• Investment World
• eWorld
• Brand Line
• Mentor
• Life
• Canvas
• Praxis
• Urban Pulse
• Brand Quest
• The New Manager

Stocks

• Quotes
• SE Diary
• Scoreboard
• Open-End Mutual Fund

Cross Currency

• Rates
  
  

Shipping

• Ports
  
  

Archives

• Yesterday
• Datewise
• Resources
• In Focus
• In Depth

Group Sites

• The Hindu
• The Hindu ePaper
• Business Line
• Business Line ePaper
• Sportstar
• Frontline
• The Hindu eBooks
• The Hindu Images

Our Bureau

New Delhi, July 20

Simon Carves Ltd, a subsidiary of Punj Lloyd Ltd (PLL), has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Fluor to provide a new anhydrous hydrofluoric acid /aluminium fluoride plant incorporating a new sulphuric acid/oleum plant as part of a 2-billion-dinar fluorides complex to be built in the United Arab Emirates, the company said in a release.

Swiss company Buss Chem Tech AG will provide the technology and critical equipment for the plant. The sulphuric acid/oleum plant will be designed and supplied by Simon Carves, which will be the main contractor for EPC phase.

The fluorides complex will be built in the second phase of the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi and this project will serve the growing demand for aluminium fluoride, an important additive in the production of aluminium in the region.

The complex will initially have a capacity of 60,000 tonnes per annum of aluminium fluoride and 10,000 tonnes per annum of aluminium hydrofluoric acid and is scheduled for completion in 2009.

More Stories on : New Business | Engineering

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Aurobindo gets FDA nod

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu Business Line. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu Business Line