The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.maaden.com) has announced plans to expand its phosphate-based business with the addition of a third project to manufacture phosphate fertilizers, which will be executed gradually over the coming seven years. Upon…
OMV Petrom has selected Axens (Rueill-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) to supply the PolyFuel technology for its project at the Petrobrazi Refinery. The capacity of the project is 200,000 ton/yr. The aim of the unit is to maximize diesel production by converting…
Wison Engineering Services Co. (Shanghai; www.wison-engineering.com) announced that its non-wholly owned affiliated company, Wison Engineering Ltd., has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPC) contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by Astana Trans Oil LLP,…
Formosa Mitsui Advanced Chemicals Co. (FMAC), a joint venture of Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (MCI; Tokyo; www.mitsuichem.com) and Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) plans to increase the capacity of its lithium-ion, battery-use, electrolyte solution production facilities. Currently, the plant’s production capacity is…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) reported that U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes rose 0.4 percent in November. This follows a revised 0.1 percent gain in October and a 0.2 percent gain in September. Volumes have generally been…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and construction management contract by Novo Nordisk (www.novonordisk.com) for its new $2-billion diabetes active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Clayton, N.C. Fluor has been providing basic design…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has signed a technology license agreement (TLA) for Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) System with L&T-MHPS Boilers Private Ltd. (LMB; Mumbai, India; www.lntmhps.com), a joint venture company of Larsen & Toubro Ltd.…
JGC Corp. (Yokohama, Japan; www.jgc.com) has been awarded a contract for the construction of a photovoltaic power plant from Karumai Higashi Solar, LLC. This follows its receipt of the contract for the Karumai Nishi facility in April of this year.…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) announced that it has started up its carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant at Delaware City Refining Company’s facility in Delaware City, Delaware. The 450-ton-per-day plant is producing food and beverage quality liquid carbon dioxide…
Asahi Glass Co. (AGC; Tokyo; www.agc.com) has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of CMC Biologics, a world-leading biologics Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (“API”) manufacturer with major investors including Monitor Clipper Partners and European Equity Partners, for…