Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded a contract by Guangxi Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metals Co. for the design and delivery of a greenfield copper production plant to be built in the Fangchenggang port area near Bei Hai in Southern…
Praxair Uruguay, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen to a new pulp mill complex being built in Punta Pereira, in the department of Colonia, Uruguay. The new facility will be…
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp), Sojitz Corp. (Tokyo; www.sojitz.com), Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo; www.sumitomocorp.co.jp), entered into an Early Work Agreement covering a portion of the engineering work (basic design, preparation…
Bechtel Corp. (Frederick, Md.; www.bechtel.com) has been selected by Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for two new liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The project…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that Modec, Inc. has commissioned a UOP Separex membrane system for processing natural gas on a new Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO is using the…
Cristal Global (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; www.cristalglobal.com), one of the leading vertically integrated titanium-chemicals companies in the world, has announced a “groundbreaking” partnership with Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com), a leading provider of sustainable minerals and metals processing solutions. The parties…
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is strengthening its portfolio of biocides with the acquisition of Verichem Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.). As a result, the German specialty chemicals company will significantly bolster its position in the U.S. material protection market and broaden its…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) expands its industrial software portfolio with the acquisition of Vistagy, Inc. (Waltham, Mass.), a leading supplier of specialized engineering software and services with emphasis on designing and manufacturing structures made of advanced composite materials. An…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed two additional contracts for detail engineering and delivery of gold pressure oxidation (POX) technology with the Russian Petropavlovsk Group of Companies. The contracts are together worth €34 million, and they complement contracts disclosed…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has made a niche acquisition of Goar, Allison & Associates, a unit of Air Products. The Tyler, Texas-based company provides sulfur technologies for upstream gas plants, downstream refineries and gasification. The acquisition is consistent with…