Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. for the design and delivery of process solution to the new copper-molybdenum concentrator located in Sierra Gorda, close to Antofagasta in northern Chile. The contract value…
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for the Chemicals 1 Envelope of Sadara Chemical Co., a joint venture under formation between affiliates of The Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi…
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has been awarded a major contract by a major oil sands mining producer to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a froth treatment plant in the Fort McMurray region. The value of the…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed two additional contracts for detail engineering and delivery of gold pressure oxidation (POX) technology with the Russian Petropavlovsk Group of Companies. The contracts are together worth €34 million, and they complement contracts disclosed…
Bechtel (Frederick, Md.; www.bechtel.com) has received full notice to proceed for construction of the California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) project, one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plants being built in the world. Bechtel is providing engineering, procurement, and construction…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that the company's Mining business received a full notice to proceed for Newmont Mining’s Conga project in Peru. Additionally, a joint venture between Fluor’s Infrastructure business and Odebrecht was awarded the earthworks scope…
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Shanxi Taigang Wanbang Furnace Charge Co. — a joint venture (JV) between Shanxi Jinzhong Industrial Trading Co. Ltd. and the world's largest stainless steel producer, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (referred…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has reached an agreement to acquire the Pharmaceuticals business of SurModics, Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.). Signing took place on November 1, 2011 and the transaction is expected to close shortly. Following the acquisition of…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its main operating company Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.it) has been awarded an engineering-procurement-construction-commissioning (EPCC) contract on a lump-sum turnkey basis for the realization of a new fertilizers complex within the existing industrial area in…
Davy Process Technology Ltd. (DPT; London, U.K.; www.davyprotech.com), a Johnson Matthey company, and The Dow Chemical Company’s (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) Oxygenated Solvents business announced that Wison (Nanjing) Clean Energy Co. (Wison Energy), a member company of the Wison Group (www.wison.com) located in…