ENTEK (Lebanon, Ore.), a U.S.-based producer of ‘wet-process’ lithium-ion battery separator materials, announced that it has received a conditional commitment of up to $1.2 billion for a direct loan to ENTEK Lithium Separators LLC (ENTEK) from the U.S. Department of…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) is pleased to launch KCOTKlean, a suite of low and zero-carbon technologies aimed at decarbonizing the catalytic olefins process. This technology integrates KBR’s Catalytic Olefins technology, K-COT, with Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials’ (KIMM) CPOx technology. …
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has announced an investment in expanding its ferric chloride capacity in Tarragona, Spain, to enable production of specific biogas products BDP (Biogas Digestion Product). This investment will enable Kemira to respond to the growing market demand…
TotalEnergies S.A. (Paris) announced the acquisition of Tecoil, a Finnish company specialized in the production of Re-Refined Base Oils (RRBOs), which has the most efficient used oil regeneration process on the market today. Tecoil currently operates a production facility of…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that a newly updated and automated production line is up and running at the company's Suzhou site in China, part of a €14-million investment designed to accelerate growth and double the plant’s capacity for…
Eramet Group (Paris, France) has inaugurated its direct lithium extraction (DLE) plant in Argentina, becoming what is said to be the first European company to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate at industrial scale. This announcement marks the start of commissioning of…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has joined the Industry Council of the US Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub, led by Ames National Laboratory. As world experts in PGMs, from market insights and metal management to manufacturing products…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has completed the Olefin II revamping project, an investment which has allowed the company to double its ethylene and propylene streams – key feedstocks for the production of plastics. The modernized plants are capable of producing…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Norit’s U.K. reactivation business from Purton Carbons Ltd. This acquisition is the first step for Kemira in entering the activated carbon market for micropollutants removal. Activated carbon is the…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FOSROC, a leading privately owned global construction chemicals player for $1.025 billion (approximately €960 million) in cash. Following the acquisitions of Chryso in 2021, GCP…