Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has achieved success in pioneering a new production technology for ultra-fine α-alumina, set to start mass production from September this year with its recently established manufacturing capabilities at its Ehime Works in Japan. Collaborating with…
Cipher Neutron Inc. (CN; Toronto) and Strategic Resources Inc. (Montreal) jointly announce that they have executed a collaboration agreement to study supplying the BlackRock Project's metallurgical facility (owned by Strategic), located in Saguenay, Québec (Canada) with Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM)…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving targeted support as part of a climate protection program. The technology involves a novel concrete recycling process that allows old concrete to be entirely reused while facilitating…
Norwegian CO2-capture firm Removr is part of a consortium that has been granted $3 million to conduct feasibility studies for a Direct Air Carbon Capture hub in the US Pacific Northwest. The grant was awarded by the US Department of…
Australian electrolyser company Hysata (Wollongong, Australia; www.hysata.com) officially opened its new 8,000-m2 global headquarters and electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Port Kembla. This marks a significant milestone in Hysata’s journey, paving the way for commercialization of its pioneering high-efficiency electrolyzer. Hysata’s…
Advanced Ionics (Milwaukee, Wis.), the developer of a new category of hydrogen electrolyzers useful for expanding green hydrogen production, closed a $12.5 million Series A financing led by bp ventures, with additional investors including Clean Energy Ventures, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,…
LyondellBasell Industries NV (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Jiangsu Fenghai High-Tech Materials Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Fenghai) has selected the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene technology for a new production site. The Lupotech T process technology will be used for a…
Marubeni Corp. (Tokyo), together with PERU LNG S.R.L., a liquefied natural gas company in which Marubeni participates, and Osaka Gas Co. have signed a joint study agreement to commence a Preliminary-Front End Engineering and Design study (Pre-FEED) for a project…
Efuels company HIF Global (Houston) has engaged Technip Energies (Paris) to assess technology options and initiate plant design for HIF’s first Australian eFuels production facility, to be sited in northern Tasmania. Once operational, the HIF Tasmania eFuels Facility, located 30…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) was selected by Marathon Petroleum Corp. (Findlay, Ohio) as the technology provider for renewable fuels production at the Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility in California. The facility, part of Marathon’s 50/50 joint venture with Neste, utilizes Topsoe’s…