http://www.industrialinfo.eu/ 2008 Industrial Info Resources, Inc. 360 en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:59:27 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/ http://www.industrialinfo.eu/images/indalert.gif 210 29 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194357 industrial firms have kicked off 2012 with a bang in western Louisiana. A trio of projects totaling $750 million has recently begun construction. Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana), Valero Refining, and Bunge all have major projects under way in the area. This is the tip of the iceberg, as Louisiana has more than $20 billion in planned industrial projects across 12 vertical industries that are scheduled to begin construction in 2012, according to Industrial Info's North American Industrial Database.

Other companies featured: The Shaw Group Incorporated (NYSE:SHAW), Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR), Bunge Limited (NYSE:BG)]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194141 CONSOL Energy Incorporated (NYSE:CNX) (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) announced yesterday that the company's board of directors has approved a 2012 capital budget of $1.7 billion, up from $1.4 billion in 2011. The budget includes $755 million to be invested in coal mining projects and $720 million in gas production projects.]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194128 West Coast region will once again lead the way when it comes to planned rail projects. Just about every community in the state of California is involved in some way with a rail system, and more are planned each and every day, while projects in both Oregon and Washington are flourishing.]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195540 SUGAR LAND--January 26, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Northeast market region, which consists of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, has more than $3.1 billion in projects that are planned to begin in the first quarter of this year, according to Industrial Info's North American Industrial Project Database. New York, with more than $2.1 billion in planned projects, leads the region in terms of project value, followed by Pennsylvania, which has slightly more than $850 million in planned project kickoffs during the quarter.

Companies featured: Cascades Incorporated (TSX:CAS), General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194470 nuclear power generation, automotive and Metals & Minerals. According to Industrial Info's North American Industrial Project Spending Database, South Carolina has 143 major industrial projects totaling $18.75 billion scheduled to begin construction in 2012.]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194781 Honeywell International's (NYSE:HON) (Morris Township, New Jersey) chemicals division is broadening its production capacity throughout North America. Honeywell is currently performing capital and maintenance projects at many of its North American plants. Work includes expansions, line and unit additions and revamps, all of which will increase production capacity.]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195575 North American Metals & Minerals Database.]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194857 BP plc's (NYSE:BP) (London, England) Energy Outlook. The gradual switching should see renewables, including biofuels, continue to be the fastest growing sources of energy globally, rising at an annual rate of more than 8%, much quicker than natural gas, which will be the fastest-growing fossil fuel, at an annual rate of 2% over the period.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195170
Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Homer City Generating Station is owned by a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) and operated by Edison Mission Energy (EME) (Santa Ana, California), a unit of Edison International (NYSE:EIX) (Rosemead, California).]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195732 Florida Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NEE) (Juno Beach, Florida), is moving on peak construction of the new $1.1 billion, natural gas-fired, 1,250-megawatt (MW) Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center in Cocoa, Florida.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194570
Having RCRA apply to biomass could have meant that power generators that burn biomass would be regulated as hazardous waste incinerators. The EPA's December draft rule, eagerly sought by biomass developers and U.S. Senators with significant biomass interests in their states, should remove uncertainty about developing power plants that burn biomass, as well as factories that produce wood pellets and other biomass-derived fuel to be burned at those plants.

Companies featured: Northeast Utilities (NYSE:NU), Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI), Babcock & Wilcox Company (NYSE:BWC)]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194031 wood fuel pellet plant in Woodville, Texas. GPT will invest $25 million in retrofitting the old Griffin Chipping Mill to produce the pellets. Griffin shut down the mill in 2005 and GPT purchased the facility in August 2011.]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194249 Johnson Controls Incorporated (NYSE:JCI) (JCI) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) has invested an estimated $150 million for expansions at the company's battery and distribution in Yuma, Arizona, and its battery manufacturing plant in Holland, Ohio]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195649 Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON) (Hartsville, South Carolina), is currently under way on construction of a $14.6 million grassroot plastic container manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio.]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195200 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194200
Tilbury Power Station, a former coal-fired plant located in Essex, southeast England, is expected to start generating up to 750 megawatts (MW) of power from biomass in the next fortnight, following a conversion process that kicked off last year.]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195070 Power and manufacturing titan General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut) reported impressive overall results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2011, as a record $28.6 billion in fourth-quarter infrastructure orders, particularly in the energy and aviation fields, resulted in the largest backlog in the company's history. Net income was reported to be $3.81 billion for the quarter, a 19.96% decrease from fourth-quarter 2010, largely driven by discontinued operations. However, for the full year, net income was $14.44 billion, an 18.59% increase from 2010.]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194654 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194271 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195648 cellulosic ethanol.]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195192 SUGAR LAND--January 24, 2012--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region is currently has 38 plastics and rubber sector projects that are planned to begin in 2012. The projects have a combined total investment value (TIV) of $1.7 billion.]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194910 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Incorporated (NYSE:FCX) (FCX) (Phoenix, Arizona) yesterday reported earnings for the company's fourth-quarter and fiscal-year 2011. For the year, FCX reported net income of $4.6 billion, compared with $4.3 billion in 2010. The company expects capital expenditures of approximately $4 billion in 2012, including $2.4 billion on major projects.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $9 billion of Freeport-McMoRan projects in Southeast Asia, South America and North America. Information on these and other projects is available in Industrial Info's International Metals & Minerals Database.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=193940 Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) awarded a $1.27 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract to Hyundai Engineering and Construction (KRX:000720) (HDEC) (Ulsan,South Korea) to build the 1,000-megawatt (MW) base plant for the Mong Duong 1 thermal power plant project.

Other companies featured: Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ:FWLT)]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195446 shale gas reserves grew over the last year as increased estimates of the size of some shale formations offset a significant reduction in the estimated reserves in the Marcellus Shale, according to the Annual Energy Outlook released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (Washington, D.C.), the research and statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) (Washington, D.C.).]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194870 Ernst &Young's global mining & metals leader, Mike Elliott, at the launch of the report, "Global Steel 2012: Competing for Growth in the Steel Sector." He added that significant rationalization was required in the sector if many operators were to remain profitable.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=193948 nuclear power plants in case of an emergency shutdown. All systems are monitored, such as controls, alarms, temperature gages, signals. Each component is designed for a specific purpose. The plant is staffed around the clock with supervisors, control room operators, and auxiliary equipment operators monitoring the units. Operators constantly perform safety tests on emergency equipment to ensure each part is functioning properly.]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194900 power transmission projects are planned to begin in the next five years. ERCOT stated that $5 billion of these projects would be used to carry 18,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable power generation.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195175 Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) (Munich, Germany) by a Saudi consortium in early 2011, Siemens has developed the first major components at its plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is ready to deliver them to the 2,400-megawatt (MW) Ras Al-Khair (formerly Ras Az Zawr) power project, which is 75 kilometers west of Al Jubail. The consortium includes Al-Arrab Contracting Company (Alfalah, Saudi Arabia) and Sepco III Electric Power Construction Company (Qingdao, China)]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195741 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=196101 Spectra Energy Corporation (NYSE:SE) (Houston, Texas) yesterday reported earnings for the full year and fourth quarter of the 2011 fiscal year. Net income for the full year was $1.16 billion, up 14% from 2010. Spectra plans to invest $15 billion in expansion capital by the end of the decade, with DCP Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:DPM) (Denver, Colorado), of which Spectra is a 50% owner, adding additional investment during this time.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195762 Great Lakes region of the United States is undoubtedly the heartland of the unionized worker. The automotive and heavy manufacturing sectors have long dominated manufacturing in the region, and a large part of that dominance has surrounded the unionization of the manufacturing plants. Unions, especially the United Autoworkers Union (Detroit, Michigan), have long held sway in this region with millions of members who control what is produced at most factories. This may all change in the next few days, however. The Indiana state legislature is very close to approving a bill that would make the state of Indiana a right-to-work state, which would be a major blow to the union movement.]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194705
German grid regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, announced that last year saw 7,500 MW of solar capacity added, as energy companies raced to beat the deadline for new cuts in the subsidies offered by the government came into effect this month.]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194046 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=193942 Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) (Midland, Michigan), through its Brazilian subsidiary headquartered in Sao Paulo, is planning to implement investments in Brazil that will upgrade an already existing facility and provide the company with its first biopolymers production site in Santa Vitoria, Minas Gerais, boosting Dow's presence in the region.

En Español: Dow Refuerza su Posición en Latinoamérica]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194042 biofuels start-up CoolPlanet Energy Systems (Camarillo, California) is proceeding with fabrication of its demonstration-scale modular plant in Camarillo. The modules are set up shipping containers in an open-air plant layout, and each module will have the capacity to produce 2 million gallons per year of biofuels from raw biomass, such as woodchips, crop residue (such as corn cobs), stalks and algae.

Other companies featured: BP plc (NYSE:BP), General Electric (NYSE:GE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG)]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195842 Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) (Chicago), plans to split the investment evenly between traditional utility infrastructure maintenance projects and the installation of Smart Grid equipment technologies that automate the operation of the grid, the utility said in a January 6 filing with the Illinois Corporation Commission (ICC) (Springfield, Illinois).]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195364 Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated (NYSE:APD) (Allentown, Pennsylvania), which sells various gas-related performance materials, equipment and services to industries worldwide, reported mixed results for the company's fiscal first quarter of 2012, as slow economic conditions constrained volumes and earnings growth. Net income for the quarter was reported to be $248.1 million, a 7.63% decrease from fiscal first-quarter 2011.]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195992 Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD) (Houston, Texas), a leading North American energy services provider to producers and consumers of natural gas, reported a record year for net income in 2011, ending on a fourth quarter that benefited from higher commodity prices and volumes. Production growth and demand for natural gas liquids (NGL) remained strong throughout the year. Net income was reported to be $721.1 million for the quarter, compared with $159.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2010, and $2.05 billion for the year, compared with $320.8 million in 2010.]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195983 biorefinery in Hairy Hill, Alberta. The $50 million plant will process some 110,000 metric tons of high-starch feed grain from local farmers to produce about 40 million liters per year of fuel ethanol.]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194302
The decision overturns one taken by the previous, anti-nuclear government to close the Garona nuclear power plant in northern Spain by 2013.]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=193928 BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP) (Melbourne, Australia) and its subsidiary Worsley Alumina Pty Limited are continuing with construction on the $2.2 billion Worsley Alumina Refinery expansion near Collie, in Western Australia.]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194443 University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) poured its first load of cellulosic material into a feed bin, marking the dedication of its new cellulosic ethanol research facility in Perry, Florida. The pulverized sugarcane stalks at Buckeye Technologies Incorporated's (NYSE:BKI) (Memphis, Tennessee) pulp mill will be the platform to develop methods of producing fuel ethanol from inedible plant material.]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194740 Solvay S.A. (EBR:SOLB) (Brussels, Belgium) and Air Liquide S.A. (EPA:AI) (Paris, France) have entered into an agreement to form a worldwide fluorine gas business joint venture. Citing growing, worldwide demand for environmentally friendly production equipment cleaning gases within the flat-panel display and silicon thin-film photovoltaic industries, Solvay and Air Liquide have formed the joint venture to provide onsite fluorine production.]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=196277 Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated (Omaha, Nebraska), have broken ground on Phase II of a 5-acre algae farm at Green Plains fuel ethanol plant in Shenandoah, Iowa.]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194741 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195862
Southern California Edison (SCE) (Rosemead, California), the utility subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE:EIX) (Rosemead), has been building the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP) for more than a year. It will bring up to 4,500 megawatts (MW) of electricity, most of it generated from renewable sources, from Kern County to Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The project has 11 separate sections, one of which runs through Chino Hills.]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195082 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=194045 Meritor Incorporated (NYSE:MTOR) (Troy, Michigan) and Sango Company Limited (Miyoshi, Japan), is under way with construction on a $20 million automotive parts plant in London, Ontario.]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=196088 chemicals producer The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) (Midland, Michigan) reported record annual sales revenue for full-year 2011, despite faltering demand and a rocky European market, as prices strengthened globally. For the full year, Dow reported net income of $2.4 billion, a 21.93% increase from 2010. But the fourth quarter of 2011 saw a net loss of $20 million, compared with net income of $426 million in fourth-quarter 2010.]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=195271 Energy services provider Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) (Houston, Texas) reported solid overall results for fourth-quarter and full-year 2011, as each quarter set a new record for North American revenues, based largely on improved activity in the unconventional oil and natural gas basins, and the Latin American business continued its rapid growth. Net income was reported to be $906 million for the quarter, a 49.75% increase from fourth-quarter 2010, and $2.84 billion for the year, a 54.71% increase from 2010.]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600