Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) awarded Fluor an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar, Guinea. Fluor booked the $501 million contract value into…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has been awarded a long-term contract by KCC Corp., a leading glass maker and the largest construction-material manufacturer in South Korea, to supply oxygen to the new glass wool production line at its Gimcheon…
Since spring 2016, the explosion-protection professionals from Rembe GmbH Safety + Control (Brilon, Germany: www.rembe.de) offers several new services within the Rembe Test Center: Customers can test the strength of their components or determine the conventional indices of new research…
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…
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…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) put its precipitated-silica production plant in Americana (São Paulo, Brazil) into operation on July 20, 2016. This high-growth silica is used mainly for high-quality low rolling resistance tires. In addition, by building this new…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will build a new plant and associated infrastructure in the Pukou Economic Development Zone (PKEDZ), Nanjing, eastern China, to supply ultra-high purity gases to its customers in the park. The PKEDZ is…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) today announced the first facility licensing its proprietary Prico-NGL gas-processing technology successfully passed performance acceptance. Located in Alberta, Canada, the facility is using Prico-NGL to extract valuable natural gas liquids (NGL) from the…
On July 14, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) held the inauguration ceremony for a new silanes competence center at its Rheinfelden, Germany site, thereby continuing its expansion in research and development in the area of silane technology. The specialty…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has signed a long-term agreement for the purchase of liquid helium from Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG), a leader in the Polish natural-gas market, as well as the only producer of helium in…