Extraction of metals, such as lithium, from laterite ores is usually carried out through solubilization of metals by acids, such as sulfuric and hydrochloric acids. However, substantial metal recoveries from laterites have been achieved only through thermal pre-treatment of laterites,…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (PPL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services for its sulfuric-acid plant expansion project in Paradeep, Orissa, India. Officials did not disclose the contract value,…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) and Southern Company subsidiary, Southern Generation Technologies, today announced a cooperation agreement through which both organizations will collaborate in an effort to expand the global adoption of Transport Integrated Gasification — or TRIG — technology. Under the…
Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract and cracking furnaces engineering and procurement services for a previously announced new large world-scale ethylene production plant to be…
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow; Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) says that it plans to build a new world-scale plant for the production of metallocene ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), sold under the trademark of Nordel IP Hydrocarbon Rubber. The new facility,…
Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.chiyoda-corp.com/en) has been awarded a licensing and engineering contract by Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. (Reading, U.K.; www.fwc.com) for the use of Chiyoda’s Acetica technology for producing acetic acid. This technology will be sub-licensed by Foster Wheeler…
Evonik Industries AG’s (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) endeavor to build a new production facility for cosmetics and consumer goods in Americana in the Brazilian state of São Paulo is moving ahead rapidly. The mid-double-digit million euro investment will go on stream…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com), a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE; Fairfax, Va.; www.exxonmobile.com) announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sole oil refinery, has selected UOP and EMRE technology to improve the…
Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has signed a long-term contract with Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co. to supply on-site industrial gases to their chemical park located in the Jiangsu province. Oxiranchem Yangzhou Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liaoning Oxiranchem, Inc.; www.oxiranchem.com), a…
The first solar tower power plant in North Africa will be built in Algeria. The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety…