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Electrolysis plant in China

Krupp Uhde, of Dortmund, Germany, has won a contract from CMC Prospects Import and Export Company, Beijing, for the supplies and services to build a hydrochloric acid diaphragm electrolysis plant in China.

Neles and DSM work together

Neles Automation's Field Controls Division and DSM have signed an agreement to work together.

De-sulphurisation plant in Romania

Sidex SA, Romania, has placed a contract with Rautaruukki Engineering, Finland to supply a coke oven gas de-sulphurisation Plant to remove hydrogen sulphide and ammonia.

Safety first

Safety within the process industries has increasingly become an issue.

IchemE award

Krohne’s Altoflux 2W Hybrid has won the IChemE Excellence in Safety and Environment Award 2000.

Severn Glocon wins gas plant order

Severn Glocon has won the contract to supply more than 400 valves for two new gas processing plants in the Middle East.

Joint project for lower emission

Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Indiana, USA) and Westport Innovations Inc. (Vancouver, BC, Canada) are to receive funding for a joint natural gas heavy-duty engine project.

Louisiana gasification

TECO Power Services Corporation will develop an integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant for CITGO Petroleum Corporation using Texaco Development Corporation's proprietary gasification technology.

Cleaner gasoline technology

BP has unveiled a breakthrough in gasoline desulphurisation technology that could significantly reduce the cost of producing low-sulphur gasolines to meet current and future environmental legislation.

DSM: two new plants

DSM Elastomers will build two new plants at its site in Geleen, the Netherlands, one EPDM rubber (Keltan®) and the other for melamine.