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Chemical activity barometer gains for 4th consecutive month, ACC says

The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), expanded 0.4 percent in July following a revised 0.7 percent increase in June, 0.8 percent increase in May and 0.6 percent…

thyssenkrupp and Eirich join forces in ore-processing partnership

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) and Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich GmbH & Co. KG (Hardheim, Germany; www.eirich.de) have agreed to cooperate on the further development of the Eirich TowerMill, a highly energy-efficient agitated media mill for the wet grinding…

SABIC and ExxonMobil evaluating petrochemical joint venture on U.S. Gulf Coast

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) and an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Houston; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) are considering the potential development of a jointly owned petrochemical complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. If developed, the project would be located in Texas or…

CB&I announces alkylation technology award in Indonesia

CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) announced it has been awarded the license and engineering design of a grassroots alkylation unit by PT Pertamina (Persero). The unit will use CB&I's CDAlky advanced sulfuric-acid alkylation technology and Haldor Topsoe's WSA (Wet-gas Sulfuric…

U.S. specialty chemical market volumes fell in June, ACC says

 U.S. specialty chemical market volumes declined in June by 0.4%, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The June decline follows a 0.3% drop in May and a 1.1%…

MHPS to supply first fluegas desulfurization system in the West Balkans

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) signed a supply contract for the first fluegas desulfurization (FGD) system in the West Balkans for Ugljevik Thermal Power Plant, located in the Republic of Srpska — one of the two…

PPG to sell flat glass manufacturing and glass coating assets

PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com) has reached a definitive agreement to sell the assets of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products. The transaction…

DuPont and Dow stockholders approve merger

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, stockholders of both companies have voted to approve all stockholder proposals necessary to complete the merger of…

Messer commissions industrial-gases production facility in Hunan province

Messer Group (Bad Soden, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has successfully commissioned a new production facility for air gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and argon in the southern Chinese city of Hengyang. Concurrently, the company has signed a contract to supply gaseous oxygen…

Veolia divests Bartin Recycling subsidiary to Derichebourg

Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com) announced the signing of an asset divestment contract under which Derichebourg will acquire the Veolia subsidiary Bartin Recycling. Derichebourg will fund this acquisition out of existing credit lines.  The operation will be completed after obtaining approval from…