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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…

Viridis Chemical to relocate renewable ethyl acetate plant to Illinois

Viridis Chemical LLC (Columbus, Neb.), a recipient of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Award, announced the relocation of its renewable chemicals plant from Columbus, Nebraska, to Peoria, Illinois. This strategic move will co-locate Viridis' facility with…

Fifth nitric acid line launches at Grupa Azoty’s Puławy plant

Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnów, Poland) has commissioned the fifth line of its nitric acid installation, marking the completion of a key phase of the plant's startup process. The fifth line is part of a major modernization and construction project for…

BASF inaugurates new Catalyst Development and Solids Processing Center in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) officially opened its new Catalyst Development and Solids Processing Center in Ludwigshafen, Germany. This research facility will serve as a hub for pilot-scale synthesis of chemical catalysts, enabling BASF to offer its global customers faster access…

Hexpol to divest production site in Alabama and cease production at Texas site

Hexpol AB (Malmö, Sweden) has announced that Hexpol Americas has announced changes within its product portfolio and production capacity. These changes are to optimize and create better efficiency in our operations. The production site in Kennedale, Texas will be closed…

Chevron upgrades Pasadena refinery to increase capacity and flexibility

Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (CUSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (Houston), has completed a retrofit of its refinery in Pasadena, Texas, which is expected to increase product flexibility and expand the processing capacity of lighter crudes by nearly 15%…