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Three water-resiliency research projects awarded WRF funding

Brown and Caldwell (Walnut Creek Calif.), an engineering consulting firm creating and delivering water and environmental solutions throughout North America and the Pacific, has been awarded $650,000 in funding from The Water Research Foundation (WRF) to lead three innovative research…

Sparkle Clean Tech licenses oil and gas water-treatment technologies from Siemens Energy

Sparkle Clean Tech (Mumbai, India), a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions for upstream Oil and Gas customers, has reached an agreement with Siemens Energy (Muhicn, Germany) to license Intellectual Property from their upstream oil and gas…

Metso to deliver copper-concentrator plant equipment to Mazoon Mining in Oman

Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed an agreement with Mazoon Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Development Oman (MDO), to supply key process equipment for their copper concentrator plant located in Yanqul, near Sohar Industrial City. The value of…

Sika opens two new manufacturing plants in Singapore and China

Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has opened two new manufacturing plants in Singapore and in Xi'an, Northwest China. The newly built plant in Singapore specializes in the production of mortars, while the Xi'an facility manufactures a full range of Sika products,…

DuPont provides update on separation plans; accelerates Electronics split while Water business will remain

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the acceleration of the separation of its Electronics business and is now targeting November 1, 2025 to complete the transaction. This decision recognizes the size and importance of Electronics to the overall shareholder value creation opportunity…

Heraeus acquires Umicore’s platinum API business

Heraeus Precious Metals announced that it has acquired Umicore’s Platinum Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) business outside of South America. This transaction is a unique opportunity for Heraeus to strengthen its position and product portfolio. Through the integration, the company ensures…

Genesis Fertilizers and Stamicarbon partner to advance sustainable urea production

Genesis Fertilizers has signed Process Design Package (PDP) and License agreements with Stamicarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor of NEXTCHEM (MAIRE Group), to advance its proposed low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer facility in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan. This partnership aims to integrate Stamicarbon's proprietary…

Pure Lithium and Saint-Gobain Ceramics to accelerate production of lithium-selective membranes

Pure Lithium Corp. (Boston, Mass.) has announced a joint development agreement with Saint-Gobain Ceramics, a global leader in specialty ceramic materials. The joint development agreement will accelerate the production of Pure Lithium’s patent pending lithium selective, water-blocking membranes for lithium…

Mosaic to sell phosphate mining unit in Brazil to Fosfatados Centro

The Mosaic Co. (Tampa, Fla.) and Fosfatados Centro SPE Ltda announced that they have entered into an agreement for the sale of a phosphate asset owned by Mosaic located in Patos de Minas, Brazil. Upon the closing of the transaction,…

Mitsui Chemicals to expand production capacity for thiourethane-based lens materials

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced plans to boost production capacity for its MR series of high refractive-index lens material. MR is a thiourethane-based high refractive-index lens material that offers a high Abbe value (minimizing chromatic aberration) and high refractive index…