Specialty chemicals company Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) today announced that it has joined the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI). The aim of the RCI is to support and accelerate the transition from the use of fossil carbon to the use of…
Dow (Midland, Mich.) and Plastogaz SA, a technology start-up and proprietor of an advanced recycling technology, have announced a strategic investment, which will help to simplify the process of converting plastic waste to feedstock and provide another carbon-efficient option to…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) announced the inauguration of an industrial renewable hydrogen plant in Spain on the island of Mallorca. The plant, located in Lloseta (Mallorca), is the first renewable hydrogen plant in the country. Técnicas Reunidas has…
Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) won its first new energies project in Egypt with an in-country subsidiary of Egypt-focused Mediterranean Energy Partners (MEP). The project is an early-stage study assessing the feasibility of a new green hydrogen to ammonia facility…
Eramet Group (Paris, France) has successfully demonstrated its high-yield, closed-loop process for recycling lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) — a major step toward achieving industrial-scale production in France. The recycling process recovers all the valuable metals contained in LIBs, which meets the…
Air Liquide (Paris) and Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) have entered into a collaboration agreement aimed at assessing decarbonization solutions in the Mediterranean region of Europe, focused on hard-to-abate industrial sectors. The two companies join forces combining their well-established expertise and…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhejiang REEF Technology Co., Ltd. to develop state-of-the-art recyclate formulations for applications used in the automotive, packaging and consumer industries. Under the agreement, BASF will provide its recently launched…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (Nagoya City, Japan) have begun a joint consideration to manufacture and sell ethylene, propylene, and their derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, with an aim to commence operation in 2025.…
Technip Energies (Paris) and Greenko ZeroC Private Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore Green Hydrogen project development opportunities across industries including refining, petrochemicals, fertilizer, chemical and power plant sectors in India to accelerate Energy Transition in…
Primobius GmbH — a joint venture between Neometals Ltd. and SMS group GmbH — intends to enter into a cooperation with LICULAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, aimed at maximizing the recycling rate, reducing resource consumption and creating a…