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Perstorp will construct new plant for
sodium formate deicer product
May 9, 2019 - Perstorp AB (Perstorp, Sweden;
www.perstorp.com) plans to construct
a new plant in Perstorp, Sweden. The plant
will increase capacity for Pergrip Run NF, the
sodium-formate deicer product for airport
runways. The plant will have a nameplate capacity
of 12,000 metric tons per year (m.t./
yr) and is due to begin operating ahead of
the coming winter season (2019-2020).
Stamicarbon signs contract for urea
melt and granulation plant in Russia
May 7, 2019 - Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the
Netherlands; www.stamicarbon.com) has
signed a contract for license, process design
package (PDP) and proprietary equipment
supply for a grassroots urea melt and granulation
plant for ShchekinoAzot, to be built
in Pervomayskiy, Tula region, Russia. The
scope of work for Stamicarbon is the complete
license and PDP for a 2,000 metric ton
per day (m.t./d) melt and granulation plant
including supply of proprietary equipment.
Clariant Catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan win
contracts for formaldehyde production
May 7, 2019 - Clariant Catalysts (Munich,
Germany; www.clariant.com) will be collaborating
with its engineering partner, Wuxi Xiyuan,
on two new projects to supply their joint
formaldehyde production technology. The
new contracts were awarded by Shandong
Yushiju Chemical, one of the largest Chinese
producers of phenol formaldehyde resins,
and Shandong Sunny Wealth New Materials,
a leading antioxidant producer in China.
The producers' formaldehyde capacity is expected
to be 150,000 and 130,000 ton/yr,
respectively, with operations starting in 2019.
ExxonMobil proceeds with $2-billion
Baytown expansion project
May 2, 2019 - ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.;
www.exxonmobil.com) will proceed with a
$2-billion investment to expand its Baytown,
Texas chemical plant. The expansion, expected
to start up in 2022, includes a new Vistamaxx
performance polymer unit, which will produce
about 400,000 ton/yr of Vistamaxx polymers.
The project will also include a 350,000-ton/yr
plant to produce linear alpha olefins.
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Covestro to expand production of
polycarbonate films in Dormagen
May 2, 2019 - At its Dormagen site,
Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany; www.
covestro.com ) has started building additional
production lines for high-quality polycarbonate
films. The new co-extrusion lines
are scheduled for completion by the end of
2020 and will cover the increasing demand.
Linde starts up air separation unit at
Samsung facility
May 2, 2019 - Linde (www.linde.com) has
started up a new air separation unit (ASU) to
supply 700 ton/d of gaseous nitrogen to support
Samsung in Tangjeong, South Korea.
This is the company's fourth ASU at the facility.
Ma'aden selects Outotec for goldprocessing
plant
May 1, 2019 - The Saudi Arabian Mining
Co. (Ma'aden) has awarded the consortium
of Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.
com) and Larsen & Toubro with an engineering,
procurement and construction contract
to build a greenfield mineral concentrator and
gold processing plant in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. Outotec's share of the €540-million
project is over €140 million. Outotec's delivery
includes basic and detail engineering, procurement
and delivery of process equipment,
commissioning, start-up assistance and training
services. The new gold processing plant is
due to be completed in 2022.
Plinke to construct
nitric acid plant in India
April 30, 2019 - KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.
kbr.com) announced that its subsidiary Plinke
GmbH has been awarded a contract by Gujarat
Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.
(GNFC) of India to build a concentrated nitric
acid plant (CNA) at Bharuch, Gujarat. Under
the terms of the contract, Plinke will provide
the license and engineering, as well as supply
the proprietary equipment for the new plant
that will produce 98.5% CNA mainly for the Indian
market. The plant, which is designed for
a throughput capacity of 150 m.t./d of CNA,
is due to come on stream in 2021.
Honeywell UOP licenses ionic-liquids
alkylation technology in China
April 26 - Honeywell UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.;
www.uop.com) announced that Sinochem
Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. will use
UOP's Isoalky ionic-liquids (ILs) alkylation
technology to produce cleaner-burning motor
fuels at its refinery complex in China. Developed
with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. in 2016, the
Isoalky technology is the first successful liquid
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