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Outotec to deliver flotation technology      

Outotec Oyj (www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Boliden for the supply of a complete flotation circuit for Aitik mine's copper ore project in Sweden. Earlier this year Boliden has ordered engineering services from Outotec for the same project.…

India Expands Clean-fuels Programs  

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has recently been awarded several major basic engineering design packages and technology licenses for new, clean-fuels programs with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IndianOil; www.iocl.com). The contracts are for the following refineries: Guwahati, Barauni, Mathura, Digboi, Panipat,…

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Dow to exit hydroxyalkyl acrylates market

The Dow Chemical Co. (www.dow.com) announced today its intent to stop producing and marketing hydroxyalkyl acrylates (HAA) by the end of 2007. The HAA product line includes hydroxyethyl acrylate (HEA) and hydroxypropyl acrylate (HPA). These products are sold largely to…

SPI: U.S. Plastics Industry "Faring Significantly Better" Than Other Manufacturing Sectors

At a press briefing held via Web conference today, the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. (SPI) presented the results for two of the society's major reports: "Global Business Trends" and "Size and Impact of the Plastics Industry on the…

GE Oil & Gas to Supply Ethylene Plant in Saudi Arabia

GE Oil & Gas will supply three compression trains for a new, large-scale ethylene cracker plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will have a capacity of 1.165 million ton/yr when it enters commercial service in 2011 for Saudi Chevron Phillips…

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New study: Volume of 2007 chemical business deals likely to surpass 2006 levels

Total chemical-deal value for the first three quarters of 2007 exceeded total deal value for all of 2006 ($88 billion versus $51 billion, respectively), says a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers entitled Chemical Compounds. The quarterly report on the state of…

ChE Students Compete on Alternatively Fueled Cars

SALT LAKE CITY – The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced that The Cooper Union, took top honors at the national Chem-E-Car competition in Salt Lake City, Utah on Sunday. The team’s car, “Cooper Shooter”, was powered by…

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Plans for biodiesel plant in Argentina    

Integrated Biodiesel Industries, Ltd (IBI; Sao Paulo) has signed a Letter of Intent with port operator Terminal Puerto Rosario S.A. (TPR) to build a 60,000-m.t./yr biodiesel plant inside its facilities in the city of Rosario, Argentina. TPR will offer existent…

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PetroChina selects Basell’s technology for two plants in China

PetroChina Company Ltd. has selected Basell's Hostalen technology for two new high density polyethylene (HDPE) plants; a 300,000 ton/yr plant in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and a 350,000 ton/yr plant in Fushun, Liaoning province, China. Startup for both plants is expected…

Honeywell announces $9.1-million control valve contract for Qatar GTL plant  

Honeywell Process Solutions (www.honeywell.com/ps) has announced a $9.1-million agreement to provide control valves for the new integrated Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Qatar, a partnership between Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. (Shell) and Qatar Petroleum. The project’s main engineering, procurement and…