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Jacobs receives contract from Codelco
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Codelco, the National Copper Corp. of Chile and world leader in copper production, to provide engineering services for an anticipated 200,000 metric tons (m.t.) per day copper mine…
Teijin to establish polyester chemical recycling JV in China
Next month, Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.teijin.co.jp) will establish Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture (JV) with Jinggong Holding Group (Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China; www.jgsteelgroup.com), one of China’s largest production bases for fiber products. Through the JV,…
UOP butadiene technology selected for capacity boost in Romania
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, says that its technology has been selected to boost yields at Romania’s largest synthetic rubber production facility. Romania’s Energy Bio-Chemicals will use the UOP KLP process to purify butadiene, a monomer…
Jacobs sells iron-ore-pelletizing business to Metso
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) says it has sold its iron ore pelletizing intellectual property and other assets to Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com). Officials did not disclose the terms of the agreement, but confirmed the transaction between…
INEOS Paraform broadens product range
INEOS Paraform GmbH & Co. KG (Mainz, Germany; www.ineosparaform.com), has today announced the start up of its new dimethoxymethane (Methylal) plant, based at the company’s site in Mainz, Germany. Methylal is an additive used in polyacetal and ion exchange resins.…
Air Products to build world’s largest energy-from-waste facility in the U.K.
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will build and operate the world’s largest renewable energy plant in the U.K. using advanced gasification energy-from-waste (EfW) technology. The Tees Valley plant, located at the New Energy and Technology Business Park,…
Production workers in U.S. chemical industry are up, but equities slip, ACC report says
Employment of production workers in the U.S. chemical industry rose by 2,300 jobs (0.5%) to 503,000 in July, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that were discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report…
Construction begins on Evonik’s methionine complex in Singapore
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is right on schedule with its plans to expand amino-acid production for animal feed — one of its core businesses. A symbolic ground-breaking ceremony in Singapore today officially marked the start of construction of…
Estonian shale-oil plant hot commission underway
Enefit Oil & Gas (Tallinn, Estonia; www.energia.ee) began the first hot commissioning of its Enefit280 shale oil plant in Auvere, Estonia on July 27. The first shale oil from the new plant is expected in September. “The start-up for this…
Outotec to provide technology for Canadian high-purity alumina plant
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Orbite Aluminae have agreed to terms for a project related to the Canadian company's new plant to process high purity alumina. The scope of delivery for Outotec involves both basic and detail engineering as…