The Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG; Bonn, Germany; www.dfg.de) presented the 52nd issue of the List of Maximum Workplace Concentrations (MAK values)…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO) has sanctioned KPJV, a joint venture (JV) between Fluor, Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas JSC, Engineering Co. Kazgiproneftetrans LLP, and WorleyParsons, to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com) and Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT; Tokyo; www.it-chiba.ac.jp) have jointly developed the remotely operated Sakura No. 2 (anti-explosive model) robot that features greatly reduced risk of electrical spark or heat creation that can…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by Anagold Madencilik for the Çöpler Sulfide Expansion Project to expand and extend the life of the Çöpler Gold Mine in the…
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) today announced that MEGlobal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Equate Petrochemical Co., has undertaken a competitive evaluation process and has selected Dow Meteor ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol (EO/EG) process technology and Meteor EO-Retro catalyst to…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is driving forward its commitment to the attractive 3-D printing market. The specialty chemicals company will participate in HP Inc.’s Open Platform program and introduce new customized powder materials to the market for HP…
With demand for high performance coatings and adhesives growing in Asia, materials manufacturer Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.covestro.com) is expanding production of the crucial raw material hexamethylene dissocyanate (HDI). To satisfy this demand, a new world-scale plant at the Shanghai…
SNC-Lavalin (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has recently been awarded two separate contracts by Potash Ridge Corp., a near term producer of premium fertilizer in North America. The first contract is for the first phase of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com) announced today that, with JGC Philippines Inc., its subsidiary in the Philippines, it has been awarded a lump-sum turnkey basis contract for the Phase II construction work for a Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction Project planned…
Linde Philippines, Inc. (www.linde.com.ph), a member of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com), announced an investment of PHP 1.3 billion (EUR 25 million) to upgrade its existing air-separation unit (ASU) and add a new nitrogen-liquefaction unit (NLU) at its Apalit…