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Air Products to provide oxygen equipment for major wastewater-treatment site in Montreal

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has been chosen by the city of Montreal to supply oxygen equipment to support an ozone generation site that will remove impurities from wastewater at the Jean-R-Marcotte Wastewater Treatment Plant, one of the largest wastewater treatment…

AGC develops new production technology for sulfide electrolytes for solid-state batteries

AGC (Tokyo) has announced that it succeeded in developing a new production technology for sulfide electrolytes used in all-solid-state batteries. AGC will continue to improve the process for future mass production and the quality of the solid electrolytes for commercialization.…

Fluor sells Stork business in Europe to Bilfinger

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced today that it has agreed to sell its Stork business in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and its turbo blading manufacturing operation in the United States to industrial services provider Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany). This divestiture…

Sabic and Sinopec start up polycarbonate plant at JV site in China

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) announced the commercial operation of a new polycarbonate (PC) plant at their 50-50 joint venture (JV) – SINOPEC SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSTPC). Khalid Hashim Al-Dabbagh, SABIC Chairman…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries wins FEED contract for Mexichem Fluor hydrogen fluoride plant in Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) has received an order for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a hydrogen fluoride production plant, including utility facilities in Hibikinada Oceanfront Industrial Park in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The order is from…

SABIC sells its Hadeed iron and steel business to PIF

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has announced that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% shareholding in the Saudi Iron & Steel Company (Hadeed) from the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). Based on a…

Albemarle confirms plans to acquire Australian battery-minerals firm Liontown Resources

Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.)  confirmed that it will be working toward the execution of a binding agreement to acquire Liontown Resources Ltd.(Liontown). Albemarle notes the announcement to the ASX by Liontown  and confirms that it submitted a best and final…

Henkel launches operations at new Battery Engineering Center in Düsseldorf

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany)announced the launch of a new Battery Engineering Center within its unique Inspiration Center Duesseldorf. The opening solidifies the company's role as a premier design and innovation partner for automotive OEMs and battery manufacturers worldwide. The Battery…

BASF begins construction of syngas plant in Zhanjiang, China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has commenced construction of its syngas plant at the Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. This world-scale syngas facility, fully integrated into the Verbund site, is scheduled to start up in 2025. BASF will adopt unique process…

Teijin to sell its GH Craft composites business in Japan

Teijin Ltd. (Toyko)has agreed to sell its entire stake in GH Craft Co., a subsidiary of Teijin's composites business in Japan, to TIP Composite Co., Ltd., a manufacturer headquartered in Matsumoto City, Japan.  Teijin acquired GH Craft in July 2008…