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Outotec lands iron-ore project in Australia

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded orders for Australia's Karara Iron Ore Project worth more than €28 million. Outotec’s solution includes design, supply, delivery and installation of the complete flotation circuit along with all filtration technology for the project.…

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Iridos begins production of LCD pastes

Solvay SA (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and Nepes (Seoul, Korea; www.nepes.co.kr) announce that their 50/50 joint venture (JV) Iridos is now (as from 2 August 2010) a fully integrated production company. Iridos was specialized in marketing and sales of pastes used in…

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ITT completes acquisition of Godwin Pumps

ITT Corp. (White Plains, N.Y.; www.itt.com) has finalized the acquisition of Godwin Pumps, as first announced on June 21, 2010. Godwin is a leading supplier of automatic self-priming portable pumps used in the growing markets for drainage pump rental, services and…

CSB will investigate recent accident at Horsehead Holding Co.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB, Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) has announced that it will be conducting a full investigation into the July 22, 2010, explosion and fire that killed two workers at the Horsehead Holding Co. zinc-recycling facility located in…

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Axens to acquire activated alumina business

Axens (Rueil Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has signed an Asset Sale Agreement (ASA) with Canada-based Rio Tinto Alcan regarding the sale by Rio Tinto Alcan of its activated alumina business in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.  “Acquisition of Rio Tinto Alcan's Brockville will…

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Outotec: Chromite sintering tech. for South Africa

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with RB Met Engineering (Pty) Ltd. and Xstrata Merafe PSV for the delivery of chromite sintering technology to Xstrata Merafe’s ferrochrome plant located in Rustenburg in South Africa. The contract value is…

BASF begins upgrade of North American catalyst manufacturing operations

BASF Corporation's catalyst division (Iselin, N.J., www.catalysts.basf.com) has initiated several capital investment projects to enhance the company's manufacturing operations for copper-chrome catalysts at its production sites in Erie, Pa. and Elyria, Ohio. The multimillion-dollar investments are aimed at re-engineering, retrofitting…

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Bilcare to acquire INEOS’ Global Films business

INEOS Group (ineos.com) has today entered into a binding agreement for the sale of its Global Films business (www.ineosfilms.com) to Bilcare AG (www.bilcare.com), one of the world’s leading providers of research led packaging to the global pharmaceuticals industry, for approximately…

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AdvanceBio Systems wins DOE contract to supply equipment for biomass pretreatment

AdvanceBio Systems LLC (Cincinnati, Ohio) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, Colo.) to provide a Biomass Pretreatment Reactor System for its Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility. The equipment will be…

Calendar August to November 2010

ACS 239th Annual Meeting and Exposition. American Chemical Society Meetings (Washington, D.C.). Phone: 800-227-5558; Web: acs.org Boston, Mass. Aug. 22–26 International Acid Gas Injection Symposium. Sphere Technology Connection Ltd. (Calgary, Alta.). Phone: 403-619-6215; Fax: 888-984-4941; Web: agis2010.spheretechconnect.com Calgary, Alta., Canada…