Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria) has announced the installation of a semi-commercial demonstration recyclate-based polyolefins (rPO) compounding line in Beringen, Belgium. Set for construction during 2024, it is expected to be fully operational in the first half of 2025. The state-of-the-art…
BioBTX, a pioneering developer of renewable aromatics technology in the Netherlands, has secured over €80 million to launch its first commercial-scale plant. This investment will fund the world’s first renewable chemicals plant utilizing BioBTX’s innovative ICCP Technology to produce sustainable…
Rio Tinto will invest $143 million (A$215 million) to develop a research and development facility in Western Australia to further assess the effectiveness of its low-carbon ironmaking process, BioIron, to support decarbonizing the global steel value chain. The development of…
Trillium Renewable Chemicals (Knoxville, Tenn.) announced the selection of INEOS Nitriles’ Green Lake facility in Port Lavaca, Texas to establish the world’s first demonstration plant for converting plant-based glycerol into acrylonitrile. The demonstration plant is named “Project Falcon.” Trillium Renewable…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it is now certified to the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification standard ISCC PLUS for the production of green ethylene oxide, ethanolamines, ethylene amines, and the surfactants derived from these raw materials at its…
ArcelorMittal and partners Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), BHP, along with Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (Mitsubishi Development) have successfully started operating a pilot carbon capture unit on the blast furnace off-gas at ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium. The pilot carbon capture…
Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) and Fairmat announced a 10-year agreement to recycle carbon fiber composite materials from Hexcel Salt Lake City for reuse in composite materials sold into various commercial markets. Fairmat, a leading international carbon fiber recycler and material…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has further expanded its capability to supply sustainable aviation fuel to customers in Europe in cooperation with VTTI, a global leader in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure. Neste commissioned terminal capacity at VTTI’s ETT…
Ohmium International, a green-hydrogen company that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, was selected to equip the first green hydrogen project in Croatia. Ohmium was selected to serve as the PEM electrolyzer supplier for IVICOM, a…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Marubeni Corp. and Resonac Corp. (Tokyo) have entered into a cooperative agreement to enable the production of renewable olefins and derivatives. The cooperation involves Neste RE™, a Neste-produced renewable raw material, being used to manufacture products…