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JGC Subsidiary awarded contract for aromatics project in Saudi Arabia
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) says that its wholly-owned Saudi Arabian subsidiary, JGC Gulf International Co., has been awarded a contract for an aromatics plant project from Sadara Chemical Co. (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabia Oil Company (Saudi…
UOP MTO technology selected to convert coal to petrochemicals in China
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. Ltd. has licensed UOP’s methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. The UOP/Hydro MTO process converts methanol…
CPRI up slightly globally, but down for U.S., ACC says
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) rose 0.1% in August, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). While the Global CPRI gain continues a string of gains for the past several months, the pace has…
Huber plans to increase silica capacity in Tennessee
Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, Ga.; www.hubermaterials.com, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, has announced that it is increasing capacity at its precipitated silica plant in Etowah, Tenn. The expansion will add 14,000 metric tons annually (m.t./yr) at Etowah and is…
New report aims to improve the science behind regulatory decision-making
Scientists and policy experts from industry, government and non-profit sectors reached a consensus on ways to improve the rigor and transparency of regulatory decision-making in a recently released report. The Research Integrity Roundtable, a cross-sector working group convened and facilitated…
Foster Wheeler lands design contract for new refinery in Venezuela
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, in consortium with Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (HDEC), of South Korea, has been awarded a contract by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.…
Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for Wynyard Carnallite Project in Canada
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Karnalyte Resources Inc. for the Wynyard Carnallite Project in Canada.…
ICCA calls for better chemicals-management approach
At the third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, the International Council of Chemical Associations called on stakeholders to take action to strengthen the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), in order to improve and enhance the…
ECHA strengthens its compliance check strategy
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) is introducing a new, systematic targeting of compliance checks based on specified concerns. This will increase the chances of dossiers of insufficient compliance to be scrutinized and ensure higher compliance of REACH…
Solvay boosts its specialty polymers production capacity in India
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today a capacity increase of 70% at its Panoli plant, India, for the production of its high performance polymers KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and AvaSpire polyaryletherketones (PAEK). Panoli is Solvay's largest plant worldwide for these…