France Kerneos Erects New Briquetting Line Kerneos, the leading producer of calcium aluminates, has announced the investment of EUR 4 million in a new briquetting line at its Dunkirk factory in Northern France. Kerneos is a major purchaser of bauxite and is facing increasing difficulties in using the qualities of bauxite available from its traditional sources, principally in China and Greece.
Denmark / Brazil FLSmidth Receives Order for 5 Pyro Lines FLSmidth has been awarded a contract worth approximately USD 44 million from Brazilian Votorantim Cimentos for the supply of five processing lines for five different cement plants in Brazil as part of Votorantim’s ongoing modernisation of their production facilities.
USA CompositesWorld High-Performance Fibers 2010 At High-Performance Fibers 2010 – 09 to 10 November 2010 in Charleston/SC – executives from leading manufacturers of high-performance fibers, such as p-aramids (Kevlar® and Twaron®), high-performance polyethylenes (HPPE, Spectra® and Dyneema®), boron, silicon carbide and other specialty fibers, will network with end users, such as OEMs, DoD and other research labs, and composites parts manufacturers.
Oman Huge Deposits of Wonder Minerals Recent studies have found huge commercial deposits of silica sand and quartzite at five places in the country. Preliminary and detailed studies at these five places along with the feasibility studies at Abu Tan and Wadi Baw areas have been carried out.
USA PPG Restarts Fibre Glass Furnace in North Carolina PPG Industries´ fibre glass business announced it has restarted a furnace at its facility in Lexington, N.C.
Canada Global Alumina Announces Joint Venture Budget Approval Global Alumina Corporation announced that the joint venture board of directors approved additional project funding of USD 5,9 million for the month of March 2010.
Germany Oaktree Poised to Take Over Almatis in Debt-for-equity Exchange Oaktree Capital Management LLC the investment fund with about USD 73 billion under management, according to Bloomberg Business Week is set to take control of Almatis from Dubai International Capital LLC.
France EUROMAT 2011 The European Congress on Advanced Materials and Processes EUROMAT 2011 will be held on 12–15 September 2011 in Montpellier, France.
Germany glasstec 2010 – An Efficient Path to Customers When faced with a generally difficult economic environment the maintaining of existing contacts and acquisition of new customers is more important than ever, a fact which also applies to the companies in the glass industry and their suppliers.
USA Marcos Ramos Named President Alcoa Europe Rudi Huber to Retire Alcoa has announced that Marcos Ramos (51) has been named President Alcoa Europe, effective 8 March 2010.