http://www.industrialinfo.com/ 2008 Industrial Info Resources, Inc. 240 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:33 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/ http://www.industrialinfo.com/images/indalert.gif 210 29 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148114 Mid-Atlantic region when it comes to industrial project development. More than 150 industrial projects are scheduled to begin construction in the state during this period.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148165 nuclear power plant safety by endorsing the Nuclear Safety Directive, which gives E.U. regulators the power to legally enforce safety measures in member states. The decision makes the E.U. the first major nuclear region to provide a binding legal framework for the Safety Fundamentals established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna, Austria). The move is seen as a major step toward making nuclear power safer throughout the region, especially as the E.U. expands membership to former Soviet countries that operate older nuclear reactors.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148177 biofuels can't be transported via pipeline because condensate would contaminate the product is being proven wrong. Two companies are pioneering the transportation via pipeline of biofuels with successful runs of product from Mississippi to Georgia and the development of a dedicated 285-mile pipeline that is being studied in the Midwest.

Companies featured: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE:KMP), Magellan Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:MMP)]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148171 Johnson Controls Incorporated (NYSE:JCI) (Milwaukee), is planning to construct a $100 million recycling center in Florence, South Carolina.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148168 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148164 Emerson Electric Company (NYSE:EMR) (St. Louis, Missouri) has been selected to install digital plant architecture and control systems for one of the first privately owned power generating facilities to be set up in Pakistan.

Other companies featured: Engro Chemical Pakistan Limited (KAR:EGCH), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148178 power company Companhia Estadual de Energia Eletrica (CEEE) (Rio Grande do Sul) has recently started a 90-day modernization outage at the 158-megawatt (MW) Passo Real Hydropower Plant. The outage consists of the automation and upgrade of the gates of the facility's two units.

Other companies featured: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI)]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148163 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148166 cement manufacturer in southern India, has firmed up plans to invest $312 million during the next two years to set up a cement manufacturing facility and power plants in the country and to acquire a coal mine in Indonesia. The firm's board recently approved a plan to raise funds of about $104 million for these projects through the issue of equity and equity-linked instruments from the domestic and international markets.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148162 nuclear power station in Borssele in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands. Delta already owns 50% of the Netherlands' only nuclear power plant, a 456-megawatt (MW) plant that is also located in Borssele. The company initially announced plans for a second plant at the same site in September 2008.

Other companies featured: RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY)]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148170 aluminum manufacturing plant in the upcoming Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone near Abu Dhabi.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148161 Jindal Steel & Power Limited (BSE:532286) (JSPL) (New Delhi) for commissioning a substation and transformer units at the latter's integrated steel facility, which is under construction in Angul, Orissa.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148160 Shaw Group Incorporated (NYSE:SGR) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), has been awarded two contracts by Iraq's Ministry of Oil. The firm's Energy and Chemicals Group will conduct feasibility studies and provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for two grassroot refineries.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148091 utility infrastructure and coal and gas development, a group of energy experts recently predicted. "Natural gas prices will remain low because industrial demand has been soft and storage rates have been high," said Neil Gamson, an economist with the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the data and statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148125
Companies featured: AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN), Biogen Idec Incorporated (NASDAQ:BIIB)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148127 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148113 Chemical Processing Industry (CPI) has already seen 11 grassroot CPI plants start operations this year, with an additional 22 plant startups expected before the close of the year.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148121 carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions have been dealt a serious blow following the decision by the German government to postpone the introduction of a proposed CCS law. The current coalition government has decided to put off any plans to introduce a carbon-storage law until after the general elections in September. The law, which would create a legal framework for the rollout of CCS pilots and speed up the development of the technology, is seen as vital to helping Germany achieve its carbon-dioxide emissions targets under European Union law. This leaves the U.K. leading the charge to get CCS up and running, as the government has already announced that there will be no more coal-fired power plants built in the country without a working CCS solution.

Companies featured: E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148124 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148123 Sterlite Industries India Limited (NYSE:SLT) (Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu) a provider of transmission products and solutions for the telecommunication and energy sectors, has received approval from the company's Board of Directors for the expansion of its optical fiber manufacturing capacity to 20 million kilometers per year, requiring an investment of $52 million.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148096 O'Reilly Automotive Incorporated (NASDAQ:ORLY) (Springfield, Missouri) is currently planning to construct a $20 million automotive parts distribution center in Aurora, Colorado.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148110 nuclear power projects that will be developed with reactors supplied by the U.S. The announcement is likely to be made during the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to India next month. Since the international community lifted the 34-year nuclear trade embargo imposed on India, nuclear firms in the U.S. have been exploring possibilities of tapping into the Indian market. The prospect of new business from India is being viewed not only as a big source of revenue, but also as a good opportunity to create hundreds of jobs in the U.S.

Other companies featured: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Hitachi Limited (NYSE:HIT), Areva SA (EPA:CEI)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148109 ABB Limited (NYSE:ABB) (Zurich, Switzerland), recently secured a contract worth more than $45.75 million to supply balance-of-plant (BoP) services for the 1,600-megawatt (MW) Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah supercritical coal-fired thermal power plant being developed in Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148116 power demand, the United Arab Emirates has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea. As part of the agreement, South Korea will extend assistance in building the country's civilian nuclear program by providing nuclear technology, equipment and supplies for a 20-year period.

Companies featured: Areva SA (EPA:CEI), GDF Suez SA (EPA:GSZ), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), Toshiba Corporation (TYO:6502), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Hitachi Corporation (NYSE:HIT), Korea Electric Power Corporation (NYSE:KEP), Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company (SEO:000720), HSBC (NYSE:HBC), BNP Paribas SA (OTC:BNPQY)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148120 nuclear energy and other sectors. He described Namibia as an important partner in energy, fisheries and trade. While Namibia's thriving diamond industry has been strongly affected by the global economic crisis, the country's uranium-mining sector is expected to grow. President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia and President Medvedev signed three agreements in areas related to petroleum products, fisheries and trade.

Other companies featured: OAO Gazprom (OTC:OGZPY), Itochu Corporation (TYO:8001), Tullow Oil plc (OTC:TUWLY)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148115 petrochemical company, has scheduled the implementation of a series of $2 billion worth of investments in its plants. The company owns and operates a total of nine plants that were formerly owned by the companies that are now part of the conglomerate. At the site located in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, about $6 million will be invested in two projects.

Other companies featured: Petrobras (NYSE:PBR)]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148119 windfarm project located between the Djursland and Anholt islands to the power grid on the mainland. When operational, the 400-MW windfarm is estimated to become the largest wind power project in the country, twice the size of the currently largest windfarm. Power generated at the new windfarm is expected to cater to about 4% of Denmark's total energy consumption by providing electricity to approximately 400,000 homes.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148050 life-science capital projects are scheduled to start construction throughout 2009. The financial impact is increasingly evident considering that this figure represents the cumulative total derived from only the top 10 projects for the year, working out to an ivy-league worthy average total investment value (TIV) of $340 million each.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148097 Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN) (Clayton, Missouri) completed construction of a major technology conversion project that eliminated mercury-cell technology from its Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, chlorine manufacturing plant. The completion of this project is consistent with the efforts of PPG Industries Incorporated (NYSE:PPG) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and other industry peers that formerly produced chlorine from mercury-cell technology.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148095 Nuclear Generation Station, located on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington, on the Columbia River, lost its unit to what personnel stated was a small turbine fire.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148093 Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A) (Stellarton, Nova Scotia), has completed construction of a new state-of-the-art grocery distribution center in Vaughan, Ontario.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148089 Electricite de France (EPA:EDF) (Paris), has commissioned new windfarms in Belgium and Italy. The company has announced the commissioning of the first 30-megawatt (MW) section of the large Thornton Bank offshore windfarm, located 28 kilometers off the Belgian coast near Zeebrugge. At the same time, the company has revealed that commissioning has started at the 32-MW Minervino windfarm in the Bari province of the Apulia region of southern Italy.

Other companies featured: REpower Systems AG (ETR:RPW), Greentech Energy Systems A/S (CPH:GES)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148098 NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG) (Princeton, New Jersey), has completed construction of the $400 million, 550-megawatt expansion project at its Cedar Bayou Power Station.

Other companies featured: PNM Resources Incorporated (NYSE:PNM)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148068 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148074 ethanol plant located in Goodland, has stopped construction as the project has run out of money and can no longer pay construction crews to build the plant. The work stoppage happened in April of this year at the project's 85% completion point.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148088 wind and nuclear power to address Belgium's future energy needs. With at least three nuclear plants in the country set to be phased out of operations by 2015 in accordance with existing government legislation, the company is strongly rallying for a new nuclear plant to ensure a steady supply of power. SPE-Luminus also proposes to considerably increase investments in Belgium's wind energy sector, with plans to generate 3,000 megawatts of power by 2015, which is almost twice the firm's present capacity.

Other companies featured: Colruyt Group (EBR:COLR), Electricité de France SA (EPA:EDF)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148094 Alcoa Incorporated (NYSE:AA) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) has started operations of its 60,000-ton-per-year coating line at its Samara plant in Russia. The facility will produce state-of-the-art coated aluminum, which will find use in beer and soft drink cans as well the construction and building industry. The new manufacturing line will be the only one of its kind in the country and will catapult Alcoa to the leading position in the category of can-materials production.

Other companies featured: Noble Corporation (NYSE:NE)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148087 OAO Gazprom (OTC:OGZPY) (Moscow, Russia) hopes to change the bleak scenario with heavy investments designed to further develop the country's Power Industry.

Other companies featured: E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY) (Dusseldorf), Finland's Fortum Oyj (HEL:FUM1V) (Espoo), and Italy's Eni SpA (NYSE:E)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148072
Companies featured: OAO Gazprom (OTC:OGZPY)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148086 BASF SE (OTC:BASFY) (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is shutting down a polystyrene production unit in Ludwigshafen effective June 30 because of decreased demand for the product. The move will reduce the firm's polystyrene-production capacity in Europe by about 13% from 620,000 tons per year to 540,000 tons per year. Operations at the plant ceased in mid-April of this year. The plant will now be dismantled, and the workforce will be transferred to other positions in the company.

Other companies featured: The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148090 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148085 nuclear reactor, located in Scotland, has started the process of destroying liquid metal material. This step is considered to be the single largest hazard in decommissioning the nuclear power plant. About 5,000 liters of liquid metal material has been successfully and safely removed and treated before destruction. The process of destroying 30 batches of the liquid metal from the coolant unit of the reactor has been completed 30 days ahead of schedule. The removal and safe destruction of the highly radioactive and severely contaminated sodium-potassium liquid metal is a very important and crucial stage in the reactor decommissioning project.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148083 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148070 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148006
"We recycle plastic, why shouldn't we recycle carbon?" she asks rhetorically in an interview. "I am demonstrating a more sustainable and carbon-negative solution that has lower costs, treats carbon as an asset, and could extend the life of coal resources by up to 10 times."]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148060 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148005 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148056 rail expenditures have been growing on an annual basis. As oil prices and, as a result, gas prices, have increased in recent years, many states, counties and cities have increased their interests in rail investment as it provides a method of mass transportation that does not revolve around the price of oil. However, during the Bush administration, rail was not high on the agenda, and governmental financing was hard to come by. With President Obama taking office this year, interest in rail investment has increased dramatically. This can easily be seen in portions of the stimulus bill that allocated billions of dollars to rail projects, as well as the high-speed rail initiative that the president has put forth.

Companies featured: CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP)]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148057 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148059 General Motors Corporation (OTC:GMGMQ) (GM) (Detroit, Michigan) just begins to fully wrap its hands around its recent bankruptcy filing, the automotive giant has already announced cuts that will eliminate jobs and close a longstanding assembly plant. GM announced earlier this week that it would cut an additional 4,000 salaried jobs by the end of 2009. In addition, GM will be closing its Shreveport, Louisiana, truck assembly plant by June of 2012.]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500