Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has started up on schedule a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) plant in Nantong, China, as part of its 50:50 joint venture with Taiwan’s TSRC Corp. The two companies have jointly invested $50 million (approximately €39…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Grupo México have signed a contract for the delivery of solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) technology for Grupo México's Buenavista del Cobre plant, in northern México. The contract value is about €22 million. Outotec's…
Georg Fischer (Schaffhausen, Switzerland; www.georgfischer.com) announced today the acquisition of Independent Pipe Products Inc. (IPP; Dallas, Tex.; www.indpipe.net), the leading U.S. provider of large diameter pipes and fittings in Polyethylene (PE). The acquisition strengthens the leading position of GF Piping…
Nation Ford Chemical (NFC; Fort Mill, S.C.; www.nationalformchem.com) has announced the acquisition of the PANA business from Bayer CropScience. PANA (N-phenyl-alpha-naphthylamine) is an important antioxidant used world-wide to protect jet engine lubricants, functional fluids and rubber. NFC is in the…
The Shaw Group Inc. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.shawgrp.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com). Under the terms of the agreement, Technip will acquire substantially all…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has completed construction for LDK Solar’s (www.ldksolar.com) polysilicon plant in Xinyu City, China, one of the largest such production facility in the world. Fluor provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for the plant, which…
WorleyParsons Ltd. (North Sydney, Australia; www.worleyparsons.com) has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for the delivery of acrylic chemicals projects for BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com). The projects include the design and construction of acrylic…
The Saudi Arabian Ma’aden Aluminium Company has awarded Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) the prefeasibility study contract for its proposed copper and zinc smelter projects on the Saudi Arabian Gulf Coast. The multibillion-dollar projects are set to include the…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been selected by the Indian Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. (BPSL) to design and deliver technology for a new iron-ore sintering plant to be built in Rengali in the state of Orissa. The contract…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) announces a capacity increase of ThreAmino (L-threonine) at Evonik Agroferm Zrt. (Kaba, Hungary), a 100% affiliated company of Evonik. The nameplate capacity is expected to be expanded to 30,000 metric tons (m.t.) L-threonine (feed…