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Sabic and Sinopec start up polycarbonate plant at JV site in China

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) announced the commercial operation of a new polycarbonate (PC) plant at their 50-50 joint venture (JV) – SINOPEC SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSTPC). Khalid Hashim Al-Dabbagh, SABIC Chairman…

Yokogawa to supply energy-management system for Yuri Green Hydrogen Project in Australia

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo) announced that its subsidiary Yokogawa Australia has received an order from Monford Group Pty Ltd. to supply an energy management system (EMS) for the initial phase (phase 0) of the Yuri Green Hydrogen Project (hereafter, Yuri),…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries wins FEED contract for Mexichem Fluor hydrogen fluoride plant in Japan

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) has received an order for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a hydrogen fluoride production plant, including utility facilities in Hibikinada Oceanfront Industrial Park in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The order is from…

SABIC sells its Hadeed iron and steel business to PIF

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has announced that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% shareholding in the Saudi Iron & Steel Company (Hadeed) from the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). Based on a…

Bilfinger and Reverion enter strategic partnership for biogas plants

Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany) and cleantech startup Reverion (Munich, Germany) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate in the field of sustainable biogas plants. The aim of the strategic cooperation is to bring Reverion's innovative technology - a modular…

Albemarle confirms plans to acquire Australian battery-minerals firm Liontown Resources

Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.)  confirmed that it will be working toward the execution of a binding agreement to acquire Liontown Resources Ltd.(Liontown). Albemarle notes the announcement to the ASX by Liontown  and confirms that it submitted a best and final…

Worley awarded FEED contract for major green-hydrogen project in Australia

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) has been awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work for the Central Queensland Hydrogen (CQ-H2) Project. The project, led by Stanwell Corp. and its consortium members; Iwatani Corporation, Kansai Electric Power Company, Marubeni and Keppel…

Plastic Energy commissions chemical-recycling pilot plant

Plastic Energy Ltd. (London) has commissioned a new pilot plant in its research & development labs in Loughborough University Science & Enterprise Park (LUSEP) in the UK. The new state of the art pilot plant will be used to further…

Henkel launches operations at new Battery Engineering Center in Düsseldorf

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany)announced the launch of a new Battery Engineering Center within its unique Inspiration Center Duesseldorf. The opening solidifies the company's role as a premier design and innovation partner for automotive OEMs and battery manufacturers worldwide. The Battery…

BASF begins construction of syngas plant in Zhanjiang, China

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has commenced construction of its syngas plant at the Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. This world-scale syngas facility, fully integrated into the Verbund site, is scheduled to start up in 2025. BASF will adopt unique process…