Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it was awarded two contracts from Dow (Midland, Mich.) for the construction of the world’s first net-zero scope 1 and 2 emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The…
SK Innovation (Seoul, South Korea) has successfully converted carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using electrochemical catalytic reactions. The carbon monoxide produced by this method is expected to contribute to the production of various chemical products as a basic material, as…
Zeta Energy (Houston) and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that they have demonstrated an advanced lithium-sulfur battery that requires no copper or aluminum as current collectors, thus enabling further enhancement in energy and power density. This is an important…
To further strengthen the sustainability and competitiveness of TDI (toluene diisocyanate) production for the manufacture of flexible foams in Europe, Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is investing a mid to high double-digit million euro amount in the modernization of its production…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) held the groundbreaking ceremony in Changshu, Suzhou for its large-scale fuel cell catalyst plant. With the increasing popularity of green hydrogen, the demand for fuel cell catalyst products is growing rapidly. Over the past 30 years,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London), a global leader in sustainable technologies, and Basecamp Research, a leader in mapping biodiversity for computational bio-design, today announced their partnership to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable, bio-based catalysts. Biocatalysts are used across a…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) has reached an understanding with Canadian company Standard Lithium on key points for further cooperation on the latter's lithium project at the LANXESS site in El Dorado, Arkansas, USA. Accordingly, in the event of industrial production…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it has closed its acquisition of Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) ammonia production complex located in Waggaman, Louisiana. Under the terms of the agreement, CF Industries purchased the Waggaman ammonia plant and related…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been awarded engineering and procurement contract for an acetylene black project by Denka SCGC Advanced Materials Co., Ltd., a joint venture company of Denka Company Ltd. and SCG Chemicals plc (SCGC; Bangkok, Thailand). Acetylene Black…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced that it has completed the previously reported sale of its Texas City Operations to INEOS Acetyls. Texas City Operations was previously part of Eastman’s Chemical Intermediates segment. Eastman has retained ownership of its plasticizer…