2023 Fall/Winter Issue

Sulfuric acid production at farmer-owned Ravensdown

As a leading fertilizer manufacturer in New Zealand, Ravensdown Limited provides a wide range of fertilizer products and services to support the country’s farmers and enhance agricultural productivity. As a 100% farmer-owned cooperative, the business is governed by its farmer shareholders and its success is closely tied to the success and well-being of those shareholders.

Features & Guest Columns

  • The turning point in 3Q23
  • Mosaic South Pierce upgrades decades-old drying tower
  • Hindustan Zinc selects WESPs for downstream acid production
  • Minimize maintenance downtime with innovative design
  • Upgrades to sulfuric acid equipment: Advancements through the years
  • PROX-SVERS® vs quartz rock for sulfuric acid conversion reactor
  • Which expansion joint should you use: how to pay less attention to your expansion joints
  • Mechanical and hydraulic vibrations in vertical chemical pumps
  • New CIRAMET PLUS™ for most challenging service: seawater acid coolers
  • Ramco provides simple, consistent safety solutions
  • Plant shutdown: sulfur burner backflow

Also included in this issue …

  • International private equity consortium to buy DuPont Clean Technologies
  • PQ Group Holdings sells performance chemicals, acquires catalyst activation business
  • Egypt’s Sprea Misr awards sulfuric acid plant contract to Nuberg
  • Rama Phosphates Ltd commences commercial production of sulfuric acid and derivatives from new unit
  • DuPont Clean Technologies awarded Lithuanian refinery upgrade contract
  • Metso Outotec to modernize Norilsk Nickel’s smelting line
  • Dürr Megtec introduces “next generation” Wet ESP
  • ABB awarded contract to supply complete electrical and automation system for China’s Northern Copper Industry