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Bunge supplying 300,000 tons of soybean oil for Acelen Renewables’ biorefinery in Brazil

Acelen Renewables (Bahia, Brazil), an energy company owned by Mubadala Capital, and Bunge Global S.A. (St. Louis, Missouri), a global leader in agribusiness, food, and ingredients, have signed a five-year agreement for the supply of 300,000 metric tons of certified…

John Cockerill advances electrolyzer production following McPhy acquisition

One year after acquiring McPhy's strategic assets, John Cockerill Hydrogen (Seraing, Belgium) has reached a new milestone in its industrial development. In Belfort, France, teams have produced the first electrolysis stack assembled on-site using an innovative production line. Meanwhile, in…

Alzchem to establish nitroguanidine production site in South Carolina

Alzchem Group AG (Trostberg, Germany) announced that it has selected Bushy Park in South Carolina as the site for its nitroguanidine production in the United States. The project is intended to supply the U.S. market under a contract with the…

Topsoe and Sasol sign licensing agreement for SAF production facility in Uzbekistan

Topsoe A/S (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) and Sasol Ltd. (Sandton, South Africa) have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels LLC (Perth, Australia) to provide technologies for its eSAF and bio-based SAF production facility located in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.…

JERA and Samsung C&T sign MoU to strengthen hydrogen and ammonia value chains

Japan's largest power company JERA Co., Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung C&T Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), a leading global trading and investment company, to explore strategic collaboration aimed at strengthening the resilience…

Elessent Clean Technologies commissions second SOx scrubber at TotalEnergies’ Antwerp refinery

Elessent Clean Technologies (St. Louis, Missouri) has announced the successful commissioning of its BELCO® integrated gas cleaning system at the TotalEnergies SE (Antwerp, Belgium) refinery. The new SOx scrubber entered operation on December 8 and is already significantly reducing sulfur…

Sumitomo Bakelite to expand semiconductor encapsulation materials production in China

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan) will expand production capacity for semiconductor encapsulation materials at Sumitomo Bakelite (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. by adding new production lines for epoxy-molding compounds for semiconductor encapsulation to meet the growing demand for semiconductors in…

Nova Minerals completes engineering and design for antimony processing plant in Alaska

Nova Minerals Corp (Caulfield, Victoria, Australia) has announced the completion of engineering and design for its Estelle antimony pilot processing plant in Alaska. Engineering and design covers the Whiskey Bravo front-end processing site, Port MacKenzie beneficiation plant, Port MacKenzie refinery,…

Itochu and Daikin enter alliance for horizontal recycling of air conditioners

ITOCHU Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has signed a comprehensive business alliance agreement with Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan). The agreement was signed under the framework of Japan's Act Concerning Sophistication of Recycling Business, etc. to Promote…

Saint-Gobain acquires waterproofing specialist Xypex Chemical

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Xypex Chemical Corp. (Richmond, B.C., Canada), a global leader in crystalline waterproofing admixtures and coatings. Xypex provides its differentiated solutions in more than 100 countries and employs approximately…