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Johnson Matthey joins European fuel-cell consortium Immortal

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) has joined a major new European consortium, ‘IMMORTAL’, to develop higher performance fuel-cell components for heavy duty trucks with a predicted lifetime of at least 30,000 hours, enabling us to take a step closer…

Vulcan Energy starts up pilot plant to demonstrate direct lithium extraction from geothermal brine

Vulcan Energy Resources (Perth, Australia) has designed, built, commissioned, and is now operating a Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) Pilot Plant to demonstrate lithium extraction from live geothermal brine. The team is focused on demonstrating pre-treatment and DLE processes, as well…

Sasol and Toyota join forces to develop green-hydrogen economy in South Africa

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) announced the formation of a partnership to commence exploration of the development of a green hydrogen mobility ecosystem in South Africa.  Underpinning the partnership is Sasol’s broad experience in…

LanzaJet awards EPC contracts to Zeton and Burns & McDonnell for biorefinery fabrication and construction

To enable the aviation industry in its decarbonization efforts, LanzaJet, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.), a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, announced today that it has awarded a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Zeton Inc.…

LG Chem starts up capacity expansion for carbon nanotubes

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) has launched the largest Carbon Nanotube (CNT) manufacturing plant in Korea.  The company is actively targeting the rapidly growing CNT market, widely used as the material for cathodes in electric vehicle batteries.   LG Chem’s…

Grace licenses Unipol polypropylene technology for new facility in Uzbekistan

W R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to the new MTO Gas Chemical Complex located in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan to Enter Engineering. The UNIPOL PP Technology facility is expected to be…

Avantium successfully produces polyesters using plant-based glycols

Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) has completed the application validation for its plant-based glycols plantMEG and plantMPG produced in the Ray Technology demonstration plant in Delfzijl. Key applications include polymerization to PEF and PET polyesters and functional fluids used for de-icing and heat transfer. Proving the…

Maire Tecnimont awarded $500-million EPC contract in Saudi Arabia

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced that its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and Tecnimont Arabia Limited have been awarded by Advanced Global Investment Company (AGIC) a package related to the Integrated PDH-PP complex project, culminating in the realization of two polypropylene units…

Chevron and Honeywell start up world’s first alkylation unit using novel ionic-liquids technology

Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.) and Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the commissioning and startup of the world's first commercial-scale ISOALKY process unit that utilizes ionic liquids to produce alkylate. The ISOALKY technology represents a major innovation in alkylation technology. First used…

Sika expands admixtures capacity and begins epoxy-resin production in Qatar

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has expanded its production capacity for concrete admixtures and has started manufacturing epoxy resins in Qatar. Epoxy resins are key components in high-quality floor coverings and adhesives. With its enlarged portfolio and its local production capacity,…