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PL/ANt WATCHDow Gorning considers biomoss plonl loproduce sleom ond eleclricilyAugust 20,2010 - Dow Corning's (Midlond,Mich.; www.dowcorning.com) Midlondmonufocturing site is considering the instol-lotion of o biomoss-powered energy focilityto provide o renewoble, relioble ond cost-effective supply of steom ond electricitynecessory for the site's operotions. CirqueEnergy, LLC, which would build, own ondoperote lhe plonl for Dow Corning, recentlyfiled for oppropriote environmeniol permitsBiomoss energyfrom the plont would beproduced by gosificotion of plont-derivedorgonic motter. The biomoss energyfocilityoi the Midlond site would initiolly use wostewood chips, os well os deod trees or oldgrowth horvested os pori of sustoinoble for-estry initiotives,

SNC-lovolin receives o conlrocl inAlberlo's oil sondsAugust 19,20'10 - SNC-Lovolin lnc, (Montre-ol, Quebec, Conodo; www.snclovolin.com)hos been oworded on engineering ondprocurement controct by Grizzly Oil SondsULC for its newAlgor Loke steom ossisted-grovity droinoge (SAGD) focility locotedneor Fort McMunoy in Alberto.The projectconsists of on initiol 5,000 bbl/d SAGDcentrol-processing focility with ossociotedwell pods,flow lines,tonkform ond 8-MWcogenerotion focility,The detoiled designof the project is expected to be completedin April 201 l This is o unique project in thefocl thot ihe execution plon is bosed onengineering ond consiructing o completelymodulorized processing focility copoble ofbeing trucked to site.

SGL Group exponds ils isoslolicgrophile copocilyAugust I9,20'l0 - SGL Group (Wiesboden,Germony; www,sglcorbon.com) will investopproximotely 75 million into the copocityexponsion of isostoiic grophite within thenext three yeors.This exponsion supportsihe globol growth of its customers in thesolor energy,light emitting diode (LED) ondsemiconducior industries.A significont port

of the invesimenl will involve the consiruc-tion of o new fully outomoted lso GrophiteGreen Production Center ot the Bonn, Ger-mony, site. Commissioning is scheduled for20'l 2, ln ihis context SGL Group will increoseits globol, onnuol isostotic-grophite copoc-iiyfrom 5,000 meiric tons (m,1,) to

.l5,000 m t

BASF plons to build dispersions plonlin Huizhou,ChinoAugust 16,2010 - BASF SE (Ludwigshofen,Germony;www.bosf,com) will invesi in odispersions plont in Doyo Boy Petrochemi-col lndustriol Pork in Huizhou, Chino.With ocopociiy of .l00.000 ion/ytthe new plont willproduce XSB dispersions for the poper in-dusiry ond ocrylic dispersions for industriesthot include cootings, construciion, printing-ond-pockoging ond odhesives, Productionis scheduled to begin in the I si Q of 20.l 2,subject to government oPprovol.

Oulolec lo design ond deliver lillrolionlechnology lo ilon.ore ploiecl in AuslrolioAugust 5,201 0 - Outotec Oyj (Espoo. Fin-lond; www,outotec,com) hos been owordedorders forAustrol o's Kororo lron Ore Project,worih more thon 28 million, Ouiotec willdesign, deliver ond instoll the complete floto-

tion circuit olong with ollfiltrotion technologyforthe project.The Kororo lron Ore Projectlocoted in Wesiern Austrolio is o 50-50 jointventure between Gindolbie Metols Ltd ondChinese steel producerAnsieel.lt is port ofthe development of the Kororo mognetltedeposit, which hos the potentiol for morethon 30-million-m,t,/yr processing of mog-netile over ils estlmoted 3O-yeor life,The firstphose of operotion is scheduled for 20.1 I .

.., ond will deliver chromite sinletinglechnology lo Soulh AllicoAugust 3,201 0 - Outotec Oyj hos signedo controct wiih RB Met Engineering (Pty)Lid. ond Xstroio Merofe PSV for the deliveryof chromite sintering technology to XstrotoMerofe's ferrochrome plont locoted in Rus-tenburg, South Af rico.The controct volueis opproximoiely 1 7 million, The plontwill treot 600,000 m,t. /yr of chromite oreXstroio Merofe's project is subject io onenvironmenfol permii by locolouthoriiies inRustenburg, ond ihe plont is expected to beoperoiionol in2012.

BASF begins upgrode of NorlhAmericoncololysl monulqcluring operotionsAugust 3, 201 0 - BASF Corpls coiolysi divi-sion (lselin, N.J.; www.cololysis.bosf,com)hos inrtioted severol copitol investment

projecls to enhonce the compony's monu-focturing operoiions for copper-chrome cot-olysis ot its produciion sites in Erie, Po ondElyrio, Ohio.The multimillion-dollor invest-ments ore oimed of re-engineering, retrofii-ting ond further ouiomoting cotolyst monu-focturing ot both sites. BASF soys the copitol

improvement projects will be completed inphoses through the eorly port of 20'l 1

ilTERGERS AND AGQUISITTONSTeijin lo develop silicon inks wilh the

qcquisilion ol NonoGromAugust B, 201 0 -Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo;wwwteijin.co.jp) hos ocquired NonoGrom Corp. (Milpi-ios, Colif.; www.nonogrom.com) to functionos o U.S. bose for the development of siliconinks with semiconductor properties ond theprocesses io monufocture such inks.As owholly owned subsidiory of Teijin, NonoGromwill pursue its inierest in exponding inio de-velopment of silicon-bosed nonoporiicles,working closely with theTeijin Group's Inte-grotive Technology Reseorch lnstitute.

Air Liquide ocquiles o Germonsyngos plonlAugust 6,201 0

-AirLiquide (Poris, Fronce;

www.oirliquide.com) hos signed on ogree-ment with OXEA GmbH for ihe ocquisition ofiis syngos plont bosed in Oberhousen, Ger-mony.Anti-trust outhorities hove given theiropprovol.This lorge plont hos o produciioncopocity of opproximotely 83,000 Nm3/h ofsyngos - o mixture of hydrogen ond corbonmonoxide - used in the produciion of oxo-intermediotes ond oxoderivotives, which oreused in high-quolity cootings,lubriconts ondcosmetic ond phormoceuticol producis.

Axens signs ogreemenl toroclivoled olumino businessAugust 4,2010 -Axens (Rueil Molmoison,Fronce; www.oxens.net) hos signed onosset sole ogreement (ASA) with Conodo-bosed RioTintoAlcon regordlng the soleby RioTintoAlcon of its octivoted oluminobusiness in Brockville, Oniorio. The terms ofthe ASA ore confideniiol,The tronsoction isexpected io close by end-September 20.l0

Bilcore enlers ogreemenl lo ocquirelneos' Globol Films businessAugust 2,2010 - lneos Group (Lousonne,Switzerlond; www.ineos.com) hos enteredinto o binding ogreementforthe sole of itsGlobol Films business to BilcoreAG for op-proximotely 1 00 million.The deol comprisesthe business, ossets ond personnel relotedto lneos'Films operotions locoted in NorthAmerico, Europe ond Asio.The tronsoctionwos expected to be completed of the endof August, subject to necessory regulotoryfilings ond opprovols. I

Dorolhy Lozowski

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2010 r 2009 2008

cHEMTCAI ENGINEERING PLANT COST INDEX (CEPCI)

(I957-59 = I00) June 'l 0Plelim.Moy'10 June'09

Finol Finol558.2 512.0CElndex

Equipment556.4

Heoi exchongers & tonks668.t 67A.2 60].5628 7 629.9 538 06320 631 8 584.9818.5 828.3 749.0419.4 424.8 39] .8898.4 903.1 898.9482.2 473.2 459.8697 .5 697 .5 610 03267 327 I 3256509.4 5139 485.7339.1 339.7 347.2

Process mochineryPlpe, volves & fittingsProcess insirumentsPumps & compressorsElectr col equipmeniSlructurol supports & misc

Consiruclion loborBuildingsEngineering & supervision

storting wi.ih lhe April 2oo7 Finol numbers, severol of the dolo series for lobor ond compressors hovebeen converled to occommodote series lDs thotwerediscontinued by the U.S. Bureou of LoborStolistics

Annual lndex:

2002 = 395.6

2003 = 402.0

2004 = 444.22005 = 468.2

2006 = 499.6

2007 =525.42008 = 575.4

2009 = 521.9

CURRENT BUSINESS INDICATORSCPI output inclex (2007 = I 00)CPI volue of ouiput. S blllions

CPI operoting rote,96Producer prices. industriolchemicols (1982 = 100)lnclustrlal Production in Monufoctur ng (2007= 1 00)Hourly eorn ngs index, chemicol & o I ed products (1 992 = I 00)Produclivitv index.chemicols & ol ied products ('l992 = l00)

TATESI

Jul l0 = 88. l1.780.7

71 .2267 .7

89.6153.3

120.6

BB51,854 6

71 .4

212.890.0

152.8119 2

Jun. l0 =Moy. l0 =Jun. l0 =Jun.'l 0 =Jun.'10 =Jun. l0 =Jun. l0 =

Moy. l0Apr l0

May.'l 0Moy.'1 0

tvoy.'10Moy.'l0Mov.'']0

88.B

PREVIOUS YEAR AGO

Jul 09 = 83.9Jun. 09 = 1 ,597 .2

Ju.09 =666

Jut.'09 = 236.1Jul.'09 = B4.lJut.09 = 148.8Jut 09 = il8.5

SO D

Jun',l0 = l.753.]7t.7

258.7

906152.6

120.3

Ju l0Jul.'l 0Jul.'l 0Jul.'l 0Jul. l0

CPI OUTPUTVATUE ($ BlruoNs) CPIOPERATING RATE trt

2200

1900

1600

1300

'1000

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CPI OUTPUT INDEX (2ooz = too)

MARSHAII & SWTFT EQUIPMENT COST INDEX(1926 = 100)

M & S INDEXProcess induslries, overoge -Cemenl

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ChemicolsCloy produclsGlossPoinlPopelPelloleum producls

-

Rubbel

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Reloled induslliesEleclricol powel

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1.414.0

Mining,milling

-

'l.569.1

Relrigerolion

-

1,786.9

Sleompower

-

1.488.0

2ndO lsiO 4thO 3rdO 2nde2010 2010 2009 2009 2009

1,461 .3 1.448 3 1 ,446.5 t ,446.4 t ,462.91 .s221 '],5r 0 3 l.5l L9 I ,sl5 I 1,534.2r.5r9.2 r.508.r 1,508.2 1.509.7 1,532.51.493.5 l,4Bl .8 I ,483 I I ,485.8 I ,504.81,505.6 r.496.0 t ,494.3 1.495.8 t ,512.91.4r 6.4 L403.0 1.400.1 1.400.4 1 ,420 11.527.6 t,5r5.l 1.514.,l 1.5,l5.1 1.53591,430.r 1,4164 1,415.8 ,l,416.3 '],4356|.625.9 1 .615 6 1.617 .6 1.625.2 1,643.51.564 2 1,55] 0 'l,560.5 I ,560.7 l,5Bl .l 1395

1.389.6 1.377 3 1 .370.8 1 ,394.7 13801,552.r I ,548.1 1,547 .6 1 ,562.9 13651.772.2 1,169.5 1.767.3 1.78901 .475.0 1.470.8 1,471 .4 1 ,490.8 1350

1500

1485

1470

'1455

1440

1425

1410

1335

13202002=1,104.2 2004=1,178.5 2006=1'302'3 2008=1'449.32003=1,123.6 2005=1'244'5 2007=1,373'3 2009=1,468.6

Source: N4orsholl & Swifl's Morsholl Voluotion Service monuol. Reprinted ond publlshed wiih permission ofMorshoil & Swifl/Boeckh, LLC ond its licensors. copyright 20]0. lvloy nol be reprinted. copied, outomoled orused lor voluoiion w,lhoul permission.

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CURRENTTRENDS

liopitol equipment prices (osUreflected in the CE Plont Cosilndex) declined in June, on un-usuol phenomenon given thotequipmeni prices l'ypicolly peokoround Augusi of eoch yeor.

Meonwhile, Curreni Business

lndicoiors from Globol lnsight,lnc. show thot CPI output droppedfor the fourth consecutive monthin June. Doto from the AmericonChemistry Council indicote o Julyrebound. however, in both produc-tion ond copocity utilizotion.

Finolly, note thot he boses forthe CPI Ouiput lndex ond lndus-triol Production in Monufocturingchonged from 2002=100 to2007=100 on June 25.

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