CHEMICAL INDUSTRY UPDATE HEADLINES

April 2015

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ASIA

 

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MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

 

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

June 18, 2015

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(Listed by most current date)

Borealis and Agrifos Announce Major Milestone for U.S. Ammonia Production Project

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Mexichem Plans $800 Mln Investments in 2015, New Factories

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Constructing a Facility Siting Plan and the Critical Safety Components

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Shell Acquires Land for Proposed Appalachia Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Staffing the 'Plastics Manufacturing Renaissance'

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Egypt Signs $300 Mln Deal with UOP to Produce High-Octane Benzene

Revision Date:  6/18/2015


Chevron Phillips Chemical Considers New Mega-project in U.S. Petrochemicals

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


Asahi Kasei Opens New Production Lines for Duranol and Duranate at Chinese Plant

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


Manali Petrochemicals to Invest in Three Fold Expansion of Polyols Capacity

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


BASF Petronas Chemicals Breaks Ground on 2-EHAcid Plant in Malaysia

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


UOP's Tatoray™ Process Technology Producing Petrochemicals

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


Ineos Plans Ethylene Oxide Units Turnarounds in Belgium and Germany

Revision Date:  6/17/2015


Saudi Aramco-Dow JV Sadara Awards Jacobs EPCM Contract

Revision Date:  6/16/2015


Total Petrochemicals Chooses Port Arthur as Site for New Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/16/2015


Pemex, Blackstone to Develop Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

Revision Date:  6/16/2015


Celanese Selects Jacobs for Singapore VAE Plant Contract

Revision Date:  6/15/2015


Azerbaijan Seeks Investors for Petrochemical Plant

Revision Date:  6/15/2015


Shell Moves towards Final Beaver County, PA Cracker Decision

Revision Date:  6/15/2015


Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Says Sabah Urea Plant to Start up Early 2016

Revision Date:  6/15/2015


KBR Awarded Licensing & Design Services Contract for Ammonia Plants

Revision Date:  6/15/2015

 

Mideast, U.S. Hold Competitive Positions for Ethane Cracking

Revision Date:  6/12/2015


UAE's Borouge Says Third Phase Expansion to Reach Full Capacity by 2016

Revision Date:  6/12/2015


China Sets Higher Standards for New Petrochemical Projects

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


Mitsubishi and Subsidiaries to Construct Methanol & Dimethyl Ether Plant in Trinidad & Tobago

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


Honeywell Opens New China Manufacturing Site for State-of-the-art Catalysts

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


Lamprell Awarded New Jackup Contract from NDC

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


CB&I Awarded Contracts for Shintech Ethane Cracker Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


Fluor Execs, Dignitaries Mark France Carbon Fiber Plant Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


Egypt's Carbon Holding Considers $4 Bln Loan for Petchem Project

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


China to Grant License for Imported Oil to Non-major Refinery

Revision Date:  6/11/2015


SOCAR & Maire Tecnimont Sign EUR 350 Mln EPC Contract

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Thai PTT Global Shuts Olefins Plant for Maintenance

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Developer Says Ohio Ethane Cracker Still Economically Viable

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Saudi's Yansab to Shut Petchem Plants for Maintenance

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Alibaba Group Helps Sinopec with Cloud Computing, Big Data

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Saudi's SABIC Signs Deal to Use U.S. Shale Gas at British Plant

Revision Date:  6/10/2015


Japan's Maruzen Runs Naphtha Crackers at Full Capacity

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


PTT, Marubeni Select SE Ohio Site for Possible Ethane Cracker

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


Odebrecht and Braskem to Re-evaluate Proposed Cracker Plant in West Virginia

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


Saudi's Sipchem Has Finished Testing New Plastics Plant

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


Celanese, Mitsui May Build Methanol Plant at South Texas Facility

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


Adidas to Use Marine Plastic Waste in Products from 2016

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


Saudi Sipchem Says Plant Shutdown Cost $4.8 Mln

Revision Date:  6/9/2015


US Petrochemical Construction Boom and Refining Margins Cushion Profits

Revision Date:  6/8/2015


Bolivia Expands Petrochemical Capability with Bulo Bulo Ammonia Complex

Revision Date:  6/8/2015


Market Sources Say European Benzene Market Divided Amid Cracker Outages

Revision Date:  6/5/2015

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World Municipal Wastewater Project News Provided Monthly

 

June 2015

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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES

June 2015

AMERICAS

 

           EPA Regulation Rolls Backs Air Pollution Exemptions for Industry

 

Chemicals

           Evonik Starts Basic Engineering Work for New Precipitated Silica Production Plant in U.S.

           Borealis and Agrifos to Set Up Ammonia Plant in Texas

           PeroxyChem Breaks Ground On Hydrogen Peroxide Purification Plant in NY

Iron & Steel/ Metalworking

           Dearborn Steel Plant to Pay $1.35M Fine to Settle Alleged Violations

Mining

           K+S on Track to Begin Producing Potash from Legacy Mine Next Year

           Long Canyon Gold Mine, Nevada, Starts Construction

Pulp and Paper

           Fibria Invests $2.5 Billion in Três Lagoas Pulp Line, Brazil

Iron/ Steel/ Metalworking

           Alcoa to get $259 million DOE Loan to Upgrade Tennessee Plant

           Thyssenkrupp Opens Steering Components Plant in Mexico; See Strong Growth in NA

Other Industries

           Duke Energy Faces Record Fine over Coal Ash Pollution

NWI Ready to Break Ground on New Center

ASIA

Chemical

           AkzoNobel to build €30 million Performance Coatings Facility in Thailand

           Selena Gets EBRD Loan to Expand Construction Chemical Business in Kazakhstan

           Hexcel Launches Site for New Carbon Fiber Plant in France; Announces Capacity
Expansions at Weaving and Prepreg Facilities

Mining

           Rio Tinto Finalizes Deal with Mongolia for $5.4bn Oyu Tolgoi Mine Expansion

EMEA

Chemical

           Mexichem’s VESTOLIT Subsidiary to Increase Specialty PVC Capacity in German Plant

           Evonik Doubles Methacrylic Anhydride Capacity in Germany

           Sasol Performance Chemicals Expands Catalyst Carrier Production Capacity

           Jacobs Awarded Four-Year EPCM Contract by Sadara

Mining

           Amec Foster Wheeler Awarded New Çőpler Gold Mine Contract in Turkey

           Norilsk Nickel Secures $1bn Credit from VTB for Bystrinsky Project in Siberia

           South Africa Grants New Mining Right to Coal of Africa for Makhado Project

           True Gold Restarts Burkina Faso Project Construction in Africa

           Kenya Awards Two Coal Blocks, Plans Power Plant

Other Industries

           AstraZeneca to build $285 million Biologics Plant in Sweden

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North American Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants Update Headlines

June 2015

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MICHIGAN

 

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MISSOURI

MONTANA

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NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

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OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

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TEXAS

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

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WISCONSIN

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Food Industry Update

MAY 2015

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AMERICAS

Seaboard Foods, Triumph Foods to Jointly Build $264m Pork Processing Facility in Iowa

Fitlife Foods to Open Food Production Center in Plant City, Florida

Grupo LALA Inaugurates Phase I of $50m Dairy Plant in Nicaragua

Wayne Farms to Create 500 Jobs in Alabama with Processing Plant Expansion

MG Foods' $2.55m Investment to Create 120 Jobs in Texas

Sopakco Expands Operations in South Carolina with New Fitment Pouch Line

Kelly Turkeys USA to Build New Poultry Production Facility in Virginia

Kellogg to Expand Cereal Production Plant in Canada

General Mills to Invest $253m to Expand Operations in Tennessee

EMEA

Vasari Global Opens Phase I of $150m Food Facility in Ethiopia

Mamee TGU to Build Instant Noodles and Snack Foods Factory in Saudi Arabia

Al Safi Danone Iraq to Receive Investment from IFC to Expand Dairy Operations

French Kiss Boosts Confectionery Production with New Moscow Facility

GrowUp Urban Farms gets nod to begin construction on aquaponic farm in UK

ASIA

Kinh Do, Saigon Ve Wong to Build $30m Instant Noodle Plant in Vietnam

Fonterra Increases Mozzarella Production with New Clandeboye, New Zealand Plant

Cargill to Commission Corn Milling Plant in India

ADM to Set Up Feed Plants in China and Minnesota

Kawan Food to Commission New Factory in Malaysia

ITC to Set Up Four Food Parks in Tamil Nadu, India

MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

ADM to Acquire Sweetener Manufacturer Meiweiyuan Biotechnology

Neo Group to Acquire Surimi-Based Foods Manufacturer Thong Siek

Frutarom acquires 60% stake in Indian Flavors Company Sonarome

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Pulp Mills Update

May 2015

COMPANY NEWS

Eastman Cyphrex reinvents paper performance

Valmet Launches Calendering Technology for Board and Paper Machines

GE, Kemira Form Water Technology Alliance to Serve Pulp and Paper Sector

EXPANSIONS/ UPGRADES/ NEW PROJECTS

AMERICAS

Irving Pulp & Paper Invests over $640,000 in Saint John, NB Pulp Mill Modernization

Northern Pulp to Install Electrostatic Precipitator at Nova Scotia Mill

Andritz to Rebuild Paper Machine at Suzano Mill, Brazil

Russia’s Sveza Set to Start Construction of 1.2 Million-Tonne/Yr Kraft Pulp Mill in 2017

ASIA

China’s Vinda to Build Three Tissue PMs in 2015

China’s Hengan Starts up New 60,000-tonne/yr Tissue PM in Hunan Province

EUEA

Metsä Fibre to Build Next-Generation Bioproduct Mill in Äänekoski, Finland

Andritz to Supply Metsä Fibre's New Äänekoski Bioproduct Pulp Mill in Finland

BillerudKorsnäs Upgrades its 260,000-tonne/yr SC Fluting PM at Gruvön

Finland’s Kotkamills Upgrades PM 2 To Packaging Board

PMT Italia to Supply Film Size Press to Pehlivanoğlu Kağit's PM 1 in Turkey

UK's TRM Packaging Installs New £1 Million Pallet Press Line

Valmet Receives Order from Holmen for Softwood Line Rebuild at Iggesund Mill

Sappi to Invest in New Nanocellulose Pilot Plant in the Netherlands

Sappi Expands Alfeld Competence Centre with New Paper Lab

Eska Graphic Board Signs Contract for Construction of Reject Gasifier

Valmet to Rebuild Softwood Pulp Line at Iggesund Mill

Sofidel Starts New Wastewater Treatment Plant at Its Delicarta Tissue Mill in Italy

Mondi to Raise Pulp, Kraftliner Production at Swiecie mill in Poland

ACQUISITIONS/DIVESTURES

OpenGate Capital to Sell Kotkamills to Finnish Private Equity Firm MB Funds

Iron and Steel Update

 MARCH 2015

INDUSTRY

Global Steel Output Fell 2.9 Pc in January

COMPANY NEWS

ArcelorMittal Reports Fourth Quarter 2014 and Full Year 2014 Results

AMERICAS

Arcelormittal’s Indiana Harbor Long Carbon Facility Idled

U.S. Steel Closing Gary, IN Works Coke Plant

ASIA/ PACIFIC

Arcelormittal Readies Feasibility Report for Bellary, India Steel Plant

Tata Steel Thai Unit Expects Net Loss for 2014/15 on Weak Demand

Tata Steel Pilot Facility for Specialised Steel Likely in 2 yrs

SAIL Unit Gets Approval for Producing Ship Building Steel

India to Raise Railway Freight Rates, Blow To Steel Firms

EMAEA

Steel Project in Sur, Oman to be Ready by early 2018

Iran Invests USD2.2bn in Steel Industry

Tata Steel to Acquire Nordic Strip Products Service Centres

Tata Steel to Supply Rails for London's Crossrail Project

NLMK Generates 425 m ruble Savings through PCI Implementation at Novolipetsk

ArcelorMittal Sells Its Kuzbass Coal Mines

Egyptian Steel to Launch Two New Plants Next Year

Semiconductor Industry Update

April 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CSOT and BOE Expand Facilities

ClassOne Enters ECD Lab Partnership with Shanghai Sinyang

Entrepix Adds 300 mm CMP Capabilities to Phoenix Foundry

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