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SUEZ awarded new contract for water-treatment plant project in Indonesia

Suez (Paris, France)recently signed a contract for the Buaran III Water Treatment Plant (WTP) project in Jakarta. The Group will supply key equipment for the water treatment process and will provide technical advisory services for the installation and commissioning of…

Dow and Air Liquide renew industrial-gas supply agreement in Stade, Germany

Air Liquide (Paris) and Dow (Midland, Mich.) renewed their industrial gas supply agreement in Stade, one of the largest chemical production sites in Lower Saxony, Germany. In this context, Air Liquide will supply industrial gases under a long-term agreement and…

Li-Metal completes study for a commercial-scale lithium metal plant

Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Ont.; www.li-metal.com) , a developer of lithium metal anode and lithium metal production technologies, announced the completion of its previously-announced concept study for a commercial North American lithium metal production facility with an annual capacity of up…

BASF and HGI partner to enhance secondary copper recovery through new mining technologies

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and hydroGEOPHYSICS Inc. (HGI), a leading provider of geophysical services to the mining industry, have announced an exclusive partnership aimed at combining expertise in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, and deep well injection. The collaboration aims to optimize…

Kemira completes the divestment of its Oil & Gas portfolio

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has completed the divestment of its Oil & Gas related portfolio to Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC, a US subsidiary of Artek Group, a global industrial chemicals group based in India. The divestment was announced on December…

AGC to build new plant for ion-exchange membranes in Japan

AGC, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it will construct a new production facility for FORBLUE S-SERIES, a fluorinated ion-exchange membranes suitable for producing green hydrogen at its Kitakyushu Site (Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu City). AGC will invest approximately 15 billion Japanese yen for…

Elessent Clean Technologies announces startup of alkylation unit at PetroChina Guangdong

Elessent Clean Technologies has announced that PetroChina Guangdong (PetroChina), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp., has successfully completed and surpassed all performance guarantees for its groundbreaking 595,000-metric ton per year (m.t./yr) STRATCO alkylation unit. These guarantees cover crucial aspects…

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions acquires Arc Metal AB

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) has completed the acquisition of Arc Metal AB in Hofors, Sweden. The asset purchase adds toll smelting and processing of spent automotive catalyst in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and further complements…

Saint-Gobain acquires International Cellulose Corp.

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has completed the acquisition of International Cellulose Corp. (ICC), a leading manufacturer of specialty insulation in the United States, including spray-on thermal, fireproofing and acoustic finish systems for the U.S. non-residential market. ICC employs approximately 50…

Stamicarbon awarded a licensing and equipment supply contracts for an ultra-low-energy urea melt plant in China

Stamocarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor of the MAIRE engineering group, was awarded by Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Co.  licensing and equipment supply contracts for a urea melt plant in China. The plant located in Zhangjiagang City of Jiangsu province in China…