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Epsilon and marathon to build new polypropylene plant
February 1998
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around the world. The equipment will be delivered to ADM during the first quarter of 1998.
REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI G R A N T S EXPLORATION PERMITS The Government of the African Republic of Djibouti has granted exploration permits for seven promising exploration targets in Djibouti. The permits, which represent a critical step towards exploration in Djibouti, were granted to a joint venture of Quest International, a resources development company, and Seven Star Minerals, a privately held mineral resource development and consulting company. The permits conform to standard terms in the international mining industry. "Djibouti, which is located at the centre of three major rift systems, provides a favourable geologic environment for the discovery of major ore deposits," explained Donald Gustafson, president of Quest International.
G L O B A L WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO COOL F O O D PLANT Psychometric Systems Inc (PSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Water Technologies, has been awarded an approximate US$3 million contract from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). The contract calls for PSI to supply technology and equipment for cooling water at ADM's Cedar Rapids, Iowa, LISA, food processing plant. It includes a design capable of reducing the plume exiting the cooling tower stack, to reduce industrial fog. PSI has installed such technology at plants
PETROCHEMICALS BOREALIS EXPANDS SWEDISH ETHYLENE PLANT Borealis AB, the European petrochemicals company, is to invest in a capacity expansion at its ethylene plant in Stenungsund, Sweden. The project, representing an investment of approximately US$200 million, will expand the capacity of the existing complex from 400 000 to more than 600 000 metric tons of ethylene per year. The work is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1999. The technology and basic design have been provided by Stone and Webster, and it uses the patented advanced recovery system and the USC M-coil furnace technology. Foster Wheeler France, part of the global design and construction company, Foster Wheeler Corp, will be responsible lot project engineering. This includes the detailed design of two 100 000 metric ton per year ethylene heaters and associated equipment. Robert Onsander, managing director of the Borealis Swedish facility, said: "The expansion of the Stenungsund cracker fits very well with our long term strategy and represents a major step in an expansion program, designed to make the Stenungsund site Borealis' first world scale petrochemicals site."
EPSILON AND M A R A T H O N TO BUILD N E W POLYPROPYLENE PLANT Epsilon Products Co and Marathon Oil Co, a unit of
USX Corp, are to construct an 800 million pounds-peryear polypropylene plant at Garyville, Louisiana, USA. Epsilon is a licensee of Union Carbide's UNIPOL PP process, and this technology will be integrated into the new plant, scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 1999. Epsilon has two other UNIPOL PP reactor lines, in Pennsylvania, USA, with a combined capacity of 750 million pounds per year.
E X X O N TO BUILD AROMATICS P L A N T IN THAILAND Esso (Thailand), an affiliate of Exxon Corp, is to invest US$400 million in a major aromatics plant at its Sriracha refinery, on the east coast of Thailand. The plant will be fully integrated with the refinery and will produce 350 000 tonnes per year of paraxylene, a petrochemical used to make purified terephthalic acid, for polyester film, resins and plastics. Construction of the facility, which is scheduled for completion in 1999, is consistent with Exxon's strategy to further develop its petrochemical manufacturing, marketing and product distribution network throughout Asia.
METALS
REPUBLIC P U R S U I N G STEEL MILL JOINT VENTURE The board of directors of Republic Engineered Steels, the Ohio-based domestic producer of steel products, has approved in principle, the construction of a new steelmaking and bar rolling facility.
The new steel complex will have an annual capacity of approximately 625 000 tons. The preliminary timetable calls for groundbreaking in the Spring of 1998, with facility operations beginning in mid1999. The location for the new plant has not yet been finalised and Republic is currently pursuing the creation of a joint venture with several prospective strategic investors to build the facility.
PUI,P ANI) PAPER N O R S K E SKOG TO INCREASE CAPACITY OF C Z E C H MILL Norske Skog, the Norwegian pulp and paper company, has bought the Czech newsprint mill Roto and intends to increase the mill's capacity by 20 000 tonnes per year. The mill is located in Steti, 50kin northeast of Prague, Czech Republic, and will be renamed Norske Skog Steti. The mill currently has a capacity of 100 000 tonnes per year of newsprint, which will be increased to 120 000 tonnes per year. The acquisition cost Norske Skog NKrl80 million and is part of its plans for engagement in Central and Eastern Europe.
POWER G ENERATION
US$1.5 BILLION POWER PROJECT IN Z I M B A B W E A new 1400MW coal-fired power station is to be built in Gokwe North, in northwest Z i m b a b w e , at a cost of approximately US$1.5 billion. National Power, the UK electricity generator, the
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around the world. The equipment will be delivered to ADM during the first quarter of 1998.
REPUBLIC OF DJIBOUTI G R A N T S EXPLORATION PERMITS The Government of the African Republic of Djibouti has granted exploration permits for seven promising exploration targets in Djibouti. The permits, which represent a critical step towards exploration in Djibouti, were granted to a joint venture of Quest International, a resources development company, and Seven Star Minerals, a privately held mineral resource development and consulting company. The permits conform to standard terms in the international mining industry. "Djibouti, which is located at the centre of three major rift systems, provides a favourable geologic environment for the discovery of major ore deposits," explained Donald Gustafson, president of Quest International.
G L O B A L WATER TECHNOLOGIES TO COOL F O O D PLANT Psychometric Systems Inc (PSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Water Technologies, has been awarded an approximate US$3 million contract from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). The contract calls for PSI to supply technology and equipment for cooling water at ADM's Cedar Rapids, Iowa, LISA, food processing plant. It includes a design capable of reducing the plume exiting the cooling tower stack, to reduce industrial fog. PSI has installed such technology at plants
PETROCHEMICALS BOREALIS EXPANDS SWEDISH ETHYLENE PLANT Borealis AB, the European petrochemicals company, is to invest in a capacity expansion at its ethylene plant in Stenungsund, Sweden. The project, representing an investment of approximately US$200 million, will expand the capacity of the existing complex from 400 000 to more than 600 000 metric tons of ethylene per year. The work is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1999. The technology and basic design have been provided by Stone and Webster, and it uses the patented advanced recovery system and the USC M-coil furnace technology. Foster Wheeler France, part of the global design and construction company, Foster Wheeler Corp, will be responsible lot project engineering. This includes the detailed design of two 100 000 metric ton per year ethylene heaters and associated equipment. Robert Onsander, managing director of the Borealis Swedish facility, said: "The expansion of the Stenungsund cracker fits very well with our long term strategy and represents a major step in an expansion program, designed to make the Stenungsund site Borealis' first world scale petrochemicals site."
EPSILON AND M A R A T H O N TO BUILD N E W POLYPROPYLENE PLANT Epsilon Products Co and Marathon Oil Co, a unit of
USX Corp, are to construct an 800 million pounds-peryear polypropylene plant at Garyville, Louisiana, USA. Epsilon is a licensee of Union Carbide's UNIPOL PP process, and this technology will be integrated into the new plant, scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 1999. Epsilon has two other UNIPOL PP reactor lines, in Pennsylvania, USA, with a combined capacity of 750 million pounds per year.
E X X O N TO BUILD AROMATICS P L A N T IN THAILAND Esso (Thailand), an affiliate of Exxon Corp, is to invest US$400 million in a major aromatics plant at its Sriracha refinery, on the east coast of Thailand. The plant will be fully integrated with the refinery and will produce 350 000 tonnes per year of paraxylene, a petrochemical used to make purified terephthalic acid, for polyester film, resins and plastics. Construction of the facility, which is scheduled for completion in 1999, is consistent with Exxon's strategy to further develop its petrochemical manufacturing, marketing and product distribution network throughout Asia.
METALS
REPUBLIC P U R S U I N G STEEL MILL JOINT VENTURE The board of directors of Republic Engineered Steels, the Ohio-based domestic producer of steel products, has approved in principle, the construction of a new steelmaking and bar rolling facility.
The new steel complex will have an annual capacity of approximately 625 000 tons. The preliminary timetable calls for groundbreaking in the Spring of 1998, with facility operations beginning in mid1999. The location for the new plant has not yet been finalised and Republic is currently pursuing the creation of a joint venture with several prospective strategic investors to build the facility.
PUI,P ANI) PAPER N O R S K E SKOG TO INCREASE CAPACITY OF C Z E C H MILL Norske Skog, the Norwegian pulp and paper company, has bought the Czech newsprint mill Roto and intends to increase the mill's capacity by 20 000 tonnes per year. The mill is located in Steti, 50kin northeast of Prague, Czech Republic, and will be renamed Norske Skog Steti. The mill currently has a capacity of 100 000 tonnes per year of newsprint, which will be increased to 120 000 tonnes per year. The acquisition cost Norske Skog NKrl80 million and is part of its plans for engagement in Central and Eastern Europe.
POWER G ENERATION
US$1.5 BILLION POWER PROJECT IN Z I M B A B W E A new 1400MW coal-fired power station is to be built in Gokwe North, in northwest Z i m b a b w e , at a cost of approximately US$1.5 billion. National Power, the UK electricity generator, the