http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 17:52:00 EDT Ineos Nitriles (www.ineos.com) and Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group Corp. (www.bcig.cn) have today signed a non-binding Heads of Terms, setting out their intention to establish a 50/50 joint venture (JV), to build and operate a world scale acrylonitrile plant to be located in Tianjin, China. It is... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10549.html Wed, 22 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has agreed with Russian Copper Co. on the design and delivery of a new copper concentrator for the first stage of the Tominsky project in the Chelyabinsk region in Russia. The total value of the contracts exceed €50... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10550.html Wed, 22 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Tempered expansion of the U.S. economy continues, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB) released today. The economic indicator, shown to lead U.S. business cycles by an average of eight months at cycle... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10546.html Tue, 21 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) has completed and successfully commissioned the boil-off gas reliquefaction project at the site of Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG’s receipt terminal in Hackberry, La. The project uses Black & Veatch’s Prico technology to liquefy LNG... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10547.html Tue, 21 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland; www.sulzer.com) has opened an office in Brazil to better service its customers in the Brazilian market in the field of products and services for separation, reaction and mixing technology. The new office in Vinhedo near Campinas (Sao Paulo) offers both technical... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10544.html Mon, 20 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT It is with profound sadness that we inform you of the passing earlier today of Dr. Haldor Frederik Axel Topsøe, founder of Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com). Haldor Topsøe was born on May 24th, 1913 and passed away on May 20th, 2013, shortly before his 100th birthday... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10545.html Mon, 20 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Lewa-Nikkiso America, Inc. (Holliston, Mass.; www.nikkiso.com) has recently acquired Integrated Process Technologies, Inc. (IPT), a Massachusetts-based company specializing in the engineering, design, and manufacture of high-purity process systems. IPT has a proven track record of delivering design-build... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10541.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net) has entered into a technology alliance with HTI, a subsidiary of Headwaters Inc (South Jordan, Utah; www.headwaters.com). The purpose of the alliance is to promote the combined use of Axens' and HTI's technologies to produce clean liquid fuels from residual... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10542.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) and Global Oil Shale Group Plc. (London, U.K.; www.globaloilshale.com) have agreed on collaboration in the development of a commercial-scale concentration process for kerogen, a mixture of organic material contained in surface mineable oil shale deposits. The... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10543.html Fri, 17 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Technip (Paris, France; www.technip.com) was awarded by NOVA Chemicals Corp. the detail engineering, and procurement services contract for the Polyethylene (PE) 1 expansion project located at their Joffre site near Red Deer in Alberta, Canada. The project includes the installation of a... http://www.che.com/only_on_che/latest_news/10538.html Thu, 16 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT