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Veolia collaborating with Posco on lithium production in South Korea

Veolia, via its subsidiary Veolia Water Technologies, has signed a contract with POSCO Lithium Solution to design and deliver an integrated conversion system featuring its high purification HPD crystallization technology, a key process used in the refining of battery material…

KBR signs MoU with ISU Chemical for ammonia cracking unit in South Korea

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Korea-based ISU Chemical for a commercial ammonia cracking project to be based in Ulsan, South Korea. The project will employ KBR's innovative technology, H2ACT, which has rapidly…

Chemours to raise production capacity for low-GPW propellant in Texas

The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) announced it is expanding production of Chemours HFC-152a by approximately 20 percent. In addition to helping meet customer demands for lower global warming potential (GWP) propellants and foam blowing agents, the expansion will enable reduced…

Vynova plans investment to construct new alcoholates plant in Germany

Vynova Group, part of the International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG), plans to invest a high double-digit million euro amount in the construction of a plant complex for the production of all common sodium and potassium alcoholates at the Lülsdorf site…

Thermo Fisher Scientific opens battery solutions center in Seoul

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) announced the opening of its Battery Customer Experience Center in Seoul, South Korea. The advanced facility will assist battery manufacturers in driving innovative solutions that support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of providing…

Saint-Gobain acquires construction-chemicals firm in Saudi Arabia

Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Izomaks Industries LLC (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), a leading manufacturer of waterproofing products (floors, roofs) in Saudi Arabia. Izomaks operates two manufacturing facilities in Riyadh, employs around 140…

Sparkplug 3.0 specification published as international standard, Eclipse Foundation says

The Eclipse Foundation (Brussels, Belgium; www.eclipse.org) one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, in collaboration with the Eclipse Sparkplug Working Group (sparkplug.eclipse.org) recently announced that the Sparkplug® 3.0 specification has been published as an International Standard. This publication is the…

Yara to divest Ivory Coast fertilizer business

Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has announced the divestment of its fertilizer import and distribution subsidiary in Ivory Coast. Recognizing the ever-evolving challenges in the global food industry, Yara has undertaken a thorough analysis of its operations, considering market dynamics,…

Transform Materials and Denka announce agreement for low-carbon acetylene supply

Industrial electrification is driving major value creation opportunities for industrial companies across the value chain. Transform Materials, a sustainable chemical company that uses microwave plasma technology to convert hydrocarbons and natural gas into acetylene and hydrogen, has made significant progress…

IOCL selects LyondellBasell technology for new HDPE plant

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) has selected LyondellBasell’s Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new 200,000-ton/year high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant. The new facility will be built in Panipat, India. “This…