Fabric Filter Analysis at a Whole New Level
McIlvaine conducts regular webinars on fabric filters and precipitators with the
purpose of helping decision makers select the best option to meet their specific
needs. The conference in Charlotte on March 28, 29 will be part of the ongoing
program to clarify the options. Which fabric is suitable to meet the specific
needs? Do bags seams need to be taped to meet 5 mg/Nm3? Does the catalytic
filter have a place? Can existing precips be upgraded to meet the 5 mg/Nm3 if
mass monitoring is required? McIlvaine is creating a new route to market for
suppliers due to this effort. If you would like to better understand this
opportunity, you can sign up for a demo webinar. Just contact: Denise Flash
#874-784-0012 (ext. #122), Ross Ardell (ext. #115) or Bob McIlvaine (ext. 112)
and one can be set up for you.
FABRIC FILTER NEWSLETTER HEADLINES
February 2015
MARKETS
• Coal-fired Power Plants Around the World Are Switching to Fabric Filters
• Boom in Industrial Purchases for Pollution Control in the US
HOT TOPIC HOUR
• Media Selection for Coal-fired Boiler Baghouses was the Hot Topic Hour January
8, 2015
STEEL
• $7 Million Investment for New Dust Filters at ArcelorMittal’s Zenica Steel
Plant
WASTE-TO-ENERGY
• Babcock and Wilcox Vølund Consortium Awarded Contract to Build Waste-to-Energy
Power Plant in Scotland
INDUSTRIAL BOILER
• NF Energy Saving Corporation Announces Clean Air Project at Aircraft
Manufacturer
PRECIOUS METALS
• Second Electric Arc Furnace and Baghouse Added at Precious Metal Recovery
Plant
PELLET PLANTS
• Baghouse Included in Plans for New Pellet Plant
COMPANY NEWS
• Clarcor Reports Record Fourth Quarter
• Donaldson Reports First Quarter Results
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Completes Sale of its Ryton PPS Business to Solvay
• Clarcor Acquires Filter Resources, Inc., Filtration, Inc. and Fabrication
Specialties, Inc.
• Nordic Air Filtration Opens Plant in United Arab Emirates
• The FLSmidth AFT Family Grows
• Valmet to Invest in a New Services Center in Asia-Pacific
PRODUCT NEWS
• Midwesco, TDC Filter Unveils New Product - WELDTECH
• Farr Offers New Packaged Fume and Dust Collector for Metal Cutting
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GDP UPDATE HEADLINES
March 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
AMERICAS
• United States
• Brazil
• Mexico
ASIA
• China
• India
• Japan
• Thailand
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
• Germany
• Italy
• Nigeria
• Russia
• South Africa
• Ukraine
AMERICAS
Brazil
Market forecasts for Brazil's economic growth and inflation worsened for an
eighth straight week, according to a central bank survey.
The median forecast of about 100 economists in the weekly central bank survey
projected Brazil's economy to shrink 0.5% this year, down from a contraction of
0.42% in the prior week's poll. Annual inflation is set to end 2015 at 7.33%, up
from 7.27% in the prior survey. (The remaining text is not included in this
sample.)
ASIA
Japan
Japan’s economy pulled out of recession more slowly than expected last quarter,
with soft spending by businesses and consumers underscoring the challenges
facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he tries to steer the nation to a robust
recovery.
The worst is likely over for Japan in the near term, economists said recently,
but Mr. Abe still faces a difficult balancing act as he tries to get prices and
wages to rise at the same time. Growth last quarter was driven by exports, while
sustainable expansion depends on instilling confidence in consumers who account
for around 60% of the economy, and whose wages have been rising more slowly than
prices for more than a year.
“I was surprised by how weak household spending was,” said Shotaro Kuga, an
economist at Daiwa Institute of Research, said of the fourth quarter results.
“The economy is recovering—it’s just the pace of the recovery is less than
forecast.” (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
Russia
Russia’s economy minister said that the country’s gross domestic product is
expected to shrink by 3% in 2015 with oil prices at $50 a barrel and an
estimated capital outflow at $115 billion, Russian news agencies reported.
The government previously predicted the decrease in GDP at 0.8%. Inflation in
2015 is now forecast to stand at 12%, up from the previous estimate of 7.5%,
Alexei Ulyukayev said, Russian news agencies reported.
The announcement comes a day after the Russian central bank unexpectedly lowered
its key interest rate by two percentage points, sending the ruble lower. Russia
was also recently downgraded to “junk” level, below investment-grade, by the
credit rating company Standard & Poor’s amid the mounting violence in eastern
Ukraine. .” (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)
A complete analysis of GDP and monthly updates for individual countries are
included as part of Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric
Filter and Element Market.
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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES
February 27, 2015
Oil and Gas Project Tracking is available at a discount to Electrostatic
Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and Element Market
subscribers.
Treatment chemicals are an important addition to most oil and gas processes.
Access to details on worldwide oil and gas projects is provided at a substantial
discount to Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market or World Fabric Filter and
Element Market subscribers.
(Listed by most current date)
Cheniere and EDP Sign 20-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Bechtel Announces Curtis Island Plant to Fuel New Queensland Export Industry
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
GP Strategies Completes LNG Trailer Loading Facility for FortisBC
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Exmar Selects Wison for FLNG Contract
Revision Date: 2/27/2015
Keppel Wins $705 Mln Contract to Perform 2nd FLNG Vessel Conversion
Revision Date: 2/26/2015
KBR, Daewoo Awarded Mozambique FLNG Contract
Revision Date: 2/26/2015
New Seabox Technology, SWIT Is Changing the Game in Water Injection
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Slim's Carso Energy and Consortium Partners Wins Contract for Texas Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Williams Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners Announce Commissioning of
Bucking Horse Gas Processing Plant
Revision Date: 2/17/2015
Kværner to Deliver $261 Mln Johan Sverdrup Riser Platform Jacket
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Det Norske Commits to Viper-Kobra Subsea Tieback Offshore Norway
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Lucius Enters Production in the Ultra-deepwater GoM
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
CO2 Use Extends Range of EOR Applications for GoM Operators
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Acteon Establishes Clarus Subsea Integrity
Revision Date: 2/16/2015
Norway Releases New Production License Award Offers
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
University of Houston to Lead Offshore Energy Research Center
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Bilfinger Wins $151.8 Mln North Sea Maintenance Contract with Taqa, Apache
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Enbridge Plans New $130 Mln GoM Pipeline to Connect Hess’ Stampede Development
Revision Date: 2/13/2015
Malaysia Embarks on Ambitious Downstream Transformation Program
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Compact Separation Technology Enhances Subsea Boosting
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Seabox Will Lead New JIP to Investigate Subsea Water Treatment for Reinjection
Revision Date: 2/12/2015
Technip Wins Subsea Contract for K2 GoM Field
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Poland Raises Capacity of Its Gas Link from Germany to Reduce Dependence on
Russia
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Higher Volumes of Canadian Oil Flowing to U.S. Gulf Coast
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Canada Postpones Three Amigos Summit over Tensions Concerning Keystone XL
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Fugro Expands Services with High Resolution Subsea Laser Scanning
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
VBMS Completes Remote Platform Tieback for Wintershall Noordzee B.V.
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Shell Awards Multi–Million Contract to Subsea 7 for GoM Installations
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Slim's Carso Energy Consortium Wins U.S.-Mexico Gas Pipeline Contract
Revision Date: 2/11/2015
Equatorial Guinea, Taleveras to Build Giant Oil Storage Hub
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Greyrock Energy, Nerd Gas Form GTL Partnership
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Williams’ Transco Pipeline Delivers Record Volumes in Early January
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
ExxonMobil Begins Production at the Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Field
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
GE and McDermott Launch New Oil and Gas Consulting JV
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Fossil Bay Signs IP License with Weatherford Technology Holdings for Exhaust Gas
Injection and Reservoir Pressurization Enhanced Oil Recovery
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Azure Midstream to Acquire Marlin Midstream's General Partner and Azure to
Contribute Legacy Gathering System to Marlin, to Form Midstream Partnership
Revision Date: 2/10/2015
Petronas Carigali Awards $14 Mln Contract to Uzma Engineering
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
White House Orders Steps to Curb Oil and Gas Methane Emissions
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
EPA Approves Magellan’s $400 Mln Corpus Christi Splitter Project
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
McDermott Completes Kepodang Platform Installation Offshore Indonesia
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
Joint Open Season Offers New England and Atlantic Canada New Natural Gas
Supplies
Revision Date: 2/9/2015
BP Could Be Fined up to $13.7 Bln for Macondo Spill
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Gazprom Neft Receives Two Arctic Shelf Exploration Licenses
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Mexico Must Expand Infrastructure for Future Energy Demand
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Shale Firm Cuadrilla Awarded UK Exploration Permits
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Jereh Completes China’s First Shale Gas Liquefaction Plant
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
First Wood Group Mustang Norway-Designed Drilling Rig Delivered to COSL Drilling
Europe
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Keppel to Build One of World’s Largest Rigs for over $100 Mln
Revision Date: 2/6/2015
Tall Oak Midstream Announces Natural Gas Gathering and Processing System Serving
OK’s STACK Play
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
MRC Global Awarded Five Year Supplier Agreement by MarkWest
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Southwestern Energy Completes Acquisition of Southwest Marcellus and Utica
Assets
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Select Energy Services Launches Pecan Hill Water Solutions Facility
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Egypt Signs Six New Petroleum Agreements with Minimum Investments of $485
Million
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
Eni Signs Agreement for South-West Melehia Block in Egypt
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
FMC Technologies Awarded $393 Mln Subsea Systems Contract for Eni's Project
Offshore Angola
Revision Date: 2/5/2015
L&T Hydrocarbon Wins EPCI Order from ONGC for Vasai East Project
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Pioneer Natural Resources Says Severe Winter Impacted Production and Drilling in
West Texas
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Qatar Kentz Awarded Four-year Call-off Contract by Qatar Shell for its Pearl
Gas-to-liquids Facilities
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Wood Group Secures Major $750 Mln BP EPC Contract
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Orpic Logistics Awarded EPC Contract for $320 Mln Sohar Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
FirstEnergy Working on New Shale Gas Transmission Projects and Evaluating
Systems Upgrades
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Swiber Wins $710 Mln EPCIC Contract in West Africa
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Technip Awarded €100m Oil & Gas Terminal Project in India
Revision Date: 2/4/2015
Sinopec Starts 16-mln-bbl Crude Storage Base in Hainan Province
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
PBF to Acquire Tank Farm at Ohio Refinery for $150 Mln
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Federal Court Case against Canadian Pacific May Have National Implications for
Crude-by-rail
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
New Canada Safety Chief Urges Tougher Oil-by-rail Measures
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
FMC Technologies Awarded $268 Mln Subsea Contract for Chevron's Agbami Phase 3
Project
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Breitling Energy Announces Drilling of New Wilcox Shale Project
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Purestream Services Begins IGF Plus Water Treatment and Re-Use Project in
Permian Basin
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Alfa Laval Wins SEK 55 Mln for U.S. Natural Gas Order
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Ranger Offshore Closes Diving Assets Acquisition from Technip USA
Revision Date: 2/3/2015
Hungary Prime Minister, Upset over South Stream Pipeline Set-back, Blames
Brussels
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Kinder Morgan Hopes to Resurrect Texas-to-California Freedom Pipeline
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Kinder Morgan Subsidiary Adopts Two Alternative Routes for Northeast Energy
Direct Project
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Colombia to Invest $1.74 Bln to Expand Oil Pipeline Network
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Saipem Could Lose $1.55 Bln in 2015 Revenue on South Stream
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Shell Pipeline Leak Spills Thousands of Barrels into Niger Delta
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Greece, Cyprus and Israel to Explain Mediterranean Pipeline Vision to EU
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Burying Carbon as Climate Fix Widens Gap among Environmental Groups
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
India's ONGC, MRPL to Turn Mauritius into Petroleum Hub
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
TransCanada Pausing Work on Cacouna Export Terminal Due to Endangered Whales
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
China's Sinopec to Push Ahead with $10 Bln Coal-to-gas Plan
Revision Date: 2/2/2015
Ice Complicates Cleanup in Yellowstone's Rare Oil Spill
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
Alfa Laval Wins Canada SEK 115 Mln Compact Heat Exchangers Order
Revision Date: 1/30/2015
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WORLD MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
MONTHLY UPDATE HEADLINES
February 2015
This monthly update is devoted to wastewater infrastructure news around the
world, outside of the United States and Canada, and is meant to complement
McIlvaine's World Fabric Filter and Element Market or Electrostatic
Precipitators: World Market.
SPECIAL REPORT: Modi’s US$8 Billion Clean Ganga Campaign Offers Opportunities
for Wastewater Treatment Market
AFRICA
• South Africa: Olifantsvlei WWTP Expansion Nears Completion in Johannesburg
ASIA
• Australia: Melbourne to get “Smart Water” System from IBM
• China: World Bank Approves US$100 Million Loan for Water Projects in Guilin
• India: Israel and Germany Offer Expertise and Funds for Clean Ganga Campaign
• India: West Bengal Starts Work on Clean Ganga Project
• India: Uttarakhand Selects 15 Towns to Begin Clean Ganga Drive
• India: Singapore Will Provide Expertise in Wastewater Reclamation
• Philippines: Subicwater Announces P115 Million Budget for Water Projects in
2015
• Sri Lanka: Japanese Company Awarded EPC Contract for Kandy WWTP
• Vietnam: Hitachi/Veolia Consortium Awarded Contract for Vietnam’s Largest WWTP
EUROPE
• Turkey: WABAG Awarded €13 Million EPC Contract for Polatli WWTP
LATIN AMERICA
• Brazil: Sabesp to Invest US$3.6 Billion in Water Projects over Next 4 Years
MIDDLE EAST
• Bahrain: Ministry Plans to Award Major Contract for WWTP in North Town by June
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INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS UPDATE HEADLINES
February 2015
AMERICAS
Mining
• ABB Unveils Smartventilation System for Mines
• NorthMet Project, MN, in Permitting Stage
• Minnesota Pellet Project on Track for 2015 Production
• McClean Lake Mill Begins Processing Cigar Lake Ore
• Canadian Zinc Starts Underground Work at Prairie Creek
• Stornoway to Add Large Diamond Recovery Circuit to Renard Plant Setup
• Peru Environmental Agency Gets Tougher on Miners
Iron/Steel/ Metalworking
• Grede to Expand MN Facility
• Magnetation Announces First Production at New Iron Ore Concentrate Plant
• Alcoa Opens World’s Largest Aluminum-Lithium Aerospace Plant in Indiana
• GE Oil & Gas Plans $60m Lufkin Foundry Overhaul
• Shiloh to Open Aluminum Diecasting Plant in Tennessee
• Brembo to Invest $39 Million for New Aluminum Caliper Production Plant in
Mexico
Pulp and Paper
• Glatfelter Receives $8M from State to Convert Boilers from Coal to Natural Gas
• Glatfelter Prepare Woodchip Recycling Test Project at Chillicothe, OH, Paper
Mill
• Xerium Plans Expansion Strategy at Two Plants
• RockTenn Upgrading Stevenson Medium Mill Pulp Line
• Ox Industries Selects Siemens to Supply AC Sectional Drive System
• Domtar Invests $160 Million to Convert UFS Paper Machine to Fluff Pulp Line
• Domtar Selects Valmet to Upgrade Evaporator Train
• Blue Ridge Paper Products, NC to Convert Two Coal-Fired Boilers to Natural Gas
• CRPE Receives Environmental License for New 2.2-Million Tonne/Yr BEK Mill in
Brazil
• Pöyry to Provide Engineering for Eldorado Line 2 Expansion Project
Chemicals
• BASF Plans Worldwide Expansion of PVP Production
• Yara and BASF to Build Ammonia Plant in Freeport, Texas
• Waste to Energy/ Biomass/ Biogas/ Refining
• Northern Indiana Renewable Energy Project to Power 3,200 Homes
• Officials Commemorate Completion of New Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project
• DTE Biomass Dedicates Renewable Energy Facility in North Carolina
• Microsoft Taps Siemens as Technology Partner to Engineer Power Monitoring
Solution for First Zero Carbon Biogas Data Center
Refinery (Links to database articles)
Other Industries
• Build Started on $50 million Klausner Lumber Plant
ASIA
Mining
• NMDC to Develop New Iron Ore Reserves in Central India
• Iron/ Steel/ Metalworking
• SAIL Seeks Odisha Government's Support to Expand Capacity for Rourkela Plant
• Hebei Looks to Relocate Its Largest and Most Polluting Industries Abroad
• ThyssenKrupp Opens New Automotive Supply Plant in Changzhou, China
• Pulp and Paper
• Fujian Qingshan to Add 500,000 tonne/yr Food Packaging Capacity in China
Chemicals
• Kemira Opens Nanjing Production Base
• AkzoNobel Performance Coatings Adds Capacity in Indonesia
Waste to Energy/ Biomass/ Biogas
• Chempolis and Numaligarh Refinery to Study Building a New Biorefinery in India
Refinery (Links to database articles)
EMEA
Mining
• Agi Dagi Gold-Silver Project, Turkey, Expects 4Q 2016 Gold Production Start
• GW4 Alliance Project to Produce Clean Water from Cornish Tin Mine
• Yara Confirms Potash Mining Potential in Ethiopia, Seeking Equity Partners
• Makhado Coal Mine, South Africa, to Commence Production in 2016
• First Quantum Kicks Off Operations at Zambian Copper Mine
Iron/ Steel/ Metalworking
• Tosyali and Toyo Kohan Break Ground for USD 500m Steel Unit in Turkey
Pulp and Paper
• SCA to Build Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant at Kunheim Mill in France
• Andritz to Supply Equipment for New Bio-Product Pulp Mill
• Andritz to Upgrade Mondi's Frantschach Cooking Plant
• Peterson Packaging to Install New Biofuel Boilers at Ranheim Mill in Norway
• Metsä Board to Increase FBB Capacity, Exit Paper Production at Husum, Sell
Gohrsmühle
• SCA to Commission New Lime Kiln at Munksund Kraftliner Mill in Sweden
• Iggesund Invests Euro 60 Million to Reduce Bottlenecks
• Waggeryd Cell Installs Andritz-Supplied System to Boost Capacity
• Pöyry Awarded Engineering Contract for Metsä Board's Husum Project
• Nordic Paper Invests SEK 30 million at Bäckhammar Mill
• Stora Enso to Rebuild Skoghall Mill Chemical Plant
• Brigl & Bergmeister Invests in 5,000 tonne Capacity Increase
• Lenzing Technik to Upgrade Leaching Line at Sappi Mill in Austria
• Svetlogorsk Mill, Belarus to Launch 400,000 Tonne/Yr Bleached Pulp Line
• Mondi Syktyvkar's Euro 30 Million Pulp Dryer Project Nears Completion
Waste to Energy/ Biomass/ Biogas
• B&W Vølund Consortium Awarded Contract to Build Waste to Energy Power Plant in
Scotland
• Abengoa to Develop the Largest Biomass Power Plant in the World in Belgium
Refinery (Links to database articles)
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