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…
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…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services for a previously announced new large world-scale ethylene production plant to be…
Specialty chemicals manufacturer Clariant Ltd. (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) and Wilmar International Limited (Singapore; www.wilmar-international.com), an Asian agribusiness group, have, through their respective subsidiaries, agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines…
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) endeavor to build a new production facility for cosmetics and consumer goods in Americana in the Brazilian state of São Paulo is moving ahead rapidly. The mid-double-digit million euro investment will go on stream…
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) says that it plans to build a new world-scale plant for the production of metallocene ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), sold under the trademark of Nordel IP Hydrocarbon Rubber. The new facility,…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en) has been awarded a licensing and engineering contract by Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. (Reading, U.K.; www.fwc.com) for the use of Chiyoda’s Acetica technology for producing acetic acid. This technology will be sub-licensed by Foster Wheeler…
Normal 0 The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) has prepared a proposal to update the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) for 2013 to 2015. The draft plan contains 116 substances proposed to be reviewed by the Member States…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE; Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobile.com) announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sole oil refinery, has selected UOP and EMRE technology to improve the…