Outokumpu may acquire Metso grinding mills

The US Federal Trade Commission has approved Outokumpu's acquisition of the grinding mill business (earlier Nordberg's mill business) from the Finnish Metso Corporation.

Generics factory in Brazil

Hexal do Brasil will invest R$ 108 million in a new factory for the production of pharmaceuticals and generic drugs in the municipality of Cambe, Parana, Brazil.

Electronic chemicals expansion in Korea

Ashland-ACT Korea Ltd has expanded its capacity for manufacturing advanced photoresist strippers at its plant in Pyongtaek, Korea, by 35%.

Hydrogen fuel system

Millennium Cell Inc., a development-stage company that has created a proprietary technology to safely generate and store hydrogen, has provided the Ford Motor Company a prototype Hydrogen on Demand(TM) fuel system for automotive application evaluation.

NOx reduction in Indiana

Vectren Power Supply, a subsidiary of Vectren Corporation (Evansville, Indiana), has awarded Black & Veatch (Kansas City, Missouri) the engineering & construction contract for three selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit additions at two different plants in Indiana.

World’s largest fertiliser complex

Qatar Petroleum Corporation (Doha, Qatar) and Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway)have approved construction of the USD 535 million Urea Unit and awarded Krupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) the contract to construct a massive urea unit in Messaieed, Qatar called "Qafco IV".

Ipiranga plans naphtha refinery

Grupo Ipiranga is intending to construct a refinery in Brazil in partnership with the Venezuelan PDVSA.

Chevron-Texaco merger approved

Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc. have confirmed that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a consent order that will allow the two companies to complete their previously announced merger.

Fuel cell conference

Allied Business Intelligence Inc. (ABI), a specialist in fuel cell market research, will bring together first-tier players in the portable, stationary and automotive fuel cell markets at its upcoming conference, "Fuel Cell Dynamics 2001: Reality, Not Hype."

Conoco awards Indonesia contracts

Conoco Inc. has awarded two engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts for the USD 1.6 billion Belanak offshore natural gas development.