Fluor Awarded Debswana Contract for Diamond Mine Expansion in Africa
Fluor Corporation announced that the company won an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract from Debswana Diamond Company Ltd, a joint venture of the Government of Botswana and De Beers, to execute the Jwaneng Cut 8 mining project in Botswana. After successfully completing the feasibility study for Debswana earlier in 2009, Fluor was awarded the procurement and construction...
Technip Awarded Contract For a 800,000 Tons/Year Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in China
Technip has been awarded by Ningxia Hanas Natural Gas Company Ltd, a lump sum contract for of a mid-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant to be built in Yinchuan, China. The contract covers the engineering, supply of main equipment, procurement and construction management services for facilities for natural gas pre-treatment, liquefaction, LNG storage and loading, utilities, offsites, buildings and...
Apex Silver Emerges From Chapter 11 as Golden Minerals Company
Apex Silver Mines Limited reported that the Joint Plan of Reorganization filed by the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Apex Silver Mines Corporation became effective on March 24, 2009 and that the Company and ASMC have emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings. Under the Plan, Golden Minerals Company, a newly-formed Delaware corporation, is the successor to the Company’s assets. The Company’s...
Cameron Receives $100 Million Subsea Systems Order from BP
Cameron has received an order worth approximately $100 million for the supply of subsea production systems for BP subsea tieback projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The current scope includes four subsea trees, production control systems, a manifold, flowline connection systems, engineering and project management services and related equipment. Engineering work and procurement of materials began in the...
Farallon Updates G-9 Production Status While Managing Project Expenditures
Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon Resources Ltd. provide an update of activities at the Company’s G-9 polymetallic (zinc, copper, lead, silver, gold) operation on the Campo Morado property in Guerrero State, Mexico, as well as a general corporate update. As announced in August 2008 mining at G-9 has proceeded based on a 17-month plan, with an initial production rate of 20,000 tonnes...
Technip Awarded a New Contract for the Gdansk Refinery in Poland
Technip has been awarded by Grupa Lotos a lumpsum contract, worth approximately €70 million, for the refinery in Gdansk, Poland. The contract covers engineering and procurement services for a new solvent deasphalting* unit. The unit will have a feed capacity of 180 tons per hour. Technip’s operating center in Rome, Italy, will execute the contract. This is the third contract assigned to Technip...
Tube City IMS, LLC and China’s Sinosteel Corporation Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
Tube City IMS, LLC, a service provider to steel mills and foundries throughout the world, announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Sinosteel Corporation of Beijing, China. I Michael Coslov, Chairman and CEO of Tube City IMS, and Huang Tianwen, President of Sinosteel, signed the agreement at Tube City IMS’ Corporate Headquarters in Glassport, PA. “We are delighted...
Technip Awarded Contract for the Expansion of an Ethylene Plant in Russia
Technip has been awarded by Sibur Neftehim (a Sibur Moscow Holding subsidiary) a lumpsum engineering and procurement contract, worth approximately €45 million, to expand an ethylene plant in Kstovo, Russia. Technip’s operating center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, will execute the contract, which follows the basic engineering contract already carried out by Technip. It covers detailed engineering,...
Gossan Retains Hatch to Provide Engineering Process Support for the Inwood Magnesium Project
Gossan Resources Limited has retained Hatch of Montreal, Canada, to provide engineering process support for the Inwood Magnesium Project The agreement covers a 5-phase work program culminating with the opening of a Certificate of Authorization file with the Manitoba government for construction and environmental approvals for a production facility at Inwood, located in south-central Manitoba. The initial...
Alcoa Board Elects Kurt Waldo Vice President and General Counsel
Alcoa announced today that the Alcoa Board of Directors has elected Kurt Waldo, 53, as Vice President and General Counsel, responsible for leading Alcoa’s global legal team. He had been Deputy General Counsel with responsibility for the antitrust, merger, acquisition and divestiture practice areas. Alcoa also announced that Jake Siewert, 44, has been named Vice President, Business Development and...
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