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Thermo Fisher Scientific expands its range of ultra pure inorganics
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Tintagel, U.K.; www.thermofisher.com) has significantly expanded its range of Acros Organics Ultra Pure Inorganics products to meet increasing demand in high-technology industries and other chemistry applications. This portfolio, which is now 50% larger, features new high-purity…
Evonik to double its L-lysine capacities in the U.S.
In North America, Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) is doubling its capacities for producing the feed amino acid L-lysine. The two-phase expansion of the Blair, Nebraska plant to an annual capacity of 280,000 metric tons (m.t.) is on track…
MHI establishes JV engineering company in India
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi.co.jp) and Suhail Bahwan Group (SBG; Oman) have established a joint venture (JV) engineering company, namely MHI Engineering and Industrial Projects India Private Ltd. (MEIP), in India effective September 2, 2011. MEIP…
Outotec to deliver concentrator technology for Codelco in Chile
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has signed a contract with Chilean Codelco, the leading copper producer in the world, for the design and delivery of concentrator technology to Codelco's new Mina Ministro Hales mine in northern Chile. The contract value…
Lanxess boosts capacity at glass-fiber plant in Antwerp
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing €15 million in its glass fiber plant in the Antwerp docklands. For the specialty chemicals company glass fibers are a key intermediate for the production of high-tech plastics. With the expansion, the actual…
BASF and Lynas establish long-term rare-earth supply agreement
BASF Corp. (Iselin, N.J.; www.basf.com) has signed a long-term supply agreement with Lynas Corp. (Sydney, Australia; www.lynascorp.com), a fully integrated provider of Rare Earth materials. Under terms of the agreement, Lynas will supply BASF with a pre-determined annual volume of…
U.S. chemical industry expands in August, but economy stalling, ACC report says
The chemical industry was one of the manufacturing sectors reporting expansion in August, an improvement from July, but the mixed reports elsewhere indicate that the economy is “stalling,” says the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) in its latest…
Pöyry awarded engineering contracts for pulp mill project in Brazil
Pöyry Plc.'s Industry Business Group (www.poyry.com) has been awarded services contract by Suzano Papel e Celulose for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) services for the Balance of Plant (BOP), and the Owners' Engineering services during the project implementation.…
Ineos Technologies: Innovene Polypropylene Process for China
Ineos Technologies (www.ineos.com) has today confirmed it has licensed its Innovene PP Process for the manufacture of homopolymers, random copolymers and impact copolymers to the Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Yanan Energy and Chemical Company Limited in Shaanxi, China. The 300,000-ton/yr Innovene…
MIT launches graphene research center
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, Mass.; www.mit.edu) today announced the creation of the MIT/MTL Center for Graphene Devices and Systems (MIT-CG). This interdepartmental center, part of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), brings together MIT researchers and industrial partners…