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Outotec to deliver copper flash smelting technology to Iran
Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Tech Talk company of Dubai on the delivery of flash smelting technology for the expansion of National Iranian Copper Industries Co.'s copper smelter located in Sarcheshmeh, Iran. Outotec's scope of delivery includes…
Jacobs awarded contract by China Sun Paper
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has been awarded an engineering and procurement supply contract by China Sun Paper for an integrated chlorine dioxide plant in Laos. Officials did not disclose the contract value. Jacobs is providing basic design…
Praxair starts up supply to Thyssenkrupp in Alabama
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up a new air separation unit to supply industrial gases to ThyssenKrupp’s state-of-the-art carbon- and stainless-steel processing facilities in Mobile, Alabama. The new air separation unit, with a capacity of 400 ton/d, will…
DSM & Roquette to build commercial-scale bio-based succinic acid plant
Royal DSM (Heerlen, the Netherlands; www.dsm.com) and the French starch and starch-derivatives company Roquette Frères (Lestrem, France; www.roquette.com) will build a commercial scale plant for the production of bio-based succinic acid, the first non-fossil feedstock derived chemical building block that…
Black & Veatch to upgrade two treatment facilities in the U.K.
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.;www.bv.com) has been appointed principal contractor for a program of works that will enhance and expand sludge treatment operations at Thames Water’s Basingstoke and Bracknell Sewage Treatment Works. The major upgrades will convert liquid treated…
SNC-Lavalin acquires engineering firm in Quebec
SNC-Lavalin Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.snclavalin.com) has acquired Groupe Stavibel, a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm based in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. Groupe Stavibel provides engineering consulting expertise in numerous fields of activity in the buildings, infrastructure, transport, mining, and environment sectors. The firm…
Lanxess expands capacity for polychloroprene solid rubber
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) is investing 17 million euros in the expansion of its production capacities for polychloroprene solid rubber. The expansion at the Dormagen site is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012 and will increase production…
Linde builds hydrogen and syngas plant in China
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) will build and operate a large hydrogen and synthesis gas plant in the Chongqing Chemical Park in Western China in a joint enterprise with Chongqing Chemical & Pharmaceutical Holding Company (CCPHC). The project has…
Outotec to deliver gold pressure leaching technology in Russia
Under a contract announced today, Outotec (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) delivers gold recovery technology for the Pokrovskiy hydrometallurgical plant in the Russian Far East (in the Amur region). The contract was signed with JSC Pokrovskiy Mine, which is a part of…
Uhde Inventa-Fischer and BASF plant for biodegradable polymer commissioned
Uhde Inventa-Fischer GmbH (Berlin, Germany; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced the successful commissioning of a plant for the production of Ecoflex, a biodegradable co-polyester polymer developed by BASF. Production capacity Ecoflex polymer production capacity obtained at the…