Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €40 million to build a CO2 concentration unit at its South African site in Newcastle. At this site, the group operates a highly modern plant, that mainly produces sodium dichromate, which is further processed…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) says that its subsidiaries, Tecnimont S.p.A. and Tecnimont do Brasil Ltda, have been awarded two contracts in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, respectively, for an overall value of $145 million. In the Kingdom of Saudi…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will acquire the electrolytes business for high-performance batteries from German Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany; www.merckgroup.com). The companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction. The acquisition comprises the…
Molycorp Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.; www.molycorp.com) today announced that the sequential start-up of the new Project Phoenix rare earth manufacturing facility at its flagship Mountain Pass, California operation will begin this week and includes the following operations and plants: …
AltairStrickland (Houston, Tex.; www.altairstrickland.com and three other companies are finalists out of 138 contractors nominated for the Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) Safety Excellence Award in the “General Contractor, Medium” category. AltairStrickland was nominated by BP Texas City. The Total Incident…
CertifiedSafety (Deer Park, Tx.; www.certifiedsafety.net) has opened a new regional office in Whiting, Indiana this month. The company provides third-party safety services to major refineries, chemical, gas and power plants nationwide. The new Whiting office is their third regional facility…
In January, overall chemical production in the U.S. rose by 0.3% to 89.6% of its 2007 average, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data analyzed by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). In its latest Weekly…
Heliatek GmbH (Dresden, Germany; www.heliatek.com), a global leader in high-end solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, has signed a joint development agreement with Reckli GmbH (Herne, Germany; www.reckli.de), a world leader in the manufacture of elastic molds for concrete building facades. This…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Chilean Codelco, the leading copper producer in the world, for the delivery of concentration technology for a slag treatment plant to be located in connection with the Potrerillos copper smelter…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) and Yingli Energy Co. (Yingli China; Baoding, China; www.yinglisolar.com) have signed a $100-million strategic agreement for photovoltaic materials aimed at accelerating the adoption of solar energy to address one of the world’s biggest challenges — reducing…