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MHI, Sojitz and RC receive order for acrylic acid plant from Gazprom  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Sojitz Corp., jointly with Renaissance Construction (RC), have received an order from JSC Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (GNS) of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation, for a project to construct a new…

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Oregon to have its first in-pipe hydroelectric system  

The City of Portland, Oregon and Lucid Energy (Portland, Ore.; www.lucidenergy.com), have reached an agreement and are set to begin construction of the city’s first in-pipe hydropower renewable-energy system. The LucidPipe Power System project, which is slated for completion in…

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Toyo wins fertilizer plant order in Indonesia  

The consortium of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) and PT Rekayasa Industri (Rekind) has received an award as the result of the international bid for a fertilizer project from the state-owned Indonesian fertilizer company, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang…

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AkzoNobel to divest its North American Decorative Paints business  

AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) today announced the divestment of its North American Decorative Paints business to PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG; Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.ppg.com), for the value of $1.05 billion. In 2011, the North American Decorative Paints business had revenues…

Trade surpluses projected for U.S. chemicals, ACC says

The trade surplus of U.S. chemicals will expand to $2.4 billion in 2013 and to $3.3 billion in 2014, according to projections in the 2012 Year-End Situation and Outlook report from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “Renewed…

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KBR awarded ammonia-technology license agreement by Indorama  

KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today that Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. (“Indorama”) has selected KBR to provide ammonia technology for its planned grassroots ammonia plant in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. KBR will license its ammonia technology to Indorama to operate…

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Outotec gets marketing rights for Ausmelt TSL zinc fuming technology  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received the global marketing rights for the Ausmelt Top Submerged Lance (TSL) technology for the fuming of zinc bearing residues from Korea Zinc Co. Prior to the Outotec acquisition of Ausmelt Ltd. in 2010,…

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CP Kelco announces CMC capacity expansion plans  

CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.; www.cpkelco.com), a world-leading carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) producer, today announces plans to increase capacity at its production facility in Äänekoski, Finland. CP Kelco will be expanding purified CMC capacity up to 25% at this facility over the next…

ECHA regulatory review contradicts U.S. classification on formaldehyde

Normal 0 According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) announced on December 7, 2012, that it disagreed with a request to classify formaldehyde as…

U.S. specialty chemical sales volume declines in October, ACC says

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