Normal 0 The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) Chemical Safety Assessment and Reporting tool (Chesar) contains additional functionalities to assist registrants in carrying out their chemical safety assessments (CSAs). As a new functionality, the exposure estimation tool for…
Normal 0 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a 60-day administrative stay of the Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (CMAS) rule. Affected sources originally faced an imminent October 29 deadline to comply with the 2009 final rule, but with EPA…
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Plant Watch Novasep to build world’s largest chromatography plant for APIs October 10, 2012 — Novasep (Pompey, France; www.novasep.com) has announced an investment of €30 million to build what will be the world’s largest chromatography plant for the production of…
Capital equipment prices, as reflected in the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), dropped 3.26% from July to August (the most recent data). Meanwhile, the Current Business Indicators from IHS Global Insight, show less than a 0.3% decrease in the operating…
ChemInnovations 2012, an educational conference and exhibition tailored for engineers working in the chemical process industries (CPI), will take place at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La. November 14–15. In addition to a five-track conference program, an…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (PPL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for its sulfuric-acid plant expansion project in Paradeep, Orissa, India. Officials did not disclose the contract value,…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) and Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Generation Technologies, today announced a cooperation agreement through which both organizations will collaborate in an effort to expand the global adoption of Transport Integrated Gasification — or TRIG — technology. Under the…
Biorefinery developer ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com) today announced that it has completed construction of its 250,000 gal/yr cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Boardman, Oregon. The project was completed on budget and is expected to begin production of cellulosic ethanol by…
The American Chemistry Council’s (Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) leading macroeconomic indicator known as the Chemicals Activity Barometer (CAB) rose 0.6% in October, marking the fourth consecutive month of gains. Also, the September and August CABs were upwardly revised, and the index…