Germany: carbon-free coal power plant
RWE plans to invest EUR 1 billion in a new coal-fired power plant that will not emit carbon dioxide.
South Africa: SS facility
Columbus BWS JV has invited German steel company Boecker & Wender Stahl to set up the proposed SS facility in the Coega IDZ and deepwater port, South Africa.
UK: hydropower project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a contract to provide a range of services on a new hydroelectric power project in the Scottish highlands.
Chile: gas discovery
Chile´s President Mr Ricardo Lagos has declared that the country´s state-owned petroleum company, ENAP discovered a large gas field in the Lago Mercedes basin.
Malaysia: biodiesel plants
Malaysia hopes to claim 10% of the global market for biodiesel fuel through 2010 by launching two production plants that are expected to generate a combined capacity of 200,000 tons of methyl esters for biodiesel and glycerin by-product per annum.
Canada: sulphur recovery unit
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that their Canadian subsidiary company has received a contract from North West Upgrading Inc. to prepare a process design package for a sulphur recovery unit at North West Upgrading’s proposed upgrader.
India: coal-based thermal plant
Texas-based Texas Power Generation is planning to set up a 1,320 MW coal-based thermal plant in Chhattisgarh, India.
Nippon declines to comment on clause
Nippon Steel declined to comment on 13 February about reports that its technology tie up with Arcelor could help it fight off a hostile takeover bid by Mittal Steel.
Nippon Steel could prevent Arcelor takeover
According to Japan’s Nippon Steel, a technology tie-up between Nippon Steel Corp. and Arcelor could enable the Luxembourg-based steel firm to fight the takeover bid by Mittal Steel.
Germany: turnkey plant
Ruhr Oel GmbH, represented by the operating company BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH, has commissioned Uhde to design and build a turnkey plant for reformate separation at their refinery site in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
