Tag: Brazil
Seamless pipes mill startup delayed
Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd has announced that it will push back until the end of this year the startup of its USD 1.6 billion pipe mill in Brazil, owned jointly with France-based Vallourec SA with regular shipments due to begin in mid 2011.
WorleyParsons bags major contract
Vale awarded the significant cost reimbursement contract to a consortium of WorleyParsons and SNC-Lavalin for implementation of its S11D project in Brazil.
ThyssenKrupp CSA Inauguration ceremony
On 18 June 2010 ThyssenKrupp AG opened its ThyssenKrupp CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico steel mill in Santa Cruz, Brazil.
Sumitomo to construct plant in Brazil
Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) will establish an overseas incorporated entity and construct a new plant in Brazil.
Petrobras refinery upgrade program
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. has turned to Sandvik’s Rotoform solidification technology to handle the increasing volumes of sulphur produced at its Brazil refineries.
Brazil: sodium methylate plant
On 11 February 2010, BASF broke ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America.