveries to National Iranian Copper Industries Co.'s (NICICO) copper and molybdenum projects in Iran. Approximately €58 million of these contracts will be…
Pöyry Oyj’s (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) Industry business group has been awarded a services assignment by Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A. (CSN) for detailed engineering to finalize the iron ore beneficiation plant expansion at Casa de Pedra Mine in the state of…
Employment in the U.S. chemical industry was 0.1% higher (up by 900 jobs) in June compared to the previous month, driven by a gain in non-production worker employment, according to economic data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that…
BP (London, U.K.; www.bp.com) and JBF Petrochemicals (a wholly owned subsidiary of JBF Industries Ltd.) have signed an agreement for licensing BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. JBF intends to build a 1.25 million metric tons per annum…
Innovation Metals Corp. (Toronto, Canada; www.innovationmetals.com) has announced the submission of a Project Notice to the Province of Quebec, to start the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for a new rare-earth-element separation facility. The Becancour Waterfront Industrial Park in Quebec…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to expand the manufacturing plant for vinylformamide (VFA) in Ludwigshafen. In addition, BASF intends to increase the polymerization capacity in Ludwigshafen and build a new polymerization line for VFA in China for further…
Following a strong fourth quarter in 2011, the U.S. economy started 2012 on firm ground with gains in consumer spending, manufacturing output and housing. However, those positive gains appear to be eroding, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington,…
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has announced a public hearing to support its continued analysis of effective safety-performance indicators and to release preliminary findings into the agency’s investigation of the Macondo well blowout, explosion and fire in the…