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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…

Worley awarded FEED contract for major green-hydrogen project in Australia

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for the Central Queensland Hydrogen (CQ-H2) Project. The project, led by Stanwell Corp. and its consortium members; Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Company, Marubeni and Keppel…

Plastic Energy commissions chemical-recycling pilot plant

Plastic Energy Ltd. (London) has commissioned a new pilot plant in its research & development labs in Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park (LUSEP) in the UK. The new state of the art pilot plant will be used to further…

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…

Ovako inaugurates hydrogen plant at steel mill in Sweden

Ovako, a leading European manufacturer of steel and one of the largest steel recyclers in the Nordic countries, is inaugurating the hydrogen plant at its Hofors mill. The inauguration marks a significant milestone in the effort towards a more sustainable steel…

Yokogawa and Phytochem Products to collaborate on recovery technology for bio-based ingredients

Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. and Phytochem Products Inc. announced the signing of an agreement whereby the two companies will collaborate in the development of a technology for the extraction of functional ingredients and biofuels from byproducts that have been discarded…

Sustainable production of propylene oxide begins at new HPPO complex in China using Evonik-Uhde technology

Operations have begun at leading chemical producer Qixiang Tengda’s new propylene oxide complex in Zibo City, China (photo), using technology from Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany). The technologically integrated setup offers significant ecological and…

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…

Technip Energies and Versalis to combine their advanced plastics-recycling technologies

Technip Energies (Paris) and Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company, have signed an agreement aimed at integrating Versalis' Hoop and Technip Energies' Pure.rOil and Pure.rGas purification technologies by developing a technological platform for the advanced chemical recycling of…