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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…

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

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…

Steaming ahead at Dalkia biomass plant
Added: 22 Jul 2011
Energy services company Dalkia, owned by Veolia Environnement and EDF, has recently commissioned on…