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Umicore and Anglo American lead R&D effort focused on hydrogen storage

Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Anglo American, through its Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) business Anglo American Platinum, announced a research and development collaboration agreement to develop PGM-based catalysts for liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) applications on fuel cell electric vehicles…

Eni and UOP’s Ecofining biofuels technology deployed at Gela biorefinery

Honeywell International, Inc. announced that Italy’s largest energy company, Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), is producing renewable fuels at its refinery in Gela, Italy, using the Ecofining technology jointly developed by Eni and UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.). The production of biofuels…

Lonza to build new small-molecule manufacturing plant in Switzerland

Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced the construction of a new small molecule manufacturing complex at its Visp, Switzerland site. The new manufacturing complex will occupy an overall footprint of approximately 2,000 m2 with six levels of manufacturing space. The complex…

Covestro starts up new production lines for specialty films in Dormagen

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has started up additional production lines for high-quality specialty films at its Dormagen site in Germany. The new coextrusion lines are designed to meet a rising demand worldwide. The project is part of a global program…

NextChem awarded FEED contract from Total Corbion for new PLA plant in France

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem has been awarded a contract by Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for their 100,000 metric tons…

Sibur and Taif to merge petrochemical businesses

Sibur (Moscow, Russia) and TAIF have initiated a number of steps to combine their petrochemical businesses. Existing TAIF shareholders will receive a 15% stake in PJSC SIBUR Holding in exchange for the transfer of a controlling interest in TAIF’s group…

Chevron and Toyota join forces for hydrogen projects

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.), through its Chevron Products Company division (Chevron), and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Toyota) announced a memorandum of understanding to explore a strategic alliance to catalyze and lead the development of commercially viable, large-scale…

Avantium pursues beet-sugar-based glycol feedstock with new JV

Sugar beet processor Cosun Beet Company, part of Royal Cosun, and Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced their ambition to jointly construct and operate the first commercial plant for the production of plant-based glycols using Avantium’s Ray Technology. To this…

Nacero selects Topsoe technology for methane-to-gasoline project in Texas

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that  Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of gasoline component ready for blending to U.S. commercial grades.  The…

HTEC and Mitsui collaborate on 5-MW hydrogen electrolysis project in British Columbia

Hydrogen Technology & Energy Corp. (HTEC; Vancouver, B.C., Canada) announced a collaboration with Mitsui & Co. (Canada), Ltd., which is the wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., (Tokyo), to develop a 5.0 megawatt (MW) electrolytic hydrogen production project…