The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for September 2023 (the most recent available) fell compared to the August value, reversing the slight increase that was observed from the cycle prior to that. The CEPCI has been…
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Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Prime Polymer, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals, are working together to provide more sustainable food packaging solutions for CO-OP, a brand of the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union (JCCU). In the first…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new plant to produce ultra-high purity colloidal silica at its site in Weston, Michigan, USA which is expected to generate a total capital spending of $7.9 million in 2023 and 2024. The…
Monarch Energy and LS Power, a New York-based Power and Energy Infrastructure manager, have formed a partnership to deploy a portfolio of green hydrogen projects throughout the United States. LS Power plans to invest up to $400 million into projects…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is investing €32 million in a new plant at its Vilafranca site in Spain, which will produce bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). The facility will use…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and Chinese chemicals producer Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company (Fuhua) have signed a license agreement for Fuhua to build a new hydrogen peroxide plant in Leshan, Sichuan Province, using Evonik’s know-how. Furthermore, both partners will evaluate…
Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is launching a portfolio of licensing technologies to enable carbon-neutral polymer recycling. The solutions address rising demand for a more eco-conscious, circular economy of plastic and for the decarbonization of industries as a whole. The latest…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) announced that Allied Green Ammonia Pty Ltd (Allied) has selected Topsoe’s dynamic green ammonia technology for an ammonia plant in Gove, Northern Territory, Australia The produced green ammonia is intended to be exported from Gove to…