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Nel Hydrogen to supply electrolyzers for Samsung green-hydrogen project

Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser AS, a subsidiary of Nel ASA (Oslo, Norway), has signed a contract for 10 MW of alkaline electrolyzer equipment for about EUR 5 million with Samsung C&T Corporation Engineering & Construction Group (Samsung C&T) for its first…

Shell Chemicals and Braskem collaborate to produce circular polypropylene

Shell Chemicals and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) will collaborate to increase the amount of circular content used in Braskem’s production of polypropylene as part of a wider value chain enhancement. The circular polypropylene will be produced using a ISCC…

BASF and Heraeus Precious Metals start up joint metal-recycling facility in China

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) and Heraeus Precious Metals have commenced operations of a new joint venture facility, BASF HERAEUS Metal Resource Co., Ltd, (BHMR) located in Pinghu, China. The facility recovers precious metals from spent automotive catalysts,…

Three Lubrizol sites awarded ISCC PLUS certification

Lubrizol Advanced Materials announces that three additional Lubrizol Engineered Polymers sites obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification at the end of last year. ISCC PLUS is an international sustainability certification for industrial applications, a standard for…

Maire awarded FEED contract for green ammonia plant in Norway

MAIRE (Rome, Italy) announced that Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions business unit) has been awarded a front-end engineering design FEED contract by Fortescue, a global green technology, energy and metals company, for a green ammonia plant to be located in the Nordgulen fjord in Norway.  The scope…

Covestro and Encina reach an agreement for a long-term supply of circular raw materials

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) and Encina Development Group, LLC (Encina) reached a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled, circular feedstock derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastic. Specifically, Encina will supply Covestro with benzene and toluene pending the completion of Encina's world-scale…

Solvay expands operations across recycling facilities in Europe to enhance circularity in fluegas treatment

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has announced capacity expansions at its Resolest and Solval units, specifically designed for recycling residues from the fluegas cleaning process using the market-leading SOLVAir solution. The rising demand for this advanced technology stems from the enforcement of…

Mitsui-Celanese JV commences production of methanol derived from CO2

Fairway Methanol LLC, a US-based 50-50 joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) and Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.), has begun the production of methanol by using carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from plants surrounding the joint venture's facility. Fairway Methanol…

Newcleo and Maire to study nuclear technologies for hydrogen and chemicals production

newcleo (London), the clean and safe nuclear technology company developing innovative Generation IV LFR Small Modular Reactors and MOX fuel production, has signed an agreement with MAIRE S.p.A.’s subsidiaries NextChem Tech and Tecnimont to apply newcleo’s reactors to decarbonize the…

AkzoNobel joins consortium focused on sustainable inks and coatings

More than 82 companies, businesses and social organizations – including AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) – are involved in a major Dutch research program focused on developing new technologies that will help solve some of today’s societal challenges. Seven broad…