Author: Carl Myers
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ArcelorMittal to award desal project in Brazil
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal is close to appointing a firm to build a desalination plant at its operation in Brazil, reports Reuters.
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DuPont alerts markets to product price increases
DuPont Water Solutions is raising the price of its ion exchange resins and reverse osmosis membranes.
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AquaVenture secures $50 million for Ghana plant acquisition
AquaVenture has secured $50 million in project financing for its acquisition of Accra desalination plant, Ghana.
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Poseidon defeats legal challenge to Huntington Beach project
Sacramento Superior Court, California, has rejected a lawsuit demanding that developer Poseidon produce a new environmental study on the proposed Huntington Beach Desalination Plant project.
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Saudi’s WEC prequalifies eight firms for supervisory contract
Saudi Arabia’s Water and Electricity Company (WEC) has pre-qualified eight companies to provide supervisory consultancy services on its desalination projects.
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UN urges desalination industry to improve on brine
The United Nations has called on the desalination industry to clean up its act on brine as the number of desalination plants worldwide continues to climb.
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Chile predicts 230 per cent rise in seawater use in mining
Projections from the Chilean Ministry of Mines are for 230 per cent growth in use of seawater by the nation’s copper mining industry in the next 10 years.
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Most-read: our top 20 stories of 2018
The year 2018 was dominated by big project tenders in the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia. Water. desalination + reuse rounds up the top stories from our industry.
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Water in Mining 2019 unveils full speaker line-up
Water in Mining 2019 has unveiled its full conference programme packed with debate, knowledge sharing, networking, case studies, round tables and panel discussions on the latest in water management for mining companies.
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EU gives $34 million to expand capacity and grow reuse at As Samra, Jordan
The European Union (EU) has granted €30 million ($34 million) to expand capacity and increase water reuse at As Samra wastewater treatment plant in Jordan.








