Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:48
Chemical industry reports lower sales
UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies have reported a fall in sales to customers over the previous six months.In its latest survey of member companies, the industry’s trade body the Chemical Industries Association found 44% of companies had seen lower…
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Thursday, 16 May 2013 18:35
Chemoxy set for growth
Chemoxy was recently awarded £1.5 million from the Regional Growth fund to expand capacity at its Billingham site to install a multi-purpose combined reaction and distillation plant at a total cost of £6 million. Chemoxy's new plant is to provide…
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:26
Dounreay reduces raffinate hazard
Tanks of highly radioactive liquid waste have been now cemented into drums at Dounreay – part of hazard-reduction efforts around the decommissioning of the former fast-reactor site in Scotland. The liquid was produced during reprocessing of material test reactor (MTR)…
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 17:58
KBR for new world-scale ammonia plant
Houston, Texas – KBR has been awarded a contract by Incitec Pivot Ltd’s US business, Dyno Nobel, to provide engineering, procurement and construction services, as well as technology licensing and equipment for an ammonia plant to be built in Waggaman,…
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Saturday, 04 May 2013 17:39
BASF Antwerp taps Jacobs Engineering
BASF Antwerp NV, has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. a contract to provide engineering services at its integrated chemicals complex in Antwerp, Belgium. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is providing process, piping and electrical/ instrumentation engineering services. Officials…
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 12:42
TMO to build 2nd gen biofuel plant in Brazil
Guildford, UK – TMO Renewables (TMO), a UK developer of second generation biofuels technology, and Usina Santa Maria Ltda are to form a JV to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to…
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Friday, 26 April 2013 11:26
EU chemical production down
Brussels – After three consecutive months of expansion, EU chemicals production fell by 1.6% in January 2013 compared to January 2012, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Despite the decline. EU chemicals prices for the month climbed by…
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Monday, 22 April 2013 11:01
NEPIC nets €2m industrial parks project
The North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) has been appointed to manage a €2-million EU-wide project aimed at identifying new approached to developing sustainable industrial parks. For the Low Carbon Industrial Manufacturing Parks (LOCIMAP) project, NEPIC will seek to advance…
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