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BASF building its largest European production plant for emissions catalysts in Poland
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is investing approximately €90 million in the first step to build a mobile emissions catalysts production facility in Åšroda ÅšlÄ…ska, a Special Economic Zone near WrocÅ‚aw, Poland. Construction of the new 40,000 square meter facility…
Uhde wins mega contract for fertilizer plants in the U.S.
ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) has, through its U.S. business partner, Uhde Corporation of America (Pittsburgh, Pa.), been selected by CF Industries, one of the world's leading fertilizer producers, to provide engineering and supply services for two fertilizer…
Chesar to be a means to achieve chemical safety report compliance
Normal 0 The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) Chemical Safety Assessment and Reporting tool (Chesar) contains additional functionalities to assist registrants in carrying out their chemical safety assessments (CSAs). As a new functionality, the exposure estimation tool for…
EPA stays chemical manufacturing area sources rule
Normal 0 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a 60-day administrative stay of the Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (CMAS) rule. Affected sources originally faced an imminent October 29 deadline to comply with the 2009 final rule, but with EPA…
Jacobs wins contract from PPL for sulfuric-acid plant expansion
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (PPL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for its sulfuric-acid plant expansion project in Paradeep, Orissa, India. Officials did not disclose the contract value,…
ZeaChem biorefinery to begin production of cellulosic ethanol by the end of 2012
Biorefinery developer ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com) today announced that it has completed construction of its 250,000 gal/yr cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. The project was completed on budget and is expected to begin production of cellulosic ethanol by…
Chemicals Activity Barometer posts strong gain, ACC says
The American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) leading macroeconomic indicator known as the Chemicals Activity Barometer (CAB) rose 0.6% in October, marking the fourth consecutive month of gains. Also, the September and August CABs were upwardly revised, and the index…
KBR and Southern Company subsidiary announce TRIG cooperation agreement
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) and Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Generation Technologies, today announced a cooperation agreement through which both organizations will collaborate in an effort to expand the global adoption of Transport Integrated Gasification — or TRIG — technology. Under the…
Technip awarded engineering & design contracts for a new ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services for a previously announced new large world-scale ethylene production plant to be…
Clariant and Wilmar establish joint venture for amines and selected amines derivatives
Specialty chemicals manufacturer Clariant Ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Wilmar International Limited (Singapore; www.wilmar-international.com), an Asian agribusiness group, have, through their respective subsidiaries, agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines…