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Total to build coal-based petrochemical plant in China
Added: 8 Nov 2010
Paris - Total and the Chinese energy group China Power Investment Corp. (CPI) plan to build a coal-…
Thai buyers promise 1000 jobs at Corus plant
Added: 22 Oct 2010
London – Thai steelmaker SSI, which is buying Corus’ mothballed Teesside Cast Products plant, will…
CRC allowances sting in UK Spending Review
Added: 22 Oct 2010
M&C Energy Group has issued the following advice on how changes to the CRC scheme, announced with t…
UK investment 'surge' for nuclear, carbon capture, renewables
Added: 19 Oct 2010
London – The UK government plans to establish eight new nuclear plants as part of a “surge of inves…
Northumbrian Water upgrades Darlington STW
Added: 19 Oct 2010
Darlington, UK – Northumbrian Water has completed a major refurbishment of its Stressholme sewage t…
OSPRAG advances UK oil spill response
Added: 19 Oct 2010
London – Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) claims to be making significant …
Welsh power plant project sparks immigrant pay row
Added: 15 Oct 2010
London – The GMB trade union is seeking to recover over £10,000 each for 16 Polish migrant workers,…
Czech transfer station to protect EU gas supplies
Added: 15 Oct 2010
Brandov, Czech Republic – NET4GAS sro has started to build a new border transfer station in Brandov…
Astra Zeneca pension strikes continue
Added: 14 Oct 2010
Macclesfield, UK – Strike actions are continuing at Astra Zeneca’s giant Macclesfield manufacturing…
Denca for Rio de Janeiro control systems project
Added: 13 Oct 2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Denca has been awarded a “significant” project in Brazil that is centred a…
Elga chemicals for Veolia energy recovery facility
Added: 6 Oct 2010
When Veolia Environmental Services has recently turned to ELGA Process Water to supply a specialist…
SRF advances chemical expansion plans in India
Added: 21 Sep 2010
Gurgaon, India – SRF Ltd of India is to carry out three R&D driven projects at a total estimated co…
Aramco, Dow pinpoint petrochemical project location
Added: 4 Aug 2010
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co, have confirmed Jubail Industrial City as …
APC guides Czech chemical plant to Euro2m energy savings
Added: 26 Jul 2010
Litvinov, Czech Republic – Unipetrol is achieving energy savings of Euro2m/year following the imple…
US advances six projects to turn captured carbon into chemicals
Added: 23 Jul 2010
Washington – US energy secretary Steven Chu has announced funding for six projects to convert captu…
Electric cars drive Süd-Chemie to build new chemical plant
Added: 13 Jul 2010
Munich, Germany – Speciality chemicals maker Süd-Chemie AG is investing around Euro60 millionto bui…
Bayer: Process technologies key to chemical industry sustainability
Added: 7 Jul 2010
Leverkusen, Germany – As it generates an estimated 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, the global chem…
30% emissions target would "punish" chemicals industry
Added: 17 Jun 2010
Brussels – The European chemicals industry has called on EU leaders to avoid raising the target for…
Petrochemicals industry feels the pinch
Added: 10 Jun 2010
Newbury, Berkshire – The economic downturn has taken a significant toll on petrochemical plant act…
Thermphos lowers gear costs on chemicals kiln
Added: 10 Jun 2010
London – ABB drives have cut the need for chemicals manufacturer Thermphos UK Ltd to replace gears …
