Africa and the Middle East - Page 1

Egypt Hydrocarbon awards ammonium nitrate plant contract to DSWP
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation has awarded a AED142m ($38.6m) contract to Drake & Scull Water and Power (DSWP) to construct its mining grade ammonium nitrate plant in the province of Ain Sukhna...

QPIC to build $1bn petrochemical complex
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC) is planning to build a $1bn petrochemical complex in the industrial city of Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia to produce purified terephthalic acid (PTA)...

Sasol plans to build ethane cracker complex
Monday, December 12, 2011 Chemicals group Sasol is planning to establish an ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its site in Lake Charles, Louisiana,...

Sipchem secures loan for new plant in Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 Sipchem affiliate International Polymers has signed a SAR600m ($160m) loan facility agreement with Saudi Industrial Development...

Japanese group secures contract for Angola facility
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Sojitz, Sumitomo, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Toyo Engineering have won a 100bn yen ($1.3bn) contract to build a fertiliser plant in Angola,...

Cristal Global, Outotec to build ilmenite-processing plant
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Cristal Global, an integrated chemical and pigments company, has partnered with Outotec to build a new fully scalable ilmenite-processing plant in Yanbu, Saudi...

FMC hikes soda ash prices in South Africa
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 FMC Wyoming has said that it will increase the price of its Grade 260 'dense' soda ash by $20 per ton for South African...

Saudi firm to build soda ash and calcium chloride complex
Friday, November 04, 2011 Saudi-based Idea Soda Ash and Calcium Chloride has announced that it will build a SAR1.1bn ($293m) soda ash and calcium chloride production facility in...

Maire Tecnimont wins Egyptian fertiliser plant contract
Thursday, November 03, 2011 Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has awarded an EGP700m ($120m) contract to Maire Tecnimont to execute civil, electromechanical and erection works for Egyptian Chemical Industries...

Oman Oil plans sulphur bentonite fertiliser expansion
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 Takamul Investment, the downstream investment arm of Oman Oil, is planning to double the capacity of its sulphur bentonite fertiliser project in Sohar by...

SABIC awards energy optimisation project to Toyo
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 Toyo Engineering has been awarded an energy optimisation project for SABIC's existing ammonia plant and package boilers at Al-Jubail Fertilizer (Al-Bayroni) in Saudi...

Hamdi Plans $1.4bn chemical plant in Jordan
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Al Hamdi Group, a Saudi Arabian mining company, is set to build a $1.4bn chemical plant in...

SOCC breaks ground on Jubail aluminum alkyls facility
Thursday, October 20, 2011 Saudi Organometallic Chemicals (SOCC), a 50-50 joint venture (JV) company owned by Albemarle Netherlands and SABIC affiliate Speciality Chem, has broken ground on a new aluminum...

Saudi Polymers to commence Jubail polyolefins complex operations
Thursday, October 06, 2011 Saudi Polymers is planning to start operations at its new integrated polyolefins complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, within a month, after pending ongoing safety...

Qatar Petrochemical to Launch Polyethylene Plant Next Year
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 Qatar Petrochemical Company will launch its new low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant, known as LDPE-3, in the first quarter of 2012. The plant is to be located in Mesaieed, Qatar, and...

Daelim Completes Construction of Chevron's Polymer Plant
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Daelim Industrial has completed construction of Chevron Phillips' polymer plant in Saudi Arabia. The polymer plant will have a capacity of 1.7 million tons including 550,000t of...

Gulf Petrochemical Production to Rise
Friday, April 08, 2011 Annual petrochemical production in Gulf countries is expected to rise by 46% to 155 million tons a year by 2015, up from 105 million tons at present, according a report by the Gulf...

Nigeria to Build Petrochemical Plants
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding with Xenel of Saudi Arabia and Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals of India to build petrochemical and fertiliser plants in the country. ...

Dhunseri Delays PET Plant Project in Egypt
Monday, March 28, 2011 Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea has delayed the construction of its proposed PET plant in Egypt for two months following turmoil in the country. Construction work of the plant is now scheduled...

Nigeria to Invest in Petrochemical and Fertiliser Plants
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Nigeria is planning to spend $10bn of foreign investment to build ten new petrochemical and fertiliser plants, according to the Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. The projects...