A joint venture (JV) consisting of JGC Corp. (www.jgc.co.jp), with Chiyoda Corp. (Chiyoda Corp. (both Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en), Technip (Paris France; www.technip.com), GS Engineering & Construction (www.gsconst.co.kr) and SK Engineering & Construction (both Seoul, South Korea: www.skec.com), has received notification…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract to provide a license and basic-engineering-design package as part of the Ammonia Plant Revamp for capacity increase at reduced energy consumption by Nitrogenmuvek in the city of Petfurdo, Hungary. KBR will increase…
Praxair China Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a new contract to expand supply with its existing customer, Jinlong Copper Co. (www.jinlongcopper.com), the largest copper-smelting joint venture (JV) in China, located in Tongling, Anhui in Eastern China. Praxair China will invest to…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) announced today it has been selected by Reliance Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India; www.ril.com) to provide engineering and procurement assistance services for the construction of offsites and utilities facilities for a cracker complex at…
The chemical company Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has developed several innovative continuous processes to expand its production at its site in Bishop, Texas, USA. The optimizations will add significant further volume, beyond the already announced capacity increases for potassium…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is further expanding its market lead in C4-based products and investing in the expansion of its production facilities. The Group’s 1-butene capacity in Marl (Germany) Chemical Park will be expanded by 75,000 tons, making…
Wholesale sales of chemical products rose 0.5% in November 2012 to $10.2 billion in the U.S., according to the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). The November increase follows a…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) on the design and turnkey delivery of a gas-cleaning plant to LKAB's iron-ore pellet plant in Malmberget, Sweden. The order value is approximately €38 million and it has been…
Molycorp, Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.; www.molycorp.com) today announced that all key production components of its new state-of-the-art rare earth manufacturing complex in Mountain Pass, Calif. are up and operational and that the facility has begun ramping up to its full-scale…
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) has announced that Dr. Beth J. Rosenberg has been confirmed by the U. S. Senate as a board member of the CSB on the first day of 2013. Rosenberg fills one of three current…