The Chilean economy is one of the most dynamic in Latin America. The country has enjoyed steady growth over the last 10 years. The Global Competitiveness Report for 2009–2010, a yearly report published by the World Economic Forum, ranks Chile…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) and Ineos Industries Holdings Ltd. (Lyndhurst, U.K.; www.ineos.com) have made an important step towards the stablishment of the joint venture (JV) company Styrolution. On May 27, 2011 the companies signed a JV contract, which regulates…
Global chemical production rose only 0.1% in April, continuing a trend of slowing growth in industrial activity over the previous several months, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI). “Industrial…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will build the world’s largest single-train toluene diisocyanate (TDI) plant in Europe. The plant will have a capacity of 300,000 metric tons (m.t.) per year and will be fully integrated with precursor production. The TDI…
Toyo Engineering India Limited (Toyo-India), an Indian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), has been awarded a contract to build a Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant with a capability of 120,000 ton/yr . The $200-million (estimated) plant will…
Davy Process Technology (Davy; London; www.davyprotech.com) and Johnson Matthey Catalysts (JM Catalysts; Royston, U.K.; www.jmcatalysts.com) both part of Johnson Matthey Plc (www.matthey.com) have entered into contracts with Liaoning Datang International Fuxin Coal to Gas Co. for a plant to produce…
UOP LLC (Dews Plaines, Ill; www.uop.com), a Honeywell Company (www.honeywell.com), announced today that its technology has been selected for a new transportation fuel refinery to be built in Iraq. The State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP), under the Ministry of…
Torresol Energy S.A. (Madrid, Spain; www.torresolenergy.com), a joint venture (JV) between Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas (Madrid, Spain; www.sener.es) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi; www.masdaruae.com), announced today the commissioning of its flagship 19.9-MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Seville, Spain.…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas-project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the contract value at $19 million (€13.7 million). Jacobs is…
Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Air Liquide Arabia (www.airliquide.com) have signed a new long-term nitrogen supply agreement for Saudi Aramco’s operations in Qurayyah, in the Eastern Province. This nitrogen will be used by Saudi Aramco in the processing…