Business & Economics
Connecting at ChemInnovations
Where will you be on September 25 and 26? The Chemical Engineering staff will be in Galveston, Texas at the ChemInnovations Conference and Expo. We hope you will be too. Four years ago, we had the idea to start a…
September Letters
Call for abstracts: AIChE Meeting Professionals working in all areas of chemical engineering and related disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for the AIChE Spring Meeting (New Orleans, La., March 30–April 3, 2014), in a number of subject and topical…
Current economic trends
Preliminary data for the June 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index decreased by 0.3% from the final May value. The value for the Heat Exchangers & Tanks subindex rose slightly, while…
Recently published books for September 2013
Materials in Mechanical Extremes: Fundamentals and Applications. By Neil Bourne. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013. Web: cambridge.org. 2013. 539 pages. $155.00. Experimental Methods and Instrumentation for Chemical Engineers. By…
Outotec to supply technology for upgrading Cu smelter in Utah
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply the latest flash-smelting technology improvements to the upgrade of Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah copper smelter in the U.S. The contract value is approximately €14 million and will be booked in Outotec's third quarter…
August CAB shows gains; equity prices neutral, ACC says
The August Chemistry Activity Barometer (CAB) from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) rose by 0.1% in August, while equity prices for chemical companies were neutral, according the ACC’s latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report. The…
JGC joins power-and-steam supply business in Saudi Arabia
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) announced today that, together with Marubeni Corp. and Aljomaih Holding Co., (Aljomaih; Dammam, Saudi Arabia), it has signed a contract to provide electric power and steam to three oil-and-gas complexes owned by the Saudi state-owned…
Synalloy acquires CRI, expands specialty chemicals segment
Synalloy Corporation (Spartanburg, S.C.; www.synalloy.com), a company that engages in a number of diverse business activities including the production of stainless steel pipe, fiberglass and steel storage tanks, specialty chemicals and fabrication of stainless and carbon piping systems, announces the…
Russia’s GSE-Giprokauchuk signs major new contract with Aveva for software integration
Aveva Solutions Ltd. (Cambridge, U.K.; www.aveva.com) has announced that it has been awarded a significant new contract by LLC GSE-Giprokauchuk, Russia ’s leader in design and research for the chemical, petrochemical and synthetic rubber industries. The contract is for the…
Costello and Zeton sign MoU for modular construction
R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (Redondo Beach, Calif.; www.rccostello.com) and Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ontario, Canada; www.zeton.com) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide a customized “end-to-end” solution from feasibility studies, process simulation, front-end engineering through detailed design, procurement,…