Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) was selected by MBHE African Power (PTY) Ltd., a local renewable energy developer, to provide technical assistance for the country’s first waste-to-energy (WTE) plant. The energy plant will be located in the Drakenstein…
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration, in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), have initiated a "Hear and Now – Noise Safety Challenge." According…
The Standards & Practices (S&P) Board of the International Society of Automation (ISA; Research Triangle Park, N.C.; www.isa.org) has approved a new committee to be designated ISA112, SCADA Systems. This approval follows widespread support for the idea from a survey…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) awarded Fluor an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Bauxite Production Expansion Project in Kamsar, Guinea. Fluor booked the $501 million contract value into…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) has been awarded a long-term contract by KCC Corp., a leading glass maker and the largest construction-material manufacturer in South Korea, to supply oxygen to the new glass wool production line at its Gimcheon…
Amec Foster Wheeler (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com) has been awarded a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Thai Oil Public Co. for its Clean Fuel Project at the Sriracha Refinery in Thailand. The contract is due for completion in the…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has named Kelcey E. Hoyt vice president and controller. She succeeds Elizabeth T. Hirsch who is retiring from the company after 18 years of service. Hirsch has served as Praxair’s vice president and controller for…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) has made the final investment decision to build a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The plant will have an annual capacity of 1.1 billion pounds (500,000 metric tons), and will be…
Ube Machinery Corp., a group company of Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube; Tokyo, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Plastic Technology Co., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.mhi-global.com), concluded an agreement on the transfer of shares…
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) announced a one-line production augmentation totaling 5,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) for olefinic elastomer Milastomer at its wholly-owned domestic subsidiary, Sun Alloys Co., Ltd. to respond to upswings in demand for thermoplastic olefinic…