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Pall announces expansion plans in Brazil
Pall Corp. (Port Washington, N.Y.; www.pall.com), a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its long-time Brazilian distribution partner, Engefiltro (Sao Paulo; www.engefiltro.com.br) . The acquisition will strengthen Pall’s…
Foster Wheeler and Socar to form a new JV company in Azerbaijan
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate to form a jointly-owned company with The State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (Socar) in the Republic…
Outotec to deliver concentrator technology for the Miheevsky project in Russia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland: www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with ZAO Miheevsky GOK, a subsidiary of Russian Copper Co., for the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the Miheevsky porphyry-copper project located in Chelyabinsk, Russia. The contract…
Outotec to deliver alumina calcination technology to Ma’aden Alcoa JV in Saudi Arabia
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Ma'aden Bauxite Alumina Co., a joint venture (JV) between Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma'aden) and Alcoa in Saudi Arabia, on the delivery of two calciners to the JV’s integrated aluminum complex at…
White Martins to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Braskem
White Martins, the Brazil-based subsidiary of Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), has signed a 15-year agreement to supply nitrogen and oxygen to Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil), the largest petrochemical company in the Americas by capacity and the world’s largest producer…
Fluor lands major mining contract in Chile
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has won a contract from Minera Quadra Chile Limitada (Santiago), a subsidiary of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), to perform work at the company's Sierra Gorda project in Chile. Fluor booked approximately $1…
Bechtel acquires ConocoPhillips’ delayed coking technology
Bechtel Corp. (San Francisco, Calif.; www.bechtel.com) has purchased ConocoPhillips’ (Houston, Tex.; www.conocophillips.com) leading delayed coking technology, a move that uniquely positions Bechtel for growth in the refining industry. ThruPlus Delayed Coking Technology is a proprietary process for upgrading heavy oil…
Topsoe Fuel Cell expands stack production
Topsoe Fuel Cell (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com) is expanding its stack production facilities with kick-off in July 2011. The need for extra production capacity arises as Topsoe Fuel Cell expects demand to exceed currentcapacity already in 2013. The facility will be…
Kobe Steel to boost production of compressors in China
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kolbeco.com) says that its Chinese subsidiary, Kobelco Compressors Manufacturing (Shanghai) Corp. (KCMS), has increased production capacity at its compressor plant in Shanghai, China. A new manufacturing line in the expanded facility has been completed and…
Outotec receives additional order from the Russian Petropavlovsk Group
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed on the delivery of concentrator technology for the Petropavlovsk Group in Malomyr gold mine in the Russian Far East. The contract was signed with LLC Malomyrskiu rudnik, which is a part of the…