Business & Economics
Air Products to expand nitrogen capacity in Korea
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) says it will increase production of gaseous nitrogen and expand its nitrogen pipeline in the Gumi National Industrial Complex, North Gyeongsang Province, Korea to serve the increasing demand of its electronics customers in the country’s…
Outotec to deliver gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant technology to Uzbekistan
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with OJSC Almalyk Mining & Metallurgical Co. (AMMC) for the design and delivery of a gas cleaning and sulfuric acid plant to AMMC's existing copper production facilities, located near Almalyk, Uzbekistan.…
Parsons: Lead D-B contractor for depleted Uranium deconversion facility
Parsons (Pasadena, Calif.; www.parsons.com) has been selected by International Isotopes Inc., a leading manufacturer of nuclear medicine products, as the prime contractor for the design-build (D-B) of the planned depleted uranium deconversion facility in Lea County, New Mexico This contract…
Pall announces expansion plans in Brazil
Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.; www.pall.com), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro (Sao Paulo; www.engefiltro.com.br) . The acquisition will strengthen Pall’s…
Foster Wheeler and Socar to form a new JV company in Azerbaijan
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to form a jointly-owned company with The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) in the Republic…
Outotec to deliver concentrator technology for the Miheevsky project in Russia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland: www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with ZAO Miheevsky GOK, a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co., for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The contract…
China’s industrial accelerates compared to last year, ACC report says
In June, China’s industrial output accelerated to 15.1% over a year ago at this time, up from 13.3% year-to-year (Y/Y) in May, according to data compiled in the latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report from the American Chemistry Council…
White Martins to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Braskem
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year agreement to supply nitrogen and oxygen to Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil), the largest petrochemical company in the Americas by capacity and the world’s largest producer…
Fluor lands major mining contract in Chile
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has won a contract from Minera Quadra Chile Limitada (Santiago), a subsidiary of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), to perform work at the company's Sierra Gorda project in Chile. Fluor booked approximately $1…
Bechtel acquires ConocoPhillips’ delayed coking technology
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) has purchased ConocoPhillips’ (Houston, Tex.; www.conocophillips.com) leading delayed coking technology, a move that uniquely positions Bechtel for growth in the refining industry. ThruPlus Delayed Coking Technology is a proprietary process for upgrading heavy oil…