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October 2002
produce intermediary nickelproducts, nickel/cobalt mixedsulphide (nickel: 10 000 tonsper year; cobalt: 750 tons peryear). The HPAL (high pres-sure acid leaching) methoddeveloped by Sumitomo MetalMining will be applied to themanufacturing process.
The project was plannedby Sumitomo Metal MiningCo Ltd, a leading producer ofelectrolytic nickel, to procureintermediary nickel productsfrom its own overseas miningoperations.
The client is Coral BayNickel Corp of the Philippines,a joint venture betweenSumitomo Metal Mining Co(investing 54%), Mitsui & CoLtd (18%), Nissho Iwai Corp(18%), and Rio Tuba NickelMining Corp of the Philippines(10%). The site is located atthe Rio Tuba mine in theProvince of Palawan, thePhilippines.
Completion of construc-tion is scheduled for the sum-mer of 2004.
PETRO-CHEMICALS
SAMSUNGSECURES POLY-ETHYLENE CON-
TRACTSamsung Engineering ofSouth Korea has signed aUS$70 million engineering,procurement and construc-tion agreement to build a pro-posed 250 000 tonne per yearhigh-density polyethyleneplant for Thailand’s NationalPetrochemical Co (NPC).
The contract is for thelargest petrochemical projectto be given the green light inThailand since the Asian eco-nomic crisis began four yearsago.
EPC work on the project,to be located at Map Ta Phut,Rayong province, is due to startin August after NPC’s board ofdirectors gave their approval
for the facility in June. Theplant is expected to come on-stream by August 2004.
Feedstock for the plantwill come from NPC’s 435 000tonne per year cracker at MapTa Phut.
CHIYODA WINSMETHANOL
CONTRACT INSAUDI ARABIA
International Methanol CoLtd (IMC) has selectedChiyoda Corp and its SaudiArabian affiliate ChiyodaPetrostar Ltd (CPL) as thecontractors for the engineer-ing, procurement, construc-tion and commissioning of aworld-scale methanol plantand associated utilities facili-ty project.
IMC is a joint venturebetween Saudi InternationalPetrochemical Co and Japan–Arabia Methanol Co Ltd.
The 2900 metric tons perday methanol plant will belocated in the Jubail IndustrialCity of the Kingdom of SaudiArabia. The project will becompleted in 30 months.
CHINA GIVESGREEN LIGHT TOBASF CHEMICALS
PLANTBASF has received approvalfrom the Chinese StateCouncil to build a new inte-grated production facility forp o l y t e t r a h y d r o f u r a n(PolyTHF) and tetrahydro-furan (THF) in the ShanghaiChemical Industry Park atCaojing, Shanghai, China.
This is the first whollyowned investment project byBASF in China. With an annualcapacity of 60 000 metric tonsof PolyTHF and 80 000 metrictons of THF, the project will bethe largest PolyTHF productionfacility in the world.
The new plants, scheduledto come on-stream in 2004,will form a supply network for
BASF in the Asia Pacificregion. It is expected that theplants will supply the rapidlyexpanding spandex fibres mar-ket in China following thecountry’s accession to theWorld Trade Organization.
PolyTHF is an importantcomponent in the manufactureof elastic fibres, which arewidely used for textile applica-tions including sportswear,inner and outer wear.
WATER &WASTEWATER
MIDDLE EAST &NORTH AFRICA
OFFER KEYOPPORTUNITIES
The US$1 billion MiddleEast and North Africa waterand wastewater treatmentmarket is offering increasingopportunities for westerncompanies, according toCecilia Cabodi, a seniordevelopment analyst withFrost and Sullivan.
The Middle East and NorthAfrica region has one of thehighest average populationgrowth rates in the world andthis factor, combined withscarce natural water suppliesand a high urbanization rate,has led to very low per capitawater availability.
Countries such as Algeria,Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia andthe Middle East region areapproaching dangerous watershortages and contamination;as a result many European andUS companies are consideringmoving into this growth area,away from the mature westernEuropean and US markets,according to Cabodi.
Collaborations withlocally based companies arealso becoming increasinglycommon.
Western European countriessuch as France, Spain, Italy, theUK and Germany seem to dom-inate the players already operat-ing in or exploring the area.
Foreign banks, as well asthe World Bank, the EIB andthe EBRD, help finance coun-tries such as Morocco, Algeriaand Tunisia, while Libya’sgovernment ensures that fundsare available, reports Cabodi.
Among the key opportuni-ties in the region, Frost &Sullivan finds:
• plants to provide potablewater to small communities;
• plants for the treatment ofurban wastewater;
• plants for the treatment ofindustrial wastewater; and
• systems for the removal ofcontamination relating tohydrocarbons, particularly inthe oil-producing countries.
Downsides to working inthis region include politicaland economic volatility. Also,different countries presentvery disparate levels of marketdiversification and fragmenta-tion, so new entrants should beaware of political, economicaland social factors affectinghow these services arefinanced and regulated, saysCabodi.
KBR SECURESPUMP STATION
PROJECTKellogg Brown & Root(KBR) has been awarded acontract by Tarrant RegionalWater District for the designof a high-capacity expansionto the Richland Chambers 90inch diameter raw water sup-ply pipeline.
The project will expandthe pumping capacity of twobooster pump stations,enabling additional raw watersupply delivery to the City ofFort Worth and the TarrantCounty region, withincreased system reliabilityand operability.
The project will includethe design of a new boosterpump station at Ennis, Texas,which will incorporate aroundsix pumps, motors, electrical
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