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…
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…
High-temperature (HT) superconductors can be manufactured much more efficiently and with less environmental impact by means of the innovative production process developed by technology company Deutsche Nanoschicht GmbH (Rheinbach, Germany; www.d-nano.com). Superconductors carry current virtually without loss, so they allow…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif; www.jacobs.com) says it was awarded a contract from Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) to provide basic engineering services for an investment in a grassroots polyamide-12 production facility in Asia. Officials did not disclose…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and the Brazilian mining company MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. have signed a contract for the filter technology delivery to the expansion of the Serra Azul iron ore processing facility in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The…
The Pörner Group’s (Vienna, Austria; www.poerner.at) facility in Grimma, Germany, handed over a turn-key formalin plant in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany to Lanxess Deutschland GmbH (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) after only 16 months of construction. The plant with a capacity of 150,000 metric…
GE (Atlanta, Ga.; www.ge.com) announced today the opening of GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Co., a 50-50 joint venture (JV) with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The new company combines GE’s…
Air Products (www.airproducts.com) has signed a long-term helium supply contract with National Helium LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DCP Midstream. The feedstock from National Helium provides the base-load helium volume for Air Products’ liquid helium plant located near Liberal, Kansas,…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to license technology to Emerald Biofuels LLC to produce Honeywell Green Diesel at a facility in Louisiana. Emerald is expected to use UOP’s Eni…