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Linde builds Indonesia’s largest ASU  

The technology group The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has closed a long-term deal to supply the Indonesian steel corporation PT. Krakatau POSCO (PTKP) with industrial gases. PT. Linde Indonesia, member of The Linde Group in Indonesia, and PTKP recently signed an agreement to…

Genomatica Achieves Demo-Scale Bio-BDO Production

Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced today that it has produced biologically derived 1,4-butane diol (bio-BDO) at demonstration scale at the Decatur, Ill. facility of its partner, Tate & Lyle (London, U.K.; www.tateandlyle.com). The demonstration-scale stage of production will validate…

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Ton Büchner to take the reigns at AkzoNobel

The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel; Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has announced that Hans Wijers, CEO, has decided to step down, effective at the  Annual General Meeting (AGM)  in 2012. Ton Büchner will be the new CEO, pending…

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Tecnimont wins EPC contract for polyolefin plants in India  

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) announces that its main operating company Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) and its fully owned subsidiary Tecnimont ICB Pvt Ltd (TICB) of India have been awarded two EPC Contracts on lumpsum turnkey basis for the…

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JGC awarded electrolysis facility expansion project in Indonesia  

JGC Plant Solutions and JGC Indonesia, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of JGC Group (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp), have been awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract for expansion of the electrolysis facilities at a plant owned by P.T. Asahimas Chemical (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.…

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Carbon-capture technology deployed at U.S. coal-fired power plant  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) announced today the successful launch of operations at a 25-MW coal-fired carbon capture facility at Southern Company's Plant Barry, owned and operated by Alabama Power. Through the successful launch of this project,…

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Bechtel awarded master planning project in Mongolia  

Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) has been selected by the National Development and Innovation Committee (NDIC) of the Government of Mongolia to provide master planning services for the development of the Sainshand Industrial Complex. The planned industrial hub is…

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Ras Tanura Refinery starts up a new diesel hydrotreater licensed by Axens  

A grassroots diesel-hydrotreater unit (Prime-D), licensed by Axens Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), was successfully put into production at Saudi Aramco’s (www.saudiaramco.com) Ras Tanura Refinery. The 105,000 bpsd (barrels per stream day) unit — one of the world’s largest — produced ultra…

Global Economic Data Suggest Continued Industrial Slowdown, ACC says

The bulk of the week’s economic data from around the world confirm a slowdown in industrial activity that has been a trend for the past several months, the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) states in its latest Weekly…

DOE: More funding to support the development of drop-in biofuels and bioproducts  

As part of the Obama Administration's efforts to cut foreign oil imports, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance…