Chemical Engineering
Vale and ABB join forces to expand automation across iron-ore processing plants in Brazil
Vale S.A. (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and ABB Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) have signed a strategic alliance with the aim of expanding the use of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to increase safety, productivity and sustainability in mineral production in…
Airengy and Nobian exploring compressed-air energy storage in Danish salt cavern
Airengy Tech Ltd. announced the signing of an additional partnership agreement to explore and assess the potential and feasibility of long-duration compressed air energy storage in a salt cavern in Denmark with a capacity of 2.5 GWh (2,500 megawatt-hours) and an…
Sumitomo SHI FW signs contract with QEMETICA for coal-to-biomass boiler conversion in Poland
Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW; Espoo, Finland) has signed a contract with QEMETICA S.A. (Warsaw, Poland), an international industrial group, to carry out a project to convert a coal-fired boiler into a biomass-fired boiler. The contract was signed between a consortium…
ROSS Mixers in Aerospace Manufacturing: Precision, Performance and Compliance
Aerospace manufacturing relies on advanced materials that present significant mixing challenges, including high viscosity formulations, shear sensitivity, and tightly controlled, reportable conditions. The precision and repeatability of the mixing operation directly influence product performance and safety. This paper reviews…
Evonik Catalysts’ technology selected for Neptune Energy’s direct lithium extraction pilot in Germany
Evonik Industries AG's (Essen, Germany) Catalysts business is supporting the next phase of Neptune Energy's (Hanover, Germany) Altmark Lithium Extraction Project (ALE) in northern Germany. Following successful preliminary testing, Evonik's Liocel® adsorbent has been selected as the first material to…
DuPont MBR system selected for Australia’s largest inland wastewater treatment facility
DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware) announced that a MemCor™ membrane bioreactor (MBR) system has been selected to support the upgrade of the Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre (LMWQCC) in Canberra, Australia, the largest inland wastewater treatment facility in the country. The…
Again acquires Genomatica, combining biomanufacturing scale with advanced AI
Again (Copenhagen, Denmark) announced it has acquired Genomatica Inc. (San Diego, California), the pioneer in industrial bioprocess engineering. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is one of the most significant consolidations in industrial biotechnology to date, bringing…
Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan and HF Sinclair make final investment decision on $5-billion Western Gateway Pipeline system
Phillips 66 (Houston, Texas), Kinder Morgan Inc. (Houston, Texas;) and HF Sinclair Corp. (Dallas, Texas) announced that they have finalized a joint venture agreement and made a final investment decision to move forward with the proposed Western Gateway Pipeline system…
KBR selected for pre-FEED study on world-scale green ammonia project in Morocco
KBR Inc. (Houston, Texas) has been selected by ORNX Green Hydrogen (Laâyoune, Morocco) for the pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) phase of a world-scale, low-carbon ammonia project planned for the Laâyoune region of Morocco. The study is being supported through funding…
Xylem Inc. acquires two pump companies in the U.S.
Xylem Inc. (Washington, D.C.) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Cornell Pump Company LLC (Clackamas, Ore.) and Roper Pump Company (Commerce, Ga.) businesses from Indicor LLC (Charlotte, N.C.) for $1.46 billion. The acquisition expands Xylem's…