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Alcoa to cut global smelting capacity by 12%
Added: 9 Jan 2012
New York – Alcoa is to close or curtail around 531 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa), or 12% of its globa…
Metso, Siemens to equip $3bn pulp plant
Added: 9 Dec 2011
Helsinki / São Paulo - Suzano Papel e Celulose is investing $3-billion (Euro2.3 billion) to establi…
Russia fertiliser producer adds Honeywell simulation system
Added: 8 Dec 2011
London – Russia’s largest mineral fertilizer producer EuroChem is to equip five of its ammonia prod…
Analyser helps cement maker Holcim to raise output and quality
Added: 6 Dec 2011
Malvern, UK: Cement producer Holcim is using an on-line particle size analyser, from Malvern Instr…
Pflauder kit for precious metals refiner in South Africa
Added: 30 Nov 2011
London – Pfaudler is to upgrade mixers for a major refiner of precious metals in South Africa, whic…
Tata Steel taps Emerson for Wales plant upgrade
Added: 24 Nov 2011
Austin, Texas – Tata Steel’s Port Talbot facility in Wales has upgraded control of its largest stea…
Hanson Cement prevents emissions rules halting UK plant
Added: 23 Nov 2011
Clitheroe, UK – Hanson Cement has resolved an inherent design fault on the bearing assembly of a la…
CBI plea after aluminium plant closure announcement
Added: 21 Nov 2011
London – UK business group the CBI has called for a new approach to environmental regulation in res…
Wireless leak detection for Swedish paper plant
Added: 21 Nov 2011
Gävlebukten, Sweden – Swedish board and paper producer Korsnäs Gävle is using Emerson Process Manag…
Atlas Copco's one-for-two switch at foam maker Celotex
Added: 3 Nov 2011
Hadleigh, UK – Celotex, based in Hadleigh, Suffolk, manufactures PIR (polyisocyanurate) insulation …
Arcelor Mittal awards major service contract to Metso
Added: 3 Nov 2011
Helsinki – Arcelor Mittal Tubarão, based in Espirito Santo State, Brazil, have signed a Metso servi…
Getting off the beaten track
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Professor Mike Bradley asks: Why don’t solids processing plants work properly?
Why energy-saving plans are failing to go the distance
Added: 1 Nov 2011
Depending on the relative cost of enery at the time, energy-efficiency programmes and capital inves…
Apps ease maintenance woes
Added: 1 Nov 2011
While CMMS (computerised maintenance management system) software helps maintenance managers to trac…
Global pulp & paper makers invest in automation
Added: 26 Sep 2011
Recent major awards for Honeywell, Metso in South America and China
Lubricant saves $1.4m at Chinese steel mill
Added: 23 Sep 2011
London — Guangdong Shaogang Songshan Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of pig iron, steel and steel prod…
DuPont wins $920m aramid secrets lawsuit against Kolon Industries
Added: 15 Sep 2011
Wilmington, Delaware — DuPont has won a civil lawsuit for $919.9 million in the US against Kolon In…
Sheffield Forgemasters adds 17 appprentices
Added: 13 Sep 2011
Sheffield, UK – Sheffield Forgemasters has taken on a new batch of apprentices to add to its specia…
Swedish mill adds new analyser technology
Added: 13 Sep 2011
Mörrum, Sweden – Södra Cell’s Mörrum mill in southern Sweden is currently installing a new Metso Ka…
Sealless pumps tackle resinous wood glue problem
Added: 8 Sep 2011
Woking, UK – Pumping resinous glue at high temperatures presents a sticky problem for certain types…
