Coal-to-Liquids and Coal-to-Gas Creates a Big New Market for Sedimentation and Centrifugation Products

Despite the drop in oil prices, the programs to convert coal-to-liquids and coal-to-gases continues.  Centrifuges, clarifiers, hydrocyclones and other sedimentation equipment will play a major role in both process separation and wastewater purification.

The largest program is in China where more than one billion tons of coal per year are slated for conversion.  Other Asian countries are moving ahead with coal to chemicals plants.  The Ukraine has five plants underway to reduce dependence on Russian gas.

Direct coal liquefaction uses grinding, hydrogenation and separation. Centrifuges and clarifiers provide process separation.  Indirect liquefaction and coal to gas utilize gasification.  The big use of centrifuges and clarifiers are in water and wastewater treatment.

The economics and environmental impact of coal conversion can be greatly enhanced by rare earth recovery.  In the past, an outside source of acid to leach the rare earths has been needed.  McIlvaine Company believes this expenditure can be avoided.

By using the chlorine in coal, the rare earths can be extracted in what the McIlvaine Company believes to be simply the marriage of two proven systems. 

Making hydrochloric acid from coal is not a new idea. Using this technology for rare earth leaching is new.  The particulate and HCl emanating from the gasifer are captured in a venturi scrubber. This is already the scheme used for the GE gasifier. However, the proposed design recirculates acid to achieve a 30 percent dirty acid concentration.  A bleed stream with the flyash and acid is then sent to a tank for further leaching.  A number of additional separation steps are then needed to produce the rare earths from the flyash.  So this separation is another opportunity for centrifuge and clarifier suppliers. 

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GDP UPDATE HEADLINES

March 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AMERICAS

• United States
• Brazil
• Mexico

ASIA

• China
• India
• Japan
• Thailand

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

• Germany
• Italy
• Nigeria
• Russia
• South Africa
• Ukraine

AMERICAS

Brazil

Market forecasts for Brazil's economic growth and inflation worsened for an eighth straight week, according to a central bank survey.

The median forecast of about 100 economists in the weekly central bank survey projected Brazil's economy to shrink 0.5% this year, down from a contraction of 0.42% in the prior week's poll. Annual inflation is set to end 2015 at 7.33%, up from 7.27% in the prior survey.   (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

ASIA

Japan

Japan’s economy pulled out of recession more slowly than expected last quarter, with soft spending by businesses and consumers underscoring the challenges facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he tries to steer the nation to a robust recovery.

The worst is likely over for Japan in the near term, economists said recently, but Mr. Abe still faces a difficult balancing act as he tries to get prices and wages to rise at the same time. Growth last quarter was driven by exports, while sustainable expansion depends on instilling confidence in consumers who account for around 60% of the economy, and whose wages have been rising more slowly than prices for more than a year.

“I was surprised by how weak household spending was,” said Shotaro Kuga, an economist at Daiwa Institute of Research, said of the fourth quarter results. “The economy is recovering—it’s just the pace of the recovery is less than forecast.”   (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

Russia

Russia’s economy minister said that the country’s gross domestic product is expected to shrink by 3% in 2015 with oil prices at $50 a barrel and an estimated capital outflow at $115 billion, Russian news agencies reported.

The government previously predicted the decrease in GDP at 0.8%. Inflation in 2015 is now forecast to stand at 12%, up from the previous estimate of 7.5%, Alexei Ulyukayev said, Russian news agencies reported.

The announcement comes a day after the Russian central bank unexpectedly lowered its key interest rate by two percentage points, sending the ruble lower. Russia was also recently downgraded to “junk” level, below investment-grade, by the credit rating company Standard & Poor’s amid the mounting violence in eastern Ukraine. .”   (The remaining text is not included in this sample.)

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OIL & GAS SALES LEADS HEADLINES

February 27, 2015

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Cheniere and EDP Sign 20-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement

Revision Date:  2/27/2015

Bechtel Announces Curtis Island Plant to Fuel New Queensland Export Industry

Revision Date:  2/27/2015

GP Strategies Completes LNG Trailer Loading Facility for FortisBC

Revision Date:  2/27/2015

Exmar Selects Wison for FLNG Contract

Revision Date:  2/27/2015

Keppel Wins $705 Mln Contract to Perform 2nd FLNG Vessel Conversion

Revision Date:  2/26/2015

KBR, Daewoo Awarded Mozambique FLNG Contract

Revision Date:  2/26/2015

New Seabox Technology, SWIT Is Changing the Game in Water Injection

Revision Date:  2/17/2015

Slim's Carso Energy and Consortium Partners Wins Contract for Texas Pipeline

Revision Date:  2/17/2015

Williams Partners and Crestwood Midstream Partners Announce Commissioning of Bucking Horse Gas Processing Plant

Revision Date:  2/17/2015

Kværner to Deliver $261 Mln Johan Sverdrup Riser Platform Jacket

Revision Date:  2/16/2015

Det Norske Commits to Viper-Kobra Subsea Tieback Offshore Norway

Revision Date:  2/16/2015

Lucius Enters Production in the Ultra-deepwater GoM

Revision Date:  2/16/2015

CO2 Use Extends Range of EOR Applications for GoM Operators

Revision Date:  2/16/2015

Acteon Establishes Clarus Subsea Integrity

Revision Date:  2/16/2015

Norway Releases New Production License Award Offers

Revision Date:  2/13/2015

University of Houston to Lead Offshore Energy Research Center

Revision Date:  2/13/2015

Bilfinger Wins $151.8 Mln North Sea Maintenance Contract with Taqa, Apache

Revision Date:  2/13/2015

Enbridge Plans New $130 Mln GoM Pipeline to Connect Hess’ Stampede Development

Revision Date:  2/13/2015

Malaysia Embarks on Ambitious Downstream Transformation Program

Revision Date:  2/12/2015

Compact Separation Technology Enhances Subsea Boosting

Revision Date:  2/12/2015

Seabox Will Lead New JIP to Investigate Subsea Water Treatment for Reinjection

Revision Date:  2/12/2015

Technip Wins Subsea Contract for K2 GoM Field

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Poland Raises Capacity of Its Gas Link from Germany to Reduce Dependence on Russia

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Higher Volumes of Canadian Oil Flowing to U.S. Gulf Coast

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Canada Postpones Three Amigos Summit over Tensions Concerning Keystone XL

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Fugro Expands Services with High Resolution Subsea Laser Scanning

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

VBMS Completes Remote Platform Tieback for Wintershall Noordzee B.V.

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Shell Awards Multi–Million Contract to Subsea 7 for GoM Installations

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Slim's Carso Energy Consortium Wins U.S.-Mexico Gas Pipeline Contract

Revision Date:  2/11/2015

Equatorial Guinea, Taleveras to Build Giant Oil Storage Hub

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

Greyrock Energy, Nerd Gas Form GTL Partnership

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

Williams’ Transco Pipeline Delivers Record Volumes in Early January

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

ExxonMobil Begins Production at the Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Field

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

GE and McDermott Launch New Oil and Gas Consulting JV

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

Fossil Bay Signs IP License with Weatherford Technology Holdings for Exhaust Gas Injection and Reservoir Pressurization Enhanced Oil Recovery

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

Azure Midstream to Acquire Marlin Midstream's General Partner and Azure to Contribute Legacy Gathering System to Marlin, to Form Midstream Partnership

Revision Date:  2/10/2015

Petronas Carigali Awards $14 Mln Contract to Uzma Engineering

Revision Date:  2/9/2015

White House Orders Steps to Curb Oil and Gas Methane Emissions

Revision Date:  2/9/2015

EPA Approves Magellan’s $400 Mln Corpus Christi Splitter Project

Revision Date:  2/9/2015

McDermott Completes Kepodang Platform Installation Offshore Indonesia

Revision Date:  2/9/2015

Joint Open Season Offers New England and Atlantic Canada New Natural Gas Supplies

Revision Date:  2/9/2015

BP Could Be Fined up to $13.7 Bln for Macondo Spill

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Gazprom Neft Receives Two Arctic Shelf Exploration Licenses

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Mexico Must Expand Infrastructure for Future Energy Demand

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Shale Firm Cuadrilla Awarded UK Exploration Permits

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Jereh Completes China’s First Shale Gas Liquefaction Plant

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

First Wood Group Mustang Norway-Designed Drilling Rig Delivered to COSL Drilling Europe

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Keppel to Build One of World’s Largest Rigs for over $100 Mln

Revision Date:  2/6/2015

Tall Oak Midstream Announces Natural Gas Gathering and Processing System Serving OK’s STACK Play

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

MRC Global Awarded Five Year Supplier Agreement by MarkWest

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

Southwestern Energy Completes Acquisition of Southwest Marcellus and Utica Assets

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

Select Energy Services Launches Pecan Hill Water Solutions Facility

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

Egypt Signs Six New Petroleum Agreements with Minimum Investments of $485 Million

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

Eni Signs Agreement for South-West Melehia Block in Egypt

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

FMC Technologies Awarded $393 Mln Subsea Systems Contract for Eni's Project Offshore Angola

Revision Date:  2/5/2015

L&T Hydrocarbon Wins EPCI Order from ONGC for Vasai East Project

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Pioneer Natural Resources Says Severe Winter Impacted Production and Drilling in West Texas

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Qatar Kentz Awarded Four-year Call-off Contract by Qatar Shell for its Pearl Gas-to-liquids Facilities

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Wood Group Secures Major $750 Mln BP EPC Contract

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Orpic Logistics Awarded EPC Contract for $320 Mln Sohar Pipeline

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

FirstEnergy Working on New Shale Gas Transmission Projects and Evaluating Systems Upgrades

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Swiber Wins $710 Mln EPCIC Contract in West Africa

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Technip Awarded €100m Oil & Gas Terminal Project in India

Revision Date:  2/4/2015

Sinopec Starts 16-mln-bbl Crude Storage Base in Hainan Province

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

PBF to Acquire Tank Farm at Ohio Refinery for $150 Mln

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Federal Court Case against Canadian Pacific May Have National Implications for Crude-by-rail

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

New Canada Safety Chief Urges Tougher Oil-by-rail Measures

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

FMC Technologies Awarded $268 Mln Subsea Contract for Chevron's Agbami Phase 3 Project

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Breitling Energy Announces Drilling of New Wilcox Shale Project

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Purestream Services Begins IGF Plus Water Treatment and Re-Use Project in Permian Basin

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 55 Mln for U.S. Natural Gas Order

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Ranger Offshore Closes Diving Assets Acquisition from Technip USA

Revision Date:  2/3/2015

Hungary Prime Minister, Upset over South Stream Pipeline Set-back, Blames Brussels

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Kinder Morgan Hopes to Resurrect Texas-to-California Freedom Pipeline

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Kinder Morgan Subsidiary Adopts Two Alternative Routes for Northeast Energy Direct Project

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Colombia to Invest $1.74 Bln to Expand Oil Pipeline Network

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Saipem Could Lose $1.55 Bln in 2015 Revenue on South Stream

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Shell Pipeline Leak Spills Thousands of Barrels into Niger Delta

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Greece, Cyprus and Israel to Explain Mediterranean Pipeline Vision to EU

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Burying Carbon as Climate Fix Widens Gap among Environmental Groups

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

India's ONGC, MRPL to Turn Mauritius into Petroleum Hub

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

TransCanada Pausing Work on Cacouna Export Terminal Due to Endangered Whales

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

China's Sinopec to Push Ahead with $10 Bln Coal-to-gas Plan

Revision Date:  2/2/2015

Ice Complicates Cleanup in Yellowstone's Rare Oil Spill

Revision Date:  1/30/2015

Alfa Laval Wins Canada SEK 115 Mln Compact Heat Exchangers Order

Revision Date:  1/30/2015

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World Municipal Wastewater Project News – Provided Monthly

March 2015

This monthly update is devoted to wastewater infrastructure news around the world, outside of the United States and Canada, and is meant to complement Liquid Filtration and Media World Markets or Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ASIA

Australia:  Hunter Water Opens New Pipeline, Delivering Recycled Wastewater to Industrial Users

Vietnam:  First Phase of US$300 Million Binh Duong Wastewater Project Begins

EUROPE

Greece:  EC takes Greece to Court over Failure to Comply with Urban Wastewater Directive

Netherlands: HoSt to Pilot Process for Producing Biogas from Sludge 

Sweden:  Stockholm to Upgrade Major WWTP with GE’s Advanced MBR Technology

UK:  Yorkshire Water Planning Solar Arrays to Provide Power for 2 Facilities

UK:  Food Waste Provides Power for Severn Trent’s Coleshill WWTP

UK:  Northumbrian Water Completes £9 Million Upgrade of Morpeth WWTP

UK:  Ovivo Sells UK Municipal Division to Senior Management Team

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil:  Private Sector Involvement in Water and Sewage Services is expected to Grow

MIDDLE EAST

Iran:  Two Units of Iran’s Biggest Environmental Project Come on Stream

Kuwait:  Sulaibiya WWTP Upgraded with GE's Advanced Water Reuse Technology

SPECIAL REPORT:  Modi’s US$8 Billion Clean Ganga Campaign Offers Opportunities for Wastewater Treatment Market

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NORTH AMERICAN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS UPDATE HEADLINES

February 2015

ARIZONA

• Phoenix requesting Bids for WWTP Pipeline Rehab Design
• Yuma County requesting Bids for Wastewater Design Report
• Chandler requesting Bids for Water/Wastewater Maintenance
• $1.3 Billion for Phoenix Water/Wastewater Plan

ARKANSAS

• Pine Bluff Wastewater Utility faces mandate that could cost $250K
• Mendocino requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade Design
• Victor Valley requesting Bids for New Water Reclamation Plants
• Carmel requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab
• Sacramento requesting Bids for WWTP Equipment
• Holtville requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• $100 Million for Fresno Recycled Water Project

COLORADO

• Mesa County requesting Bids for WWTP Compressed Biogas Design/Build

CONNECTICUT

• $258 Million for West Hartford’s Clean Water Project

FLORIDA

• Orange County requesting Bids for Water/Wastewater Improvements
• Cooper City requesting Bids for WWTP SCADA System
• Marion County requesting Bids for WWTP Canopy
• Gaither requesting Bids for Wastewater Lift Station Upgrade
• $25 Million for New Deltona WWTP
• ECUA ready with Answers about WWTP

• Decatur requesting Bids for WWTP Expansion
• Jackson requesting Bids for WWTP Enhancement
• Dudley requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Rockdale County addressing Wastewater Plant Odors

IDAHO

• New Boise Project will Improve Water Quality

ILLINOIS

• West Chicago requesting Bids for WWTP Grit Equipment Replacement
• Mt. Vernon agrees on Sale of Water/Wastewater Systems
• $54 Million for WWTP Upgrade in Frankfort
• Rock Falls requesting Bids for Pump Station Improvements
• Spring Valley discusses Wastewater Project
• Quincy chooses Severn Trent for Wastewater Plant Management

INDIANA

• Cayuga requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

IOWA

• Fairbank requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

KENTUCKY

• Murray hears Water, Wastewater Plant Reports

LOUISIANA

• 2 Wastewater Projects for Terrebonne Parish

MARYLAND

• Construction of Galena WWTP to begin this Year
• Greensboro requesting Bids for WWTP
• Meadowridge requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Station Upgrade
• Chesapeake City proposes Annexation for Future WWTP Site

MASSACHUSETTS

• Turner Falls requesting Bids for Wastewater Pump Station Replacements
• Deerfield needs WWTP Improvements
• $4 Million for Endicott WWTP Upgrade
• $50 Million for Falmouth Sewer Projects
• Marion dispute EPA's Findings about Wastewater Plant
• Attleboro Wastewater Plant Shaves $ Millions off Cost to Meet Pollution Mandate

MICHIGAN

• Midland requesting Bids for Submersible Pumps

MINNESOTA

• Fountain hires Consultant to address WWTP Problems
• Rochester WWTP Upgrade may cost $105 Million

MISSISSIPPI

• Holly Springs requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements

MISSOURI

• Holden opens Bids for Wastewater Improvements
• Hattiesburg weighing Next Step for WWTP
• Progress continues for Liberty’s Wastewater Treatment Facility

MONTANA

• Havre receives Funding to Improve WWTP
• Deer Lodge Plant Project seeing $4.5 Million Cost Over Run

NEW JERSEY

• Camden City requesting Bids for Pump Station Rehab
• BRSA moves forward with $42.8 Million WWTP Equipment

NEW MEXICO

• Las Cruces requesting bids for Montana Vista WWTP Project

NEW YORK

• Onondaga County requesting Bid for WWTP Rehab
• Holtville plans to advertise for bids for its Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Project
• 3 Communities explore Combining WWTPs

NORTH CAROLINA

• Oak Island has Odor Control Problem
• Robbinsville requesting Bids for WWTP Equipment

OHIO

• Wooster City requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Great Miami River Watershed effort Highlighted in National Publication

PENNSYLVANIA

• Reading requesting Bids for WWTP Construction Management

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Spartanburg requesting Bids for WWTP Project

TENNESSEE

• Cleveland requesting Bids for WWTP Pump Replacement
• $39.9 Million for Murfreesboro Water/Wastewater Projects
• Mountain City requesting Bids for WWTP Rehab

TEXAS

• Fredericksburg requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Galveston requesting Bids for WWTP Portable Pumps
• Grand Saline requesting Bids for WWTP Clarifier Rehab
• La Villa requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Fort Bend County requesting Bids for WWTP
• McMullen County requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Brownsville requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• Denton requesting Bids for WWTP System Replacements
• Trophy Club requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Hillsboro awards Wastewater Project Bid
• Sherman WWTP pushes forward towards New Growth

UTAH

• Providence exploring Options for Wastewater Treatment

VERMONT

• Wastewater Project approval is Top concern in Wilmington

VIRGINIA

• Louisa County requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• Waynesboro requesting Bids for Wastewater Project

WASHINGTON

• Everson requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrades

WEST VIRGINIA

• Pocahontas County requesting Bids for WWTP Improvements
• $6.5 Million Sewer Bond on Huntington Council Agenda

WISCONSIN

• Cassville requesting Bids for WWTP Upgrade
• Waukesha City requesting Bids for WWTP Project
• Wausau requesting Bids for WWTP Digester Replacement
• Fort Atkinson WWTP Engineering Services OK'd

CANADA

• $3 Million for Rocky View WWTP Upgrades
• GRCA eager to begin Great Lakes Protection Efforts
• Westport gets $2 Million for Wastewater System Fix

BUSINESS

• Patti Engineering completes SCADA System for Texas Water and Wastewater

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CHEMICAL UPDATE

MARCH 2015

AMERICAS

Johns Manville Invests to Support Growth in Engineering Thermoplastics

Wacker Expands Production Capacity for Dispersions in USA

Entergy Louisiana to Power Expanded CF Industries Facility

Solvay to Build Specialty Polymers PEEK-production Unit in U.S.

BioAmber Begins Commissioning of Sarnia Commercial Plant

Dow Invests $6 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing

GEO Opens New Polyaluminum Chloride Facility in Texas

Yara and BASF to Build Ammonia Plant in Freeport, Texas

Praxair Gulf Coast Expansion to Serve Freeport, Texas, and Supply New Yara/ BASF Ammonia Project

Honeywell Begins Full-scale Production of Low-GWP Material

ASIA

AkzoNobel Breaks Ground on New Specialty Chemicals Plant in China

BASF, Petronas Chemicals to build 2-EHAcid plant in Malaysia

AkzoNobel Performance Coatings Adds Capacity in Indonesia

EUEA

SNC-Lavalin Awarded Fluegas-Treatment Contract in Romania

BASF Expands Its Capacity for Specialty Amines in Ludwigshafen

Evonik Agreement to Acquire Monarch Catalyst in India

Arkema Expands Specialty Polymer (PEKK) Production Capacities in France and U.S.

Wacker Builds New Production Plant for Specialty Monomers in Burghausen

Victrex to Construct U.K. Polymer Innovation Center

Solvay Signs Exclusive Global License Agreement with Revolymer to Bolster Performance of Organic Peroxide Eureco

Air Liquide to Build, Own and Operate World’s Largest Oxygen Production Unit for Sasol in South Africa

Technip Awarded Substantial Contract for New Fertilizer Unit in Slovak Republic

MERGERS/ ACQUISITIONS

Daikin Acquires Refrigerant Business in Europe from Solvay S. A.

Johnson Matthey Completes Acquisition of Battery Materials Business from Clariant

Polypore Sells Energy Storage Segment for $2.2B to Asahi Kasei and Separations Media Segment

PULP MILLS UPDATE

March 2015

COMPANY NEWS

Voith Develops New Tecnology for Pulping Recovered Paper

Kadant Obtains $10 Million in Equipment Orders from Paper Producers

Sappi, Edinburgh Napier University Develop Low-Cost Process to Make Nanocellulose

EXPANSIONS/ UPGRADES/ NEW PROJECTS

AMERICAS

CRPE Receives Environmental License for New 2.2-Million Tonne/Yr BEK Mill in Brazil

Glatfelter Prepare Woodchip Recycling Test Project at Chillicothe, OH, Paper Mill

Xerium Plans Expansion Strategy at Two Plants

Neenah Paper Plans Mill Expansion

Georgia Pacific's Palatka Mill Boosts Energy Efficiency

KapStone to Expand in Kentucky

ASIA

Valmet’s Opticoncept M Containerboard Line for Yuen Foong Yu Packaging in Taiwan

Fujian Qingshan to Add 500,000 tonne/yr Food Packaging Capacity in China

EUEA

Iggesund Paperboard Mill in Sweden to Increase Capacity by up to 40%

Andritz to Supply Equipment for New Bio-Product Pulp Mill

Andritz to Upgrade Mondi's Frantschach Cooking Plant

Felix Schoeller Commissions Bellmer for PM 14 Rebuild

LEIPA Expanding Containerboard Production Capacities at Schwedt Mill, Germany

SCA to Build Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant at Kunheim Mill in France

Peterson Packaging to Install New Biofuel Boilers at Ranheim Mill in Norway

Finnpulp Mulls New NBSK Pulp Mill in Finland

Metsä Board to Increase FBB Capacity, Exit Paper Production at Husum, Sell Gohrsmühle

SCA to Commission New Lime Kiln at Munksund Kraftliner Mill in Sweden

Stora Enso Invests in Wooden Building Element Production in Finland

ACQUISITIONS/ DIVESTURES

Valmet Buys Process Automation Systems Business from Metso

Cascades Selling NA Boxboard Mfg. and Converting Assets to Graphic Packaging

DS Smith Acquires Duropack

MINING UPDATE

MARCH 2015

COMPANY NEWS

ArcelorMittal Reports Fourth Quarter 2014 and Full Year 2014 Results

Outotec Chosen to Modernize Smelters

AMERICAS

Westmoreland Coal Reports Fiscal 2014 Revenues Up 65 percent

Australia’s Carnavale Resources Exercises Option to Acquire Two US Projects

Brazil’s Vale Posts Record Iron-Ore Production in 2014

EMEA

ArcelorMittal Sells Its Kuzbass Coal Mines

Controversial Los Frailes Mine in Aznalcóllar, Spain is to Re-open

Yara Confirms Potash Mining Potential in Ethiopia, Seeking Equity Partners

AngloGold Using Turbines to Boost Mine Power

Rukwa Feasibility, Financial Studies Map Out Potential 300 MW Power Plant

ASIA

India's Coal Mine Auction Results

Kingsgate’s Gold Mine Given Clearance to Restart Operations

AUSTRALIA/ OCEANIA

Rio Tinto to Cut Hundreds of Western Australian Iron Ore Jobs/ Merge Divisions

Glencore Cuts Australian Coal Output On Weak Demand, Supply Glut

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WORLD POWER GENERATION PROJECT HEADLINES

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