PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia), Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, has launched its second world-scale petrochemical complex in Indonesia (CAP2 project) in response to the growing demand for domestic petrochemical products and reducing the dependence on…
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) has acquired California-based Materia, Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.materia-inc.com), a technology company that has pioneered the development of a Nobel prize-winning technology for manufacturing a new class of materials. The innovative materials can be used…
The Cement Technologies business unit of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG has received an order from Ciments Calcia S.A, subsidiary of HeidelbergCement Group, for the construction of a turnkey cement production line. The line, with a production capacity of 4,000 tons…
Hyperion Metals Ltd. has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) for the potential supply of the titanium feedstocks ilmenite and rutile, as well as the industrial mineral staurolite, from Hyperion’s Titan Project…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a substantial Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract in consortium with TARGET Engineering by Abu Dhabi Polymers co. Ltd. (Borouge), a joint-venture between The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG…
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (Montreal) will undertake a definitive feasibility study for Verdant Minerals Pty Ltd on their Ammaroo Phosphate Project in the Northern Territory of Australia. SNC-Lavalin is providing engineering and procurement services to assess the feasibility of a 4,500-metric…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP process technology to Oriental Energy for its Maoming, China, plant. This is Oriental Energy’s fifth polypropylene line, and its fourth using Grace’s UNIPOL PP process technology with a production capacity of…
Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced a 50% global capacity expansion for its Oleris advanced bio-materials, expected to start mid-2022. It includes C7, C11 and C18 materials, comprising n-heptanoic acid, n-heptaldehyde, undecylenic acid and Esterol A. This new production capacity will…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed with Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd. (Borouge) three EPC contracts relating to the world-class fourth expansion phase (Borouge 4) of the Ruwais polyolefins complex in Ruwais, located about 240 km west of Abu Dhabi…
Aramco (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the signing of five agreements with leading French companies, including an agreement to explore a hydrogen-powered vehicle business with Gaussin, a pioneer in clean and intelligent transport solutions. Amin H. Nasser, Aramco President and CEO,…