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April 2015
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June 18, 2015
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Borealis and Agrifos Announce Major Milestone for U.S. Ammonia Production
Project
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6/18/2015
Mexichem Plans $800 Mln Investments in 2015, New Factories
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6/18/2015
Constructing a Facility Siting Plan and the Critical Safety Components
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6/18/2015
Shell Acquires Land for Proposed Appalachia Ethane Cracker
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6/18/2015
Staffing the 'Plastics Manufacturing Renaissance'
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6/18/2015
Egypt Signs $300 Mln Deal with UOP to Produce High-Octane Benzene
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6/18/2015
Chevron Phillips Chemical Considers New Mega-project in U.S. Petrochemicals
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6/17/2015
Asahi Kasei Opens New Production Lines for Duranol and Duranate at Chinese Plant
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6/17/2015
Manali Petrochemicals to Invest in Three Fold Expansion of Polyols Capacity
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6/17/2015
BASF Petronas Chemicals Breaks Ground on 2-EHAcid Plant in Malaysia
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6/17/2015
UOP's Tatoray™ Process Technology Producing Petrochemicals
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6/17/2015
Ineos Plans Ethylene Oxide Units Turnarounds in Belgium and Germany
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Saudi Aramco-Dow JV Sadara Awards Jacobs EPCM Contract
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6/16/2015
Total Petrochemicals Chooses Port Arthur as Site for New Ethane Cracker
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6/16/2015
Pemex, Blackstone to Develop Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
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6/16/2015
Celanese Selects Jacobs for Singapore VAE Plant Contract
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6/15/2015
Azerbaijan Seeks Investors for Petrochemical Plant
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Shell Moves towards Final Beaver County, PA Cracker Decision
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6/15/2015
Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Says Sabah Urea Plant to Start up Early 2016
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KBR Awarded Licensing & Design Services Contract for Ammonia Plants
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Mideast, U.S. Hold Competitive Positions for Ethane Cracking
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6/12/2015
UAE's Borouge Says Third Phase Expansion to Reach Full Capacity by 2016
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6/12/2015
China Sets Higher Standards for New Petrochemical Projects
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6/11/2015
Mitsubishi and Subsidiaries to Construct Methanol & Dimethyl Ether Plant in
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6/11/2015
Honeywell Opens New China Manufacturing Site for State-of-the-art Catalysts
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6/11/2015
Lamprell Awarded New Jackup Contract from NDC
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CB&I Awarded Contracts for Shintech Ethane Cracker Project
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Fluor Execs, Dignitaries Mark France Carbon Fiber Plant Project
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Egypt's Carbon Holding Considers $4 Bln Loan for Petchem Project
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6/11/2015
China to Grant License for Imported Oil to Non-major Refinery
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6/11/2015
SOCAR & Maire Tecnimont Sign EUR 350 Mln EPC Contract
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6/10/2015
Thai PTT Global Shuts Olefins Plant for Maintenance
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6/10/2015
Developer Says Ohio Ethane Cracker Still Economically Viable
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6/10/2015
Saudi's Yansab to Shut Petchem Plants for Maintenance
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6/10/2015
Alibaba Group Helps Sinopec with Cloud Computing, Big Data
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Saudi's SABIC Signs Deal to Use U.S. Shale Gas at British Plant
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Japan's Maruzen Runs Naphtha Crackers at Full Capacity
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6/9/2015
PTT, Marubeni Select SE Ohio Site for Possible Ethane Cracker
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Odebrecht and Braskem to Re-evaluate Proposed Cracker Plant in West Virginia
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6/9/2015
Saudi's Sipchem Has Finished Testing New Plastics Plant
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Celanese, Mitsui May Build Methanol Plant at South Texas Facility
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Adidas to Use Marine Plastic Waste in Products from 2016
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6/9/2015
Saudi Sipchem Says Plant Shutdown Cost $4.8 Mln
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6/9/2015
US Petrochemical Construction Boom and Refining Margins Cushion Profits
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6/8/2015
Bolivia Expands Petrochemical Capability with Bulo Bulo Ammonia Complex
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6/8/2015
Market Sources Say European Benzene Market Divided Amid Cracker Outages
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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES
June 2015
AMERICAS
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EPA Regulation Rolls Backs Air Pollution Exemptions for Industry
Chemicals
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Evonik Starts Basic Engineering Work for New Precipitated Silica
Production Plant in U.S.
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Borealis and Agrifos to Set Up Ammonia Plant in Texas
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PeroxyChem Breaks Ground On Hydrogen Peroxide Purification Plant in NY
Iron & Steel/ Metalworking
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Dearborn Steel Plant to Pay $1.35M Fine to Settle Alleged Violations
Mining
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K+S on Track to Begin Producing Potash from Legacy Mine Next Year
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Long Canyon Gold Mine, Nevada, Starts Construction
Pulp and Paper
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Fibria Invests $2.5 Billion in Três Lagoas Pulp Line, Brazil
Iron/ Steel/ Metalworking
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Alcoa to get $259 million DOE Loan to Upgrade Tennessee Plant
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Thyssenkrupp Opens Steering Components Plant in Mexico; See Strong Growth
in NA
Other Industries
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Duke Energy Faces Record Fine over Coal Ash Pollution
NWI Ready to Break Ground on New Center
ASIA
Chemical
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AkzoNobel to build €30 million Performance Coatings Facility in Thailand
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Selena Gets EBRD Loan to Expand Construction Chemical Business in
Kazakhstan
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Hexcel Launches Site for New Carbon Fiber Plant in France; Announces
Capacity
Expansions at Weaving and Prepreg Facilities
Mining
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Rio Tinto Finalizes Deal with Mongolia for $5.4bn Oyu Tolgoi Mine
Expansion
EMEA
Chemical
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Mexichem’s VESTOLIT Subsidiary to Increase Specialty PVC Capacity in
German Plant
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Evonik Doubles Methacrylic Anhydride Capacity in Germany
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Sasol Performance Chemicals Expands Catalyst Carrier Production Capacity
•
Jacobs Awarded Four-Year EPCM Contract by Sadara
Mining
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Amec Foster Wheeler Awarded New Çőpler Gold Mine Contract in Turkey
•
Norilsk Nickel Secures $1bn Credit from VTB for Bystrinsky Project in
Siberia
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South Africa Grants New Mining Right to Coal of Africa for Makhado
Project
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True Gold Restarts Burkina Faso Project Construction in Africa
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Kenya Awards Two Coal Blocks, Plans Power Plant
Other Industries
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AstraZeneca to build $285 million Biologics Plant in Sweden
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June 2015
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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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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
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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