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Arkema invests in capacity expansion for biosourced polyamide 11

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced an investment plan of around €300 million over five years in the biosourced polyamide 11 chain. This major investment will enable the group to increase its polyamide 11 global production capacities by 50%. The project…

LyondellBasell to license two process technologies for Yulin City project

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Shaanxi Coal Yulin Energy and Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected LyondellBasell’s Spherizone and Lupotech T technologies. The technologies will be used in the Jingbian Chemical Industrial Park in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China.  “The Spherizone technology enables polypropylene producers…

Outotec to provide technology to lithium carbonate plant in South America

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded an order for the delivery of technology and process equipment for a lithium carbonate plant in South America. The order, in the value of some €20 million, has been booked in Outotec's…

Indian Oil Corp. to produce bieothanol from refinery off-gases using LanzaTech process technology

Indian Oil Corp. (IndianOil), India’s flagship national oil company, and carbon recycling company LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) have signed a Statement of Intent to construct the world’s first refinery offgas-to-bioethanol production facility in India. LanzaTech has developed a gas fermentation…

Arkema to double methyl mercaptan production capacity in Malaysia

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) announced a project to double its methyl mercaptan production capacity at its Kerteh site in Malaysia to support the strong growth of the animal feed, petrochemical and refining markets in Asia, and to strengthen its world-leading…

Braskem selects Linde for EPC work on new polypropylene plant

Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil; www.braskem.com.br) announced that The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.the-linde.group.com) has been selected as the lead engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor to build Braskem's new world-scale North American polypropylene (PP) production line. Linde offers comprehensive project…

SABIC and RVA Group to execute massive decommissioning project in the U.K.

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; www.sabic.com) has appointed specialist consultancy RVA Group (Hertfordshire, U.K.; www.rvagroup.org) to oversee the decommissioning, demolition and dismantling of 10 plants at its North Tees and Wilton sites.  With work having already commenced in the two locations,…

Arkema announces capacity expansion for photocure resins in China

Arkema (Colombes, France; www.arkema.com) has announced a project to expand production capacity of Sartomer photocure resins by over 30% at its Nansha facility in China. This new production line will help meet strong customer demand in Asia in the electronics,…

Sadara starts up propylene glycol plant

Sadara Chemical Co. (Jubail, Saudi Arabia; www.sadara.com), a joint venture developed by Dow and Saudi Aramco, announced that it has successfully started up its propylene glycol (PG) plant. PG is a versatile organic compound with a wide range of industrial…

Perstorp acquires Polialcoli business from Polioli

Perstorp Holding AB (Malmö, Sweden; www.perstorp.com) has announced an agreement for the acquisition of Polialcoli Srl from Polioli SpA. The agreement includes Neopentyglycol (Neo), Trimethylolpropane (TMP) and Trimethylolpropane Diallylether (TMPDE) production capabilities, as well as the associated Formate businesses located…