The News Review:
- Tyler plant loses 300 jobs
- Thousands protest against coal in front of DC’s Capitol Power Plant
- GM brings back 30 at engine plant
- UPM To Build Plant To Produce Bio-Based Vegetable il
- TVA scrutinizes dike at New Johnsonville plant
- China Energy Recovery Announces the fficial peration of a New …
Tyler plant loses 300 jobs
Houston Chronicle
CB&I designs and makes systems used in energy fields. Some of the employees will be transferred to the company’s Beaumont facility. The shutdown will not affect the company’s Tyler engineering center which employs 360 people spokeswoman Jan Sieving said in Monday’s online edition of the Tyler Morning Telegraph. Sieving said the Beaumont facility has deep-water access and is closer to the company’s projects in that region. CB&I acquired Howe-Baker International in Tyler in 2000 in a $145 million deal including cash stock and assumed debt according to the CB&I Web site. Howe-Baker specializes in the construction of hydrocarbon processing plants for the refining petrochemical and natural gas industries. The Tyler area has lost more than 2000 industrial and manufacturing postions recently.
Thousands protest against coal in front of DC’s Capitol Power Plant
Grist Magazine
An estimated 2500 people protested outside Washington D. ‘s Capitol Power Plant on Monday — the nation’s largest act of civil disobedience against coal power. Anti-coal activists from all corners of the country braved the sub-freezing temperatures and six inches of snow the city received Sunday night. The uncharacteristically wintery conditions.
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GM brings back 30 at engine plant
Bizjournals.com
’s Tonawanda engine plant were recalled Monday. But because of quickly changing production schedules linked to depressed new vehicle sales the recall of a small portion of the more than 740 Western New York auto workers currently on layoff might only last one week says Scott Adams UAW assistant regional director. “The 30 who are some of the 465 (at GM) who were on indefinite layoff were brought back to run a line. But because there is so much uncertainty it looks like they’ll be back for only one week” he said. At other Buffalo-area auto supplier plants Adams said:• 105 hourly employees at the.
UPM To Build Plant To Produce Bio-Based Vegetable il
Bernama
Work on the RM4 million pilot plant is expected to begin in the first quarter of this year said a statement from UPM. “When complete the plant will be capable of producing up to 700 metric tonnes annually” said SEH managing director Barry Lim. According to a researcher from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environment UPM’s Engineering Faculty Prof Madya Dr Robiah Yunus the joint project between UPM and SEH is a pioneering venture undertaken for the purpose of research and commercialisation. “UPM received a RM 4.
TVA scrutinizes dike at New Johnsonville plant
The Tennessean
“The Tennessee Valley Authority provides electricity to Tennessee and parts of six surrounding states. In addition to the Tennessee coal-fired plants TVA has two in Kentucky and two in Alabama. (Its Widows Creek plant in northeastern Alabama had a smaller spill in January. )(2 of 4)TVA has taken steps to address the issues at New Johnsonville spokesman John Moulton said Friday. He said the plan includes monitoring the clear-water seepage more in-depth engineering analysis and plans to build new permanent spillways.
China Energy Recovery Announces the fficial peration of a New …
PR Newswire (press release)
The New Plant has been successfully operating on a trial basis sinceAugust 2008. Sichuan Chemical located in Sichuan province where the May 2008earthquake occurred is one of the largest synthetic ammonia and nitrogenfertilizer producers in China. The New Plant is designed to produce 300000 tons of sulfuric acidannually and generate 52. 8 tons of steam per hour from waste heat energycaptured during production. The steam is reused in the production process.