Business & Economics
ZeaChem biorefinery to begin production of cellulosic ethanol by the end of 2012
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…
Chemicals Activity Barometer posts strong gain, ACC says
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…
Technip awarded engineering & design contracts for a new ethylene production plant at Dow Texas Operations
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…
Clariant and Wilmar establish joint venture for amines and selected amines derivatives
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 builds new production plant for personal- and household-care ingredients in Brazil
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…
Dow plans EPDM rubber plant for the U.S. Gulf Coast
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 licenses its acetic-acid process technology
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…
Agreement will improve response to hazmat incidents
Normal 0 Chemtrec (Washington, D.C.; www.chemtrec.com) and the National Registration Center for Chemicals (NRCC; Qingdao, China; en.nrcc.com.cn) of China have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for mutual assistance. The partnership will enhance the capabilities of both organizations to…
ECHA announces draft plan for substance evaluation for 2013 to 2015
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…
Rafinerija Nafte Brod selects technology from UOP and EMRE
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…