Pöyry Oyj. (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has been awarded an assignment by CMPC Celulose Riograndense for the expansion of the company's Guaiba pulp mill in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The assignment consists of engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM)…
Ineos Phenol (www.ineosphenol.com) and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co. (Sinopec YPC) have today initialled joint venture (JV) agreements for the design, build and future operation of a 1.2-million metric ton (m.t.) cumene, phenol and acetone complex at the Nanjing Chemical Industrial…
Sales of chemicals at the wholesale level increased in January in the U.S. by 0.8% to $10.4 billion, according to U.S. Census Bureau data that were discussed in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council…
AkzoNobel's (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) new €90-million Jupiá Chemical Island in Brazil is now operational and has started supplying the Eldorado Brasil Celulose pulp mill, which is the biggest in the world. Operated by the company's Pulp and Performance Chemicals…
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) announced today that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), has reached an agreement with the FutureGen Industrial Alliance to begin initial engineering and preparation for full…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co. (Markor; ) plan to establish two joint ventures (JVs) for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF; chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol) in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region,…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its standing as the world’s leading producer of high-performance rubber. Following a feasibility study, the company has decided to convert production of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) used in standard tires, to solution…
The U.S. specialty-chemical market volume slipped by 0.1% in January, following gains the previous two months, according to the most recent Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Of the 28 market…
Boyens Lainé Distaso Duncan Siegel Helmuth Möhwald is elected as a member of the Academia Europaea, a European non-governmental association whose memberships includes experts in technology, medicine, mathematics, economics, the law and more. He is director of the…
Plant Watch KBR to provide technology package for ammonia/urea plant in Indonesia February 7, 2013 — KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has announced that it was selected by PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang, to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for a…