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Air Liquide completes construction of world’s largest PEM electrolyzer in Canada

Air Liquide (Paris) has completed the construction of the world's largest PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyzer. Supplied with renewable energy, this unit is now producing up to 8.2 metric tons per day (m.t./d) of low-carbon hydrogen in Bécancour, Québec. With…

LyondellBasell and Sinopec finalize JV to manufacture propylene oxide and styrene monomer in China

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one of the largest integrated energy companies in China, announced the signing of an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture (JV) which will produce propylene…

BASF partners with battery-recycling technology specialist Aqua Metals

Aqua Metals, Inc. (McCarran, Nev.), which specializes in lead recycling with its AquaRefining technology, announced it has partnered with BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) to supply electrolyte, cooperate commercially, and explore technical improvements to enhance AquaRefining performance. BASF will provide the…

Mitsui Kinzoku begins mass production of next-generation glass carrier for semiconductor-packaging applications

With plans to commercialize High Resolution De-bondable Panel  (HRDP), a special glass carrier for next-generation semiconductor packaging devices, Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku; Tokyo) has been working toward the establishment of a system for mass production in…

Lynas announces plans to build rare-earth separation plant in Texas

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (East Perth, Australia) has entered into an agreement with the United States Government to build a commercial Light Rare Earths separation plant in the United States, through the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Lynas USA LLC. This…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shell and Vattenfall to collaborate on Hamburg green-hydrogen project

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell; The Hagues, the Netherlands), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo), Vattenfall AB (Stockholm, Sweden) and municipal company Wärme Hamburg are planning a pathway to jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg…

DSM adds Maag pelletizing lines for compounding-plant expansion in Indiana

 MAAG Group, part of Dover, announced that it has been selected by Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands) to supply them with several automatic strand pelletizing lines (Jet Stream Granulation System – JSG) for the extensive modernization and expansion of their…

Hanwha Solutions acquires hydrogen-tank specialist Cimarron Composites

Hanwha Solutions (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it signed a deal to acquire a 100% stake in Cimarron Composites, an American high-pressure tank manufacturer. Cimarron Composites originally began as an internal venture at NASA in 2008 by Tom DeLay, 23-year…

McDermott awarded liquid-hydrogen storage study

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced that its CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded a study by a leading natural gas producer to research opportunities to expand current liquid hydrogen storage capacity limits. "Industry leaders across the energy spectrum recognize…

Phillip 66 awarded $3-million DOE grant to develop solid-oxide fuel cells

Phillips 66 (Houston) announced it has received a $3-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the development of high-performance reversible solid-oxide fuel cells. Phillips 66 will collaborate with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to…