(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Fortum strengthens its position in the recycling of high value materials in Europe with the acquisition of 100 percent shareholding in Crisolteq, a Finnish specialist in recycling valuable metals in lithium-ion batteries. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals
Tagged acquisition, battery, cobalt, Crisolteq, Fortum, hydrometallurgical recycling, investment, Kalle Saarimaa, lithium-ion batteries, manganese, nickel, recycling, recycling of battery metals, valuable metals
(PRESS RELEASE) ESSEN, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Chinese historical city Luoyang in the Henan province will be launching its metro in 2021 by relying on 234 elevators and escalators from thyssenkrupp Elevator. The company has just announced it won the … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ZAWIERCIE / AMSTERDAM, 17-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft, a hydropower company, has joined forces with Commercial Metals Company Poland (CMC) signing a 10-year financial Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) providing 20 percent fixed-rate for CMC Poland starting in 2021. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Metals and Minerals, Netherlands, News, Poland
Tagged CMC, Commercial Metal Company Poland, Commercial Metals Company, electricity, energy generation, Jerzy Kozicz, Polish renewable PPA, power consumption, Power Purchase Agreement, renewable energy, renewable generators, renewable projects, Statkraft
(PRESS RELEASE) OXFORD, UK, 15-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Amey announces the appointment of Lucy Fell as Account Director for the Area 10 Maintenance and Response contract. Lucy will lead the 15-year highways contract for Highways England, which went live in … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, Sweden, 14-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China. The order is worth approximately EUR 12 million (SEK 125 million) of which around EUR 6 million … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 9-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling Alfa Laval has announced it will deliver OLMI heat exchangers for a refinery located in Russia in an order worth approximately SEK … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 9-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB to finance Finnish Valmet Oyj’s research and development (R&D) activities in 2019–2022. The EUR 50 million loan will mature in ten years. Valmet’s 2019–2022 R&D investment programme focuses on performance and investment … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged bio-based materials, digitalisation, Financial, investment, loan, NIB, R&D, research and development, resource efficiency, Valmet
(PRESS RELEASE) BUSSNANG, Switzerland, 8-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler announces order for 21 additional KISS electrical multiple unit trains valued at approx. 313 million euros. The contract was signed with Hungarian state owned passenger operator MÁV-START. A framework agreement for … Read the full press release
Posted in Hungary, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged coaches, double-deckers, Hungary, KISS electrical multiple unit trains, KISS EMUs, MÁV-START, rolling stock, Stadler, trains
(PRESS RELEASE) VANCOUVER/ZURICH/HOUSTON/PARIS, 7-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — New joint study aimed at evaluating the viability and design of a commercial-scale carbon-capture facility at the Holcim Portland Cement Plant in Florence, Colorado, U.S. has been initiated by a group of leading … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, France, Industrial, News, Switzerland
Tagged 45Q tax credit, carbon capture, carbon dioxide, Cement, Claude Letourneau, CO2, CO2 emissions, CO2 sequestration, CO2MENT, Colorado, commercial-scale carbon capture, Helen Rhymes, Holcim Portland Cement Plant, Jan Jenisch, Jeff Alvarez, Jocelyn Gerst, Julia McKenna, Marie-Noëlle Semeria, Martin Cej, Occidental, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Richard Jackson, sequestration, study, Svante Inc., Total
(PRESS RELEASE) LEVERKUSEN, Germany, 3-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Covestro completes the divestment of its European polycarbonates sheets business to the Munich-based Serafin Group effective January 2, 2020. The transaction includes key management and sales functions throughout Europe as well as … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Construction, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Italy, News
Tagged Covestro, Exolon Group, polycarbonates sheets, raw materials supplier, Serafin Group
(PRESS RELEASE) LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, 3-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF completes the sale of its ultrafiltration membrane business to DuPont Safety & Construction (DuPont). The transaction includes the shares of inge GmbH, the business’ headquarters and production site in Greifenberg, Germany, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News
Tagged BASF, BASF’s Performance Chemicals, divestiture, divestment, DuPont, DuPont Safety & Construction, fuel, inge GmbH, intellectual property, kaolin minerals, lubricant solutions, mining solutions, oilfield chemicals, plastic additives, shares, ultrafiltration membrane business
(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, Netherlands, 2-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Solidaridad announces cooperation with Dutch-based gold company Aunexum Precious Metals Group on artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold mining. The investment will look into suitable methods for mercury-free gold mining in Ghana and … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Netherlands, News, Society
Tagged ASM gold mines, ASM gold mining, Aunexum Precious Metals Group, female miners, GHANA, gold, gold mining, Golden Line programme, Healthy Entrepreneurs, Heske Verburg, mercury-free gold mining, mining, responsible gold, Simavi, Solidaridad, Stephen Kithuka, Tanzania, Vincent Kersten
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 30-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto started the process of resuming operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. Following discussions led by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, with all stakeholders about securing stability to … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 20-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture closes acquisition of French consulting company Silveo. Transaction was first announced on November 14. Silveo provides services and solutions for digital manufacturing and intelligent supply chains based on software from, for example, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, France, Industrial, Investment, Ireland, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Accenture, Accenture Industry X.0, acquisition, consulting, Dassault Systèmes, digital manufacturing, intelligent supply chains, investment, SAP, Silveo, software
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 18-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology group Wärtsilä inaugurates the first ever utility-scale gas engine project in Papua New Guinea which was attended by the Hon. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea on 6 December 2019. … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology
Tagged carbon footprint, Clough Ltd, construction, energy generation, engineering, EPC, Frederic Carron, gas power plant, Hon. James Marape, infrastructure, Kumul Petroleum Holdings Limited, local electricity grid, Michael Uiari, NiuPower, Oil Search Limited, Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, power generation, procurement, renewable energy, Wärtsilä
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 17-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A new partnership has been formed to raise awareness of the importance of developing renewable energy initiatives in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The parties involved are Oil Search, one of Papua New Guinea’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, News, Sweden
Tagged AFRY, biomass power plant, Christian Lohberger, clean energy, investment, Jonas Gustavsson, Luanne Losi, Marie Trogstam, Markham Valley, Michael Henson, Morobe Province, Ninning Jal, Oil Search, Papua New Guinea, PNG, PNG Biomass, renewable energy, Richard Pinnock, Scott Crabtree, solar PV farm, sustainable, sustainable energy
(PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG, 12-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Vestas announces a 132 MW order from a worldwide player in Renewable Energy, Akuo Energy. The order is for the wind projects Wielowies, located in southern Poland and EP 44 and Gniew, located … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Poland, Technology
Tagged Akuo Energy, Christina Schmidt, EP 44, Eric Scotto, Gniew, Nils de Baar, Poland, renewable energy, sustainable energy, Vestas, VestasOnline® Business SCADA, Wielowies, wind energy, wind farm, wind turbines
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 11-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall to manufacture aluminum housings for the 5G network, systematically expanding the activities of its Automotive arm to include new product categories outside the automotive industry. The contract has been awarded through its … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 4-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Neptune Energy makes its first substantial investment in Petrel for five years with the start of seismic surveys in the extensive Petrel field, located in the Bonaparte Basin of Australia. The study will … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Beach Energy, Bonaparte Basin of Australia, investment, Janet Hann, Neptune Energy, Petrel, Petrel field, Petrel JV, Petrelex 3D seismic survey, Polarcus Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, Polarcus Asima vessel, Santos, seismic data, seismic surveys
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 2-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Meridiam and Urbaser to develop, build and operate a waste-to-energy plant in north-eastern Poland. The Public Private Partnership contract was signed with the public utility in charge of district heating supply in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Poland, Spain
Tagged clean energy, electricity, heating, Meridiam, MPEC, Olsztyn, Poland, resilient infrastructure, sustainable, Urbaser, Waste-to-energy
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