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Schlumberger New Energy developing lithium-extraction pilot plant in Nevada

Schlumberger New Energy (Houston) announced the development of a lithium extraction pilot plant through its new venture, NeoLith Energy. The deployment of the pilot plant will be in Clayton Valley, Nevada, USA. The NeoLith Energy sustainable approach uses a differentiated…

Plug Power and Chart Industries to build two hydrogen-liquefaction plants in the U.S.

Chart Industries, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.), a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries has announced that Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey green hydrogen solutions has placed an…

Black & Veatch conducting feasibility studies for world’s largest green-hydrogen project

Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) will undertake feasibility studies central to the development of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. When operational, Enegix Energy’s Base One facility, in Ceará, Brazil will produce more than 600 million kg of…

Clariant opens major operational campus in Shanghai

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the official opening of its One Clariant Campus in Shanghai, China. Across a total floor space of approximately 24,000 m2, the Campus will be home to Clariant’s Greater China Operational Headquarters as well as the…

Orlen Unipetrol to construct production unit for dicyclopentadiene

The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague, Czech Republic) has launched the construction of a unit to produce a brand-new product, dicyclopentadiene (DCPD). This fluid hydrocarbon will be made using a technology developed by ORLEN Unipetrol researchers with the University of Chemistry…

Merck to add production capacity at single-use assembly site in France

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) announced that it will add a single-use assembly production unit at its Life Science Center in Molsheim, France. With the €25-million investment, the company is accelerating its European expansion plans for this key technology, which is…

Inovyn plans 20-MW green hydrogen project in Norway

Inovyn (London, U.K.), a subsidiary of INEOS, plans to build a new clean hydrogen supply hub at its chemical manufacturing site in Rafnes, Norway.  Inovyn plans to build a 20MW electrolyzer to produce clean hydrogen through the electrolysis of water,…

Axalta to acquire wire-enamels manufacturer in China

Axalta Coating Systems (Philadelphia, Pa.) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anhui Shengran Insulating Materials Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese producer of high-quality wire enamels used in a wide range of consumer electronics, electric vehicle, and industrial applications.…

Ashland to expand hydroxyethylcellulose production capacity in Nanjing

Ashland Global Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.) announced the company plans to increase production capacity of Natrosol hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC) at the Nanjing, China site. “Ashland Natrosol rheology modifiers have been the leading cellulosic thickeners for waterborne architectural coatings for more than…

BASF invests in biotechnology start-up Bota Bio

BASF Venture Capital (BVC; Ludwigshafen, Germany) has invested in Bota Biosciences, Ltd. (Bota Bio; Hangzhou, China), an industrial synthetic biotech company that was founded in 2019. Bota Bio is developing a proprietary next-generation biotechnology platform which enables sustainable and economical…