Simrit Oil & Gas, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, announced the acquisition of the assets of Petroleum Elastomers of Houston, a manufacturer of specialized custom sealing components for the oil and gas industry. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Petroleum Elastomers molds a wide range of elastomeric products but is widely known [...]
Air Products has signed a long-term contract with Weihe Clean Energy Company Limited, a subsidiary of Shaan’xi Weihe Coal Chemical Group Ltd, one of China’s largest coal-based fertilizer and methanol producers, to supply onsite gaseous oxygen and nitrogen for its phase three coal-to-chemicals project in Weinan Hi-Tech Zone (WHTZ) in Weinan city, Shaan’xi Province, [...]
COADE announced today the release of CADWorx Plant Design Suite 2009, the latest version of its CAD series for process plant design which incorporates new capabilities and performance-enhancing features and provides some real advantages for the AutoCAD-based plant designer.
In this latest release, CADWorx Plant Professional has enhanced valve top-works capabilities that allow users to place [...]
Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Hydrometallurgy: Principles and Applications” to their offering.
The book is concerned with the theoretical principles of hydrometallurgical processes and engineering aspects and also discusses the hydrometallurgical processes of production of copper on the example of leaching of chalcopyrite as the main sulphide mineral of copper processed in industry.
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A win for Air Products and a win for Surface Combustion, Inc. led to a big win for JMA Heat Treating (JMA) in its quest to enhance its production capabilities at its Houston, Texas heat treating facility. JMA was able to take advantage of the innovative joint marketing relationship between Air Products and Surface [...]
The battle lines have been clearly drawn between the Democrats in Congress, a handful of major names in the international mining industry and the National Mining Association and its coal company members.
The Democrats’ victory in last year’s elections means Congress’s stance on environmental issues has changed dramatically. Gone is the champion of mining and big [...]
Torrent Energy Corporation announced it has retained U.S.-based Pfeiffer High Investor Relations, Inc., and Canada’s CHF Investor Relations (Cavalcanti Hume Funfer Inc.) to develop and manage a North American investor awareness campaign together. This program will be supplemented with an internet based program contracted through Stockgroup Media.
John Carlson, Torrent’s President and CEO, commented, “We [...]
Cypress Semiconductor is in talks with the government of Andhra Pradesh in southern India to set up a solar “fab center” that would produce solar cells and wafers.
Cypress has mentioned India as a possible location for manufacturing solar cells that are in growing demand. The Philippines, where SunPower maintains an office, has also been mentioned [...]
Miners were in the spotlight today, as platinum prices climbed 11% in early trading to a record high, before later giving back some of their gains.
Dealers said the platinum market was small compared with gold and silver, and was very illiquid, leading to volatile price movements.
Part of the rise today was due to increasing demand [...]
Amtech Systems, Inc., supplier of thermal processing and automation systems and related supplies for the semiconductor and solar cell industries, recently announced the company has received over $10M of solar orders since September 1, 2005, including a recent order totaling approximately $1.6M from the solar cell industry for thermal processing systems. This multi-tool order is [...]
