Indian refiner Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is close to completing the long-drawn-out third phase of its expansion project, which will see a new petroleum fluid catalytic cracker and delayed coker unit come onstream at its 15 ...
Tags: Refinery Expansion, Metallurgy
The Melbourne Port Capacity Project has reached another significant milestone with the appointment of the maritime works contractor for a package of works at the Port of Melbourne worth around $400 million. Minister for Ports David ...
Tags: automotive works, management of works, container terminal
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic modules First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has begun construction of Australia’s largest utility-scale solar project, a 250 hectare solar plant in Nyngan, New South Wales (NSW). Less ...
Tags: solar project, energy mix
Building owners and commercial system designers and installers now have a bigger ally in Taco. The company has broadly expanded the capabilities of its iWorX control platform to provide dynamic graphical interface for remote monitoring of ...
Tags: Taco, iWorX, ProBalance SelfSensing, VFD
Arkema and Jurong Chemical have formed Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprised of the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of ...
Tags: acquisition, partnership
BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, has signed a take-or-pay contract for bio-based 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) with Vinmar International. Under the terms of the 15-year master off-take agreement, ...
Logistics automation, warehousing, materials handling and storage systems company Dematic has introduced the FlexSort SC3 Cross-belt Sorter, a high-rate, high-accuracy sorting system for distribution and warehousing operations. FlexSort ...
Uzbekistan-based steel producer Uzmetkombinat has announced that it has modernized its steel production at a cost of $17.094 million. The modernization included construction of a steel degassing facility on a turnkey basis with a capacity ...
Tags: Steel Production, Mineral
Republic Steel Executive Vice President-Commercial Ted Thielens said this week that the company’s new EAF is almost ready to resume production after weeks of repairs necessitated by a fire on November 30 that destroyed control ...
Tags: Fire-Damaged EAF, Mineral
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co. (Nanjing Steel) has completed the commissioning of its continuous casting project with the commissioning of its continuous casting line No. 3 on January 12, as ...
Tags: Nanjing Steel, continuous casting project, commissioning completed
Flowserve Corporation announced the introduction of two new products, the Valtek GS globe control valve and Logix 420 digital positioner, that deliver exceptional high performance and value. These products provide a fully integrated valve ...
Parex Resources Inc. ("Parex" or the "Company") (TSX:PXT), a company focused on Colombian oil exploration and production, is pleased to provide an operational update. Tigana & Tigana-Sur (Non-Operated, Block LLA-34, WI 45%): On December ...
Tags: Oil News, Gas News, Parex Resources
ARC Resources Ltd. ("ARC") announced today that it estimates fourth quarter production to be approximately 100,000 boe per day. This is record quarterly production volumes for ARC and is expected to contribute to record annual production of ...
At the 2014 International CES, NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) is demonstrating a wireless smart lighting network designed for ease of installation in the home. The demo includes an energy harvesting switch (battery-less, no wires) ...
Tags: Wireless Lighting, Lights
South Louisiana Methanol LP (SLM) announced that it has received the required air permit from the LDEQ and the State of Louisiana to construct and operate the SLM methanol facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. “This represents a ...
Tags: Gas-to-Methanol Plant, Textile