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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…

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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…

UK plastics leader questions "shocking" energy cost rises

Added: 1 Sep 2011

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London - The British Plastics Federation’s (BPF) president Philip Watkins made a strong attack on t…

Tata Steel checks oxygen costs at Scunthorpe plant

Added: 10 Aug 2011

Scunthorpe, UK – Tata Steel’s Scunthorpe steel plant produces carbon steel by the basic oxygen meth…

Lubricants save Lafarge $1.5m at UK, Jordan cement plants

Added: 29 Jul 2011

Belgium, Brussels - Lafarge is set to save $1.5 million through the use of Mobil SHC 600 lubricants…

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Steaming ahead at Dalkia biomass plant

Added: 22 Jul 2011

Energy services company Dalkia, owned by Veolia Environnement and EDF, has recently commissioned on…