2024 Spring/Summer Issue

Abu Zaabal revives its 30-year-old workhorse

Abu Zaabal Fertilizers & Chemical Industries Co. in Egypt embarked a major revamp on their sulfuric acid Unit 6.

Features & Guest Columns

  • Covid-19 recovery amid a commodities price rally
  • Acid Piping Technology celebrates 30 years of service
  • Lewis® vertical sulfuric acid pumps save South American smelter $100K & 200 hours
  • Understanding spray technology to optimize sulfur burning
  • Training designed for success
  • Absorption-irrigation systems
  • Glencore replaces sulfuric acid drying tower in record time
  • EXP’s sulfuric acid team delivers reliable, client-focused solutions
  • Sulfuric acid gas & mist cleaning: wet electrostatic precipitators for superior performance
  • NORAM’s hot sweep cold exchanger does the trick
  • Special alloys changing how sulfuric acid plants are built and operated

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