news Argex moves ahead with TiO2
Argex Titanium has awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas Group for the first industrial-scale plant to use its proprietary advanced chemical production process for titanium dioxide. The new facility will be
located at Salaberry-de-Valley- field in Canada and will have a capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year
of high grade TiO2 suitable for pigment applications in plastics and paints.
“The finalisation of the EPC
contract represents an important step in the realisa-
tion of our [TiO2 production] project,” said Richard Poulin, executive vice president of
Argex. He said Tecnicas Reunidas has considerable experience in projects of this type, including know-how gained from its own in-house
plans
solvent extraction technology. Argex said the contract
award followed February’s completion of technical due diligence reports associated with the project’s financing. Argex Titanium’s advanced
chemical production process is claimed to take inexpensive and plentiful source material and
produce high grade TiO2 along with other valuable by-products. It is said to offer a significant cost and environmental advantage over current legacy
TiO2 production methods. ❙
www.argex.ca
Sappi plans pilot production of nanofibrils
South Africa-headquartered wood pulp and paper products group Sappi is to build a pilot plant for producing nanocel- lulose at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus at Sittard- Geleen, the Netherlands. The plant is intended to test
out processes for production of dry-re-dispersible Cellulose NanoFibrils (CNF) using
technology developed by Sappi together with Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. It is expected to be operational by the end of this year. Raw materials will be supplied from Sappi’s dissolving wood pulp plants. “We are very excited to be
able to move from a bench-top environment into real-world
production. Our targeted run-rate will be eight tonnes per annum,” said Math Jennekens, R&D director at Sappi Europe. “We will produce a dry
powder that can be easily re-dispersed in water. The nanocellulose is unmodified which makes it easier to combine with other materials.
Norner to advise Sibur
Norwegian research organisation Norner has announced that its strategic advisory division has been appointed by Sibur of Russia to develop a range of value-added polyolefins for special applications. Norner has worked with Sibur
since 2012 on a variety of projects, including mapping market opportuni- ties and planning strategic develop- ment. These will now be extended to include value-added product develop- ment, formulation of launch plans,
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and market introductions. “A special focus for Sibur is on
expanding its range of basic polymer grades,” said Sergey Komyshan, Sibur managing director and head of basic polymers division. “By combining the goals, knowledge and experience of our teams across various business functions, Sibur will be best posi- tioned to successfully develop new polyolefin grades.” ❙
www.norner.no ❙
www.sibur.com
Making plans for polyolefins (from the left): Kirill Maksimov, director chemicals procurement at Sibur; Lars Evensen, business development manager at Norner; and Vadim Gayfiev, head of technical support at Sibur
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The product will be used to build partnerships to test the application of our nanocellu- lose across the widest range of uses,” he said. CNF products are expected
to find a role in a number of end-use markets, including production of lightweight polymer composites. ❙
www.sappi.com
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