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Mosaic Continues $4.7 Billion in Projects Despite Grim Outlook

...The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) (Plymouth, Minnesota) has reported a second-quarter 2009 net income of $959.8 million, up 143.6% compared with $394 million in the same period last year. ......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Metals & Minerals

New Generating Unit Causes Massive Blackout in Venezuela's Paraguana Peninsula

...A newly inaugurated generating unit at the Josefa Camejo Power Plant in Paraguana, Falcon, forced three power plants on the Paraguana Peninsula offline....
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

North American Chemical Industry Finishes 2008 with More Strength Than it was Credited

...The North American Chemical Processing Industry (CPI) has been dramatically affected by the poor global economic climate, yet during the fourth quarter of 2008, the industry still began ......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Chemical Processing

Chile: New LNG Plant to Start Operating in 2009

...LNG Quintero SA (Quintero, Chile), a consortium composed of the BG Group plc (OTC:BRGYY) (Reading, United Kingdom), Chilean state oil company ENAP......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Production

Equipment Failure Brings South Carolina Unit Offline

...A 590-megawatt (MW) coal-fired unit at Santee Cooper's (Moncks Corner, South Carolina) Cross Generating Station (Cross, South Carolina) was forced offline Monday night....
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

Need for More Carrots Driving $20 Million Expansion at Seed Processing Facility in Idaho

...Nunhems, a subsidiary of Bayer CropScience AG (Monheim, Germany), part of the Bayer Group (OTC:BAYRY) has started site preparation on a $20 million expansion......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Food & Beverage

Wisconsin Developers Study Expansion of Wind Power by 378% Through 2012

...Wind power developers in Wisconsin are studying the possibility of adding 1,536 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity. Wisconsin currently has eight......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

University of Rhode Island Invests $60 Million on Construction of Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences

...Construction is well under way on the University of Rhode Island's (URI) new $60 million Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Kingston. When complete, the 140,000-square-foot ......
PREMIUM       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Pharmaceutical & Biotech

Suzlon Increases Stake in REpower and Plans to Double Capacity of Operational Wind Power

...Suzlon Energy Limited (BSE:532667) (Pune, Maharashtra), India's largest and the world's fifth largest manufacturer of wind turbines, has increased its......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

Green Signs in Indian Government's Integrated Energy Policy

...The Indian cabinet last week approved the new Integrated Energy Policy (IEP), which is aimed at providing energy independence to the country....
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

Poland's PKN Orlen Investing $1.3 Billion on Petrochemical Capacity Expansion

...Poland's leading oil corporation, Polski Koncern Naftowy (PKN Orlen) (Plock, Poland), has announced plans to invest more than $1.3 billion on doubling......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Chemical Processing

India's IOC Commissions Paradip-Haldia Crude Oil Pipeline as Total Network Exceeds 10,000 Kilometers

...Indian Oil Corporation Limited (BSE:530965) (IOC) (Mumbai), India's largest state-owned oil refining firm, has commissioned a 330-kilometer (km) crude oil pipeline in......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Petroleum Refining

China Plans to Build 1,000-Megawatt Photovoltaic Power Station in Qaidam Basin

...Construction of a 1,000-megawatt (MW) on-grid photovoltaic power station, the largest of its kind in China, is expected to begin in the Qaidam......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

E.ON's Asset Swaps Shake Up European Power Scene

...In the process of shedding 4,800 megawatts (MW) of power assets in Germany, which was mandated by the country's federal Court of Justice during an anti-competition......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

China Huadian to Accelerate Hydropower Development in Sichuan Province

...On December 22, the Development and Reform Commission of Sichuan province gave final approval for China Huadian Corporation's (Beijing) Egongbao Hydropower......
FREE       Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Power

Forty-Eight New Fuel-Ethanol Plants Go Online in 2008 Representing 3.5 Billion Gallons of Production Capacity

...Despite all the gloom in North America's fuel-ethanol production industry, 48 new ethanol plants went online in 2008, representing 3.578 billion gallons......
PREMIUM     Chart showing ethanol plants online in 2008 by # of plants and employees Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Alternative Fuel

North American Chemical Industry Prepares to Start New Year with $2.4 Billion in Total Spending

...There are very few chemical industry professionals that won't admit their worry about the current economic climate and the potential lingering effects it could have on the ......
PREMIUM       Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Chemical Processing

Sayonara Swag! Drugmakers Halt Freebies to Doctors in 2009

...When a patient walks into virtually any physician's office, missing the trail of freebies left behind by visiting pharmaceutical sales representatives is virtually impossible. ......
PREMIUM       Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Pharmaceutical & Biotech

Construction and Start-Ups of Plants in Rocky Mountains Reaches $5.5 Billion in 2008

...With the recession currently rocking the nation's economy, the Rocky Mountain region, which includes the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado......
PREMIUM       Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Industrial Manufacturing

MCC Signs Deal with Baogang for $1.2 Billion Polysilicon Project in Inner Mongolia

...China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC), a leading mining and smelting company, has signed a deal with the Baotou Iron and Steel Group Company......
FREE       Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Chemical Processing

Maintenance Shutdowns Planned at Bahia Blanca Refinery in Buenos Aires

...The Bahia Blanca refinery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will perform a series of maintenance shutdowns between 2009 and 2010....
PREMIUM       Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Petroleum Refining


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