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Outotec to deliver a copper plant in Chile

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Minera Lumina Copper S.A. on the delivery of a copper solvent extraction and electrowinning plant for the Caserones project, located in high mountains in northern Chile. The contract value is approximately EUR 65…

U.S. Chemical Production Rose in April, ACC report says

Production of chemicals in the U.S. rose by 0.6% in April amid wider growth in industrial output, according to the latest American Chemistry Council (ACC) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report. After April, the level of U.S. chemical production stood at…

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Construction starts on first Lanxess plant in Russia

Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is today officially starting work on construction of its first production facility in Russia. In the future, Lanxess subsidiary Rhein Chemie will produce rubber chemicals in Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region for the markets…

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Holly selects GTC Technology’s BenZap technology

GTC Technology US, LLC (Houston; www.gtctech.com) was selected by Holly Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.hollycorp.com) and two subsidiaries to provide process design engineering and its licensed GT-BenZap technology for benzene management and reduction. The licensed technology will support Holly’s efforts for…

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Messer commissions new CO2 recovery plant

Messer Group GmbH (Sulzbach/Frankfurt, Germany; www.messergroup.com) has commissioned a new CO2 liquefaction plant with a production capacity of 150,000 ton/yr of carbon dioxide on the site of the British company Ineos Oxide in Zwijndrecht near Antwerp, Belgium. The Messer Group…

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EdeniQ & Logos seek DOE integrated bio-refinery funding

EdeniQ, Inc. (Visalia, Calif,; www.edeniq.com) and Logos Technologies, Inc. (Arlington, Va.; www.logos-technologies.com) announced today the signing of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE; Washington, D.C.; www.energy.gov) to receive up to $20.5 million in federal cost share under…

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Outotec to deliver flotation technology for First Quantum Minerals

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with the First Quantum Minerals Limited Projects Office (Perth, Australia) for the delivery of flotation, thickening and automation technologies for several of their operations around the world. The total value of the contracts exceeds…

Emerson opens new global testing facility

Emerson Process Management (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) officially unveiled its new $30-million testing facility on May 11 in Marshalltown, Iowa. Known as the Emerson Innovation Center--Fisher Technology, the 136,000-ft2 facility is used for testing of large-scale control valve assemblies and…

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Lonza selects Nansha for new vitamin B3 plant

Lonza Group Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonzagroup.com) has selected Nansha, its leading high-tech life-science site in China, as location for its new vitamin B3 manufacturing site. The investment, which was approved by the board of directors of Lonza Group Ltd, will help…

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Buhler & Sigma-Aldrich ink nanoparticles agreement

The Buhler Group (Uzwil, Switzerland; www.buhlergroup.com) and Sigma-Aldrich (www.sigma-aldrich.com) have signed an agreement in which research volumes of nanoparticle dispersions from Buhler will be sold worldwide exclusively by Sigma-Aldrich. These products are dispersions of nanoscale inorganic particles in water and organic…