Schenck Process GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany; www.schenckprocess.com) FCT-ACTech Pty Ltd. (Thebarton, Australia; www.fctinternational.com) have signed a Sales Representation Agreement for the promotion of FCT’s unique Continuous On-Stream Mineral Analyser (COSMA) by Schenck Process in multiple territories including the EU (excluding Scandinavia),…
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi; www.iocl.com) has chosen Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply the technology for its coker-gas-oil (CGO) hydrotreating unit at its Haldia Refinery. With a design capacity of 1.4-million ton/yr, the new unit will hydro-process…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has received an order from Konkola Copper Mines for the delivery of the third electric furnace and related services for the Chingola copper smelter in Zambia. The order value is approximately €13 million. The order…
Solvay S.A. Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) and its Chinese partner Sinochem Lantian have decided to build a new electronic grade hydrogen fluoride production installation for Lansol Fluorchem Co., Solvay's joint venture with Zhejiang Lantian Environmental Protection Co., a subsidiary of Sinochem…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.co.jp) and Abengoa Solar (Seville, Spain; www.abengoasolar.com) have formed a partnership to own two 50-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in El Carpio (Córdoba), Spain. Abengoa Solar, who will also operate both facilities, will retain control…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo; www.outotec.com) Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, both Finland; www.kemira.com) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to develop, promote and support the companies’ businesses in minerals and oil-sands processing as well as associated industrial water treatment solutions. Kemira offers a…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has decided to increase the production capacity for peroxide-curable (PC) fluoroelastomers, commercialized under the trademark Tecnoflon, in the Solvay Solexis plant at Spinetta Marengo, Italy. Solvay is investing €10 million in the capacity increase, which is…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has won an order from Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) for the design and delivery of an iron-ore sinter plant for SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh. Outotec will implement the turnkey plant project…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech. Co., Ltd., a company under Sanding Holding Group, Zhejiang Province, P.R. China, signed a contract for the delivery of a PA-6 polymerization plant to produce textile grade…
Dow Corning considers biomass plant to produce steam and electricity August 20, 2010 — Dow Corning’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) Midland manufacturing site is considering the installation of a biomass-powered energy facility to provide a renewable, reliable and cost-effective supply of…