Business & Economics
Sasol & Linde: Long-term agreement
Sasol Technology (Pty) Ltd (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) has appointed the Engineering Division of The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) as preferred Licensor’s Engineering Contractors for a major portion of the Sasol, Fixed Bed Dry Bottom (FBDB) Gasification Technology for…
World chemical production rose 10.2% in 2010, ACC report says
Global production of chemicals rose by 10.2% overall in 2010, according to data included in the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) latest Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report. Gains for the month of December of last year were…
Altana acquires Kometra
The specialty chemicals Group Altana AG (Wesel, Germany; www.altana.com) has signed an agreement today to acquire Kometra Kunststoff-Modifikatoren und -Additiv GmbH. Kometra produces so-called polymer modifiers in Schkopau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. These modifiers are specific surface-active copolymers, which are used as…
B&W applauds clean-coal-technologies cooperation with China
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. (B&W; Charlotte, N.C.; www.babcock.com) applauds today's signing of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) consortium work plan for advancing clean coal technologies. B&W is one of five U.S. companies involved in this CERC consortium,…
GE and Shenhua: Coal-gasification JV in China
Marking a significant step forward for coal gasification technology, GE (Atlanta, Ga.; www.ge.com) and Shenhua (Beijing, China) have agreed to form an industrial coal-gasification joint venture (JV) to advance the deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The new…
Hyperion: OTS for India’s largest ethylene plant
Hyperion Systems Engineering Ltd. (Hyperion; Nicosia, Cyprus; www.hyperionsystems.net) will supply the Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for an ethylene cracker and associated units, which form part of a polymer complex to be built in Dahej, India, that will manufacture 1.1-million ton/yr…
Lanxess invests in Krefeld-Uerdingen site
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany: www.lanxess.com) is strengthening its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, site by investing about EUR 40 million in two major projects for the Basic Chemicals (BAC) business unit. It is building a production plant for the formalin needed to make…
Praxair to supply ArcelorMittal in Brazil
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed an agreement with ArcelorMittal to supply oxygen to ArcelorMittal’s steel production facility located in João Monlevade, in southeast Brazil. White Martins will build a new air separation…
SNC-Lavalin: Copper-smelter project in Serbia
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Rudarsko - Topionicarski Basen Bor Grupa (RTB-Bor) for the modernization of its existing copper smelting complex in Eastern Serbia. SNC-Lavalin’s portion of the contract…
Fluor: EPC contract for LNG project in Australia
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Santos Ltd. (STO AU) for its Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Queensland, Australia. Fluor's EPC contract includes upstream facilities associated with the 7.8-million…