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Ma’aden selects Outotec for gold-processing plant

In a major international competitive bidding process, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) has awarded the consortium of Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com)  and Larsen & Toubro with an engineering, procurement and construction contract to build a greenfield mineral concentrator…

New joint venture to tackle polystyrene recycling

AmSty (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.amsty.com), a joint venture equally owned by Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP and Trinseo LLC, and Agilyx (Tigard, Oregon; www.agilyx.com) have formed a joint venture, Regenyx LLC, dedicated to fully recycling post-consumer polystyrene materials back to…

Linde completes divestiture of selected Korean assets

Linde plc (www.linde.com) has completed the sale of selected assets of Linde Korea to IMM Private Equity Inc., in accordance with the recent merger between Linde AG and Praxair, Inc. and the Korea Fair Trade Commission. The assets divested include…

Saipem awarded EPC contracts in Russia and Serbia

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has signed a Preliminary Agreement with JSC GazpromNeft Moscow Refinery and an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) Contract with Infrastructure Development and Construction (IDC) for an aggregate value of around €500 million. The…

KBR’s Plinke subsidiary to construct nitric acid plant in India

KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced that its subsidiary Plinke GmbH has been awarded a contract by Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) of India to build a Concentrated Nitric Acid plant (CNA) at Bharuch, Gujarat. Under the terms of…

Petrobras plans to divest eight petroleum refineries

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras; www.petrobras.com.br) announced that its Board of Directors approved  new guidelines for the management of  its asset portfolio. The new guidelines consider the sale of assets, with emphasis on downstream segment, including the full sale of PUDSA,…

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction signs a new supply contract in China

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction (Frankfurt am Main, Germany; www.engineering-airliquide.com) has signed a new supply contract with Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.( Zhanjiang Steel), a subsidiary of Baosteel Group, a large-scale enterprise designed to meet demand for iron…

Parker Hannifin acquires adhesives and coatings manufacturer Lord Corp.

Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; www.parker.com) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LORD Corp. (Cary, N.C.; www.lord.com) for approximately $3.675 billion in cash. The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of each…

New president of Proco Products May 1

Mike Lassas has been appointed to the position of President of Proco Products, Inc. (Stockton, Calif.; www.procoproducts.com), effective May 1, 2019. In his new position as President, Lassas will handle all day-to-day operations at Proco.  Lassas was born and raised…

Venator completes acquisition of European TiO2 paper laminates business from Tronox

Venator Materials PLC (Wynyard, U.K.; www.venatorcorp.com) announced that it has completed its acquisition of the European titanium dioxide (TiO2) paper laminates business (the 8120 Grade) of Tronox Holdings plc (Stamford, Conn.; www.tronox.com). Tronox will supply the 8120 Grade product to…