Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is building the world’s largest plant for EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) synthetic rubber in China. The company is investing €235 million in the plant in Changzhou (Jiangsu Province). This is the largest investment the…
The most recent reports from the twelve districts of the U.S. Federal Reserve suggest that economic activity continued to expand gradually in July and early August across most regions and sectors, according to data discussed in the Weekly Chemistry and…
Nathan Cooper Duckworth Shana'a Matzen John Nathan becomes director of operations for Magnetic Products (Highland, Mich.). Intellitect Water (Hants, U.K.) makes two appointments: Mark Duckworth becomes engineering manager in product development; Jo Cooper becomes product and market specialist. …
Plant Watch Air Products to build world’s largest energy-from-waste facility in the U.K. August 7, 2012 — Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) plans to build and operate a renewable energy plant in the U.K. using advanced-gasification energy-from-waste (EfW) technology.…
Last month, we ran a letter from reader, Jason Makansi, commenting on our June story, Chemical Engineering Education Evolution ( Chem. Eng., June 2012, pp. 22–25), which highlighted, among other things, the need for a more-meaningful connection between academia and…
Re: Education needs a reality check... I would like to pass on a few comments on Jason Makansi’s letter titled “Education needs a reality check”, which appeared in the August 2012 edition (p. 6). I too, like Jason, began my…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a long-term contract to supply Vietnamese steel-company POSCO SS-Vina (PSSV) with industrial gases. PSSV and local Group member Linde Gas Vietnam (LGV) recently signed an agreement to this effect. The deal…
Earlier today, tropical storm Isaac was downgraded from Category 1 hurricane status and the National Hurricane Center predicts that it will be downgraded to a tropical depression on Thursday. Over the past several days, it has moved across Louisiana, dumping…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) has been awarded a contract by Osaki CoolGen Corp. for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services of the core facilities for an integrated coal-gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) demonstration plant. The lump-sum turnkey contract, which was awarded…
Molycorp, Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.; www.molycorp.com) today announced the start-up of its new heavy rare-earth concentrate facilities at Mountain Pass, Calif., which will produce heavy rare-earth concentrate from freshly mined Mountain Pass ore. The ore will then be processed into…