Materials handling

Sandvik adds a new cold finishing tube manufacturing line at its Mehsana Mill, in Gujarat, western India. 

An estimated 7% of the US fatalities recorded by MSHA between 1995 and 2011 occurred in a confined space. To reduce that number, conveyor operators are wise to understand exactly how a confined space is defined, and to consider what they can do to prevent serious injuries.

Driven by customer input from a number of different industries, the new VFD system reduces the need to purchase or rent different models to match the machines’ output to specific project requirements.

RHEWUM screens have been chosen for a new plant for the production of urea fertilizers.

During the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Acron and Ultramar signed a transshipment agreement and warehouse leases in Ust-Luga port.

EuroChem Group AG has opened a new ammonia production plant, EuroChem Northwest, in Kingisepp, Russia. The plant has the largest single-train production capacity in Europe, at 1 million tpy.

Argus Media is reporting that weak ammonia prices have raised the upgrading margins on urea production to their highest since 2012.

The DuPont board formally approved the US$2 billion share buyback programme and the DuPont pro forma financial information has been filed with additional segment level pro forma information anticipated in the near future.

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has announced that Dennis Kelleher, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the company he will retire from CF effective 1 September 2019.

DuPont de Nemours, Inc. has announced its debut as an independent company following the successful separation of its Agriculture Division through the spin-off of Corteva, Inc.

RHEWUM emphasise the importance of maintaining dust-free equipment in screening plants.

Kalium Lakes Ltd has announced that it has awarded the key contracts for the engineering, procurement, construction management and commissioning associated with the development of the purification plant facilities for its Beyondie Sulfate of Potash Project (BSOPP).

The Republic of Uzbekistan and Germany have announced plans to construct a new chemical complex for the increased production of fertilizers in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

thyssenkrupp’s Industrial Solutions business area has received a new order for the construction of a fertilizer plant in Poland.

Curtiss-Wright has announced a new US$200 million share repurchase authorisation and declared 13% dividend increase to US$0.17/share for common stock.