True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals

March 8, 2010 Filed Under: Rare Earth Elements  
True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals

True North Gems Inc. and Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. are pleased to announce that TGX has granted GWMG an option to acquire up to a 65% working interest in TGX’s True Blue property in the Yukon in exchange for carrying TGX through to completion of a bankable feasibility study. The True Blue property is located 55 kilometres south of Ross River, Yukon and is accessible via all-weather road... 

The Linde Group to invest in largest air separation plant in India

October 27, 2009 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  
The Linde Group to invest in largest air separation plant in India

The technology group The Linde Group today announced it will build and commission a state-of-the-art 2,550 tonnes per day (tpd) air separation unit (ASU) at Tata Steel Ltd’s plant in Jamshedpur, India. Tata Steel is one of the world’s leading steelmakers. Once commissioned in early 2012, this will be the largest air separation plant in India and one of Linde’s largest in Asia. The... 

MATECH Corp. Completes Inspection for Union Pacific Railroad

October 28, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Equipment, Mining Investment  

MATECH Corp. announced that it has completed an inspection on one Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Bridge in Nebraska using its Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) System. The EFS technology provides information about growing cracks in structural members in a single inspection. It can also be used to verify retrofit effectiveness at the time of retrofit, without using the “wait and see” method... 

Sasol and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Contract Engineering Companies to Advance 80 000b/d CTL Study

October 23, 2008 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Oil and Gas  

The Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group and its partner Sasol, today signed a contract with Foster Wheeler International Corporation and Wuhuan Engineering Company to carry out the Feasibility Study for an 80 000 bbl/d coal to liquids (CTL) plant at the Ningdong Chemicals Base in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. The Ningdong base is already well advanced with a number of operating plants... 

Metalico Upgrades PGM Management Team

October 20, 2008 Filed Under: Platinum Group Metals  

Metalico, Inc. has realigned and upgraded its Platinum Group Metals management team with the hiring of three veterans in key positions. Andrew V. Masterman has been named PGM Group president with overall responsibility for Metalico’s precious metal recycling operations. Patricia M. Kennedy manages PGM administration, logistics and operations systems. Stephen B. Halliday takes over as general... 

IPS Lands Barcelona Regasification Contract

September 29, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Invensys Process Systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, announced that it has won a major contract to upgrade control and automation systems at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and regasification plant near Barcelona, Spain. The site, at Barcelona Terminal, is one of three such facilities run by Enagas, Spain’s leading natural gas transportation, regasification... 

Technip Awarded Two New Frame Agreements by BP for Subsea Oilfield Developments in Angola

September 12, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Technip and its subsidiary Angoflex Ltda. have been awarded two new major frame agreements by BP Exploration Ltd. for oilfield developments in Angola, covering: * engineering, procurement and manufacture of flexible pipe, * engineering, procurement and manufacture of umbilicals(1) and associated equipment. These frame agreements are part of BP’s deepwater development programme in Angola.... 

The Linde Group enters into joint venture with SINOPEC subsidiary in China

September 10, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

The technology group The Linde Group has entered into a joint venture with SINOPEC Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (FPCL), a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), for the long-term supply of industrial gases to customers in the province of Fujian in south-eastern China. This collaboration will result in a capital outlay of around 100 million euro. The joint venture... 

Technip Awarded Umbilicals Contract in Norway

September 8, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by BP Norge AS a lumpsum EPC(1) contract, worth approximately € 20 million, for the Skarv field development. This field is located on the Norwegian continental shelf, in water depths ranging from 350 to 450 meters. The contract covers engineering, procurement, project management services and fabrication of two dynamic umbilicals(2)... 

Sasol to Explore for Hydrocarbons in Papua New Guinea

September 3, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Sasol Petroleum International (SPI) has obtained a 51% working interest in four hydrocarbon prospecting licenses covering a land area of 37 000 square kilometers, close to established gas fields in the “foreland” area of Papua New Guinea. Seismic surveying is scheduled to commence in October 2008. The exploration work will be carried out by newly formed Sasol Petroleum Papua New Guinea...