SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall AB have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the HYBRIT initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on…
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) has announced that it is in an exclusive negotiation with Ultrapar Participações S.A. for the possible purchase of the business of Ultrapar’s subsidiary Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio in Brazil. IVL would like to…
Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently commenced commissioning of the PENEX isomerisation unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery, in the city of Kstovo. The unit will allow to apply low-temperature isomerisation to light naphtha in order to produce high-octane blending fuel. The…
PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced an expansion of its coatings manufacturing capacity in Europe for packaging applications. The investments at sites in The Netherlands and Poland will support growing customer demand in the region for the latest generation of coatings for…
Diab Group (Helsingborg, Sweden) has agreed to acquire the ULTEM foam-production line from SABIC (Jubail, Saudi Arabia). Diab will incorporate the ULTEM resin-based foam into its current portfolio under the name Divinycell U. Diab will further the development of ULTEM…
Yokogawa Bio Frontier, Inc., a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo), announced that it has commenced sales of 100% plant-derived sulfated cellulose nanofiber (S-CNF). The company is initially providing samples to prospective customers, and will subsequently scale up production in…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has received a Letter of Award from ADNOC Sour Gas, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) , for a new contract related to the Optimum Shah Gas Expansion (OSGE) &…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has awarded an engineering services contract to Worley (North Sydney, Australia) for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat…
Messer Americas, a part of Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany), announced plans to build a large-scale air separation unit (ASU) to manufacture liquid atmospheric products in central Texas. The new air separation plant will produce medical and industrial gases…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has completed the installation of new state-of-the art production units for emulsion polymers and bio-acrylamide monomer at its manufacturing site in Mobile, Alabama. Production has started and the facility is expected to be fully operational during…