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Röhm and Nextchem to collaborate on PMMA circularity

MAIRE SpA (Milan, Italy) announced that Nextchem (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary MyRemono, has signed a Toll Manufacturing Agreement with Röhm GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) under which Röhm will supply PMMA scrap material feedstock to be processed and chemically transformed by…

Linde LienHwa to build onsite industrial-gas complex for semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan

Linde LienHwa announced it has been awarded a long-term supply agreement with one of the leading semiconductor manufacturers for its new advanced packaging facility in Chiayi, Taiwan.    Linde LienHwa will build, own and operate a complex of on-site plants…

Chlorum Solutions begins development of small-scale chlor-alkali plant in Arizona

Chlorum Solutions USA LLC (Chicago) announced the development of its first small-scale U.S. chlor-alkali plant in Casa Grande, Arizona. The plant will enhance local supply chain resilience in the U.S. chemical industry with its innovative decentralized model tailored for this…

Rio Tinto progresses the development of a gallium extraction process in Quebec

As part of a research and development program, Rio Tinto plc (London) is assessing the potential for extracting and valorizing gallium, a critical and strategic mineral already present in the bauxite processed in its alumina refinery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, the only…

Rio Tinto to invest $2.5 billion to expand lithium project capacity in Argentina

Rio Tinto plc (London) has approved $2.5 billion to expand the Rincon project in Argentina, the company’s first commercial-scale lithium operation, demonstrating its commitment to building a world-class battery materials portfolio. Rincon's capacity of 60,000 tons of battery grade lithium…

ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech announce ethanol production milestone at Steelanol facility in Belgium

LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.) and ArcelorMittal S.A. (Luxembourg) announced that ethanol from ArcelorMittal's Steelanol facility in Ghent, has achieved a production milestone whereby ethanol volumes reached a level which supports shipping by barge. LanzaTech took title to the first…

Chndra Asri to expand butene and MTBE plant

PT Chandra Asri Pacific Tbk (Chandra Asri Group; Jakarta, Indonesia) signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik (IKPT) to increase the capacity of its Butene-1 (B1) and Methyl Tert-butyl Ether (MTBE) Plants by…

Wood wins contract for decarbonization project in the Middle East

Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) has secured a contract worth around $17 million from a leading petrochemical company in the Middle East to improve efficiency and reduce emissions on a process manufacturing plant. Under this 18-month contract, Wood is providing consultancy…

Clariant constructing new plant for performance additives in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) is expanding its Cangzhou production site for the manufacture of the multifunctional additive Nylostab S-EED. The new, second production line in the Hebei Province of China, will jointly be owned and operated by Clariant and its…

Advanced aluminum-smelting technology to be piloted in Abu Dhabi

Emirates Global Aluminium broke ground on the construction of 10 pilot reduction cells for EX, the company’s next generation smelting technology. The pilot at Al Taweelah (Abu Dhabi) will be used to prove the  advanced Industry 4.0 capabilities for the…