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Australian plant named industrial water project of the year

QGC’s water treatment plant at its northern coal seam gas fields near Wandoan in Queensland, Australia, was named Industrial Water Project of the Year at the annual Global Water Awards. The award represents the most impressive technical or environmental achievement…

Praxair invests in the expansion of its Geismar facility

Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced an investment in excess of $100 million in its Geismar, Louisiana, facility to expand its carbon monoxide production and support growing customer demand in the Mississippi River corridor. The company will add a new,…

Amec Foster Wheeler appoints new CEO

Amec Foster Wheeler plc. (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com), announces the appointment of Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Lewis, as chief executive officer, with effect from 1 June 2016. On the same day Ian McHoul will cease to be interim CEO, and will remain…

Air Liquide completes upgrade and expansion project in Bayport, Tex.

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will host a luncheon and inauguration ceremony to celebrate the upgrade and expansion of its world-scale industrial complex located in the Bayport Industrial District, just east of Houston, Texas. The…

GE to provide wastewater treatment technology for Chinese coal-to-chemicals plant

To help meet new regulations governing wastewater treatment at Chinese coal-to-chemical plants, a facility in Yulin City will install GE’s (Trevose, Pa.; www.ge.com) advanced zero liquid discharge (ZLD) technology. GE’s ZLD evaporator and crystallizer system will eliminate liquid discharge of…

CAB accelerated in April, ACC says

The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), expanded 0.6 percent in April, following a revised 0.1 percent increase in March and 0.2 percent decline in February. All data are…

SBS and Black & Veatch to develop marine energy in Indonesia

SBS INTL Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.sbsintl.com) and Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of commercial-scale tidal current projects in Indonesia. The MoU was facilitated by the recent BKPM trade…

thyssenkrupp to supply new cement clinker production line to HeidelbergCement

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has received a contract from HeidelbergCement AG to supply a new cement clinker production line. The 4,500-ton/d facility will be built at the Schelklingen plant in Baden-Württemberg as a replacement for an existing…

U.S. CPRI edges higher in March, ACC says

The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) edged higher by 0.3% in March, following a 0.1% gain in February, and a 0.4% gain in January, according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…

Solvay creates part-testing laboratory in China

Solvay Engineering Plastics (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com), a world leader in polyamide-based performance materials, announces the creation of a dedicated part testing laboratory in Shanghai, China, to support the growth of its customers in the Asia region. Starting end of this…