Jacobs Engineering, Tronox Announce Contract in Australia, No Terms Disclosed

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. JEC announced today it was awarded a contract from Tronox Limited TROX to perform early stage engineering for an aluminum chloride generator at its pigment plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. Officials did not disclose the contract value. Under the terms of the contract, Jacobs is performing a high level selection study of various generator technologies being evaluated for the facility. Integration of the selected technology is planned across the three Tronox pigment sites including Kwinana; Hamilton, Mississippi US; and Botlek, Netherlands.