UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that China’s Jiutai Energy (Zhungeer) Co. Ltd. has licensed UOP’s methanol-to-olefins (MTO) technology to convert methanol from coal into key plastics building blocks. The UOP/Hydro MTO process converts methanol…
The Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI) rose 0.1% in August, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). While the Global CPRI gain continues a string of gains for the past several months, the pace has…
Huber Engineered Materials (Atlanta, Ga.; www.hubermaterials.com, a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, has announced that it is increasing capacity at its precipitated silica plant in Etowah, Tenn. The expansion will add 14,000 metric tons annually (m.t./yr) at Etowah and is…
At the third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, the International Council of Chemical Associations called on stakeholders to take action to strengthen the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), in order to improve and enhance the…
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki, Finland; echa.europa.eu) is introducing a new, systematic targeting of compliance checks based on specified concerns. This will increase the chances of dossiers of insufficient compliance to be scrutinized and ensure higher compliance of REACH…
Scientists and policy experts from industry, government and non-profit sectors reached a consensus on ways to improve the rigor and transparency of regulatory decision-making in a recently released report. The Research Integrity Roundtable, a cross-sector working group convened and facilitated…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, in consortium with Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. (HDEC), of South Korea, has been awarded a contract by Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.…
Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) says that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Karnalyte Resources Inc. for the Wynyard Carnallite Project in Canada.…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) announced today a capacity increase of 70% at its Panoli plant, India, for the production of its high performance polymers KetaSpire polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and AvaSpire polyaryletherketones (PAEK). Panoli is Solvay's largest plant worldwide for these…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) will supply flotation technology for a major copper producer in South America to their concentrator expansion. The site is one of the largest copper producing sites in the world. The contract value is over €30…