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DuPont membrane bioreactor selected for major wastewater project in Sydney

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that a MemCor™ membrane bioreactor (MBR) system has been selected as part of the next phase of upgrades at the Riverstone Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) in Sydney, Australia, marking a significant wastewater infrastructure investment in…

Saint-Gobain to sell its Dahl specialist distribution business

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has signed a binding agreement for the sale of its specialist distribution business in Sweden, Norway and Denmark under the main brand Dahl to Kesko – a leading Northern European trading sector company. With sales of…

Schneider Electric and Torngat Metals enter MOU for integrated rare-earths project in northern Canada

Schneider Electric (Paris) and Canadian rare-earths specialist Torngat Metals announced the signature of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a strategic industrial partnership to support the development of a resilient and responsible rare-earth value chain. The partnership is…

Tecnicas Reunidas achieves breakthrough in rare-earth production

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has successfully produced its first kilograms of neodymium/praseodymium (Nd/Pr) oxide meeting commercial purity and specifications, thus marking a significant technological advance in the strategic rare earths market. Nd/Pr oxide is a critical component in…

DuPont’s U.S. healthcare manufacturing sites now powered by renewable electricity

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that its U.S.-based healthcare manufacturing operations are now powered by 100 percent renewable electricity through the purchase of additional Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This milestone supports DuPont’s 2035 Sustainability Goals and its ambition to achieve net-zero…

Air Liquide starts up CO2-capture pilot unit at Holcim cement facility

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) announced the start-up of its first industrial-scale pilot unit specifically designed for the cement sector, based on its Cryocap™ proprietary technology. This pilot is located at the CaptureLab launched by Holcim (Zug, Switzerland) and is…

Henkel achieves carbon-neutral production at adhesives sites in Turkey and India

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced that its Adhesive Technologies business unit has achieved carbon-neutral production at their flagship sites in Kurkumbh, India and Gebkim, Turkey. The factories have successfully eliminated Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, marking a significant step…

Röhm achieves full-scale production at Bay City MMA plant

Röhm GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) is marking a major milestone at its Bay City, Texas methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant, where the company’s proprietary LiMA technology has been operating at full industrial scale for the first time worldwide. Following start‑up, the plant…

Xylem selected to provide water-treatment systems at Dow’s Path2Zero project

Xylem Inc. (Washington, D.C.) announced a landmark agreement with Dow (Midland, Mich.) to design, build and operate advanced water systems at its large-scale industrial complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The agreement expands Xylem’s long-standing collaboration with Dow, supporting the…

USA Rare Earth to construct new rare-earth refining and manufacturing facility in South Carolina

USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Stillwater, Okla.) announced the selection of Cherokee County, South Carolina, as the site of a new magnet manufacturing and refined metals operation. The project is expected to create about 490 high-skill, high-wage jobs in the Upstate,…