Cyclyx International, a joint venture among Agilyx, ExxonMobil, and LyondellBasell, announces a final investment decision (FID) to build the first Cyclyx Circularity Center (CCC). The facility is designed to accept and process plastics that are currently going to U.S. landfills…
Ineos (London) has announced an agreement with LyondellBasell to buy its Ethylene Oxide and Derivatives business including the Bayport Underwood site, Texas. The deal includes the 420,000-ton Ethylene Oxide plant, the 375,000-ton Ethylene Glycols plant and the 165,000-ton Glycol Ethers…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group has launched the implementation of an extensive investment at its production plant in Kralupy nad Vltavou. The investment is focused primarily on recovering of flue heat from combustion processes. ORLEN Unipetrol expects from this project, which…
Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) and C2X, an independent company majority owned by A.P. Moller Holding with A.P. Moller – Maersk as minority owner, announce a joint ambition to develop a green methanol plant in the port of Huelva, southern Spain. Green…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) has made an investment in Ionomr Innovations Inc., a Canadian startup that manufactures anion exchange membrane (AEM). Ionomr’s high-performance, durable, next-generation membrane has the potential to be transformative for the cost-efficient and scalable production of green…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced the inauguration of its next generation, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization plant in Rho, Italy. Scheduled to be commissioned in Q1 2024, this demonstration facility marks a pivotal step towards reshaping the plastics ecosystem as part of…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it was awarded two contracts from Dow (Midland, Mich.) for the construction of the world’s first net-zero scope 1 and 2 emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The…
Nextchem (Maire's Sustainable Technology Solutions business unit), through its subsidiary MyRechemical, leading the Waste-to-Chemical segment, has been selected by DG Fuels Lousiana to provide the Process Design Package in relation to a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) facility under development in…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced its decision to shut down its sunliquid® bioethanol production in Podari, Romania, and to downsize related activities of the business line Biofuels & Derivatives in Germany (Straubing, Planegg…
SK Innovation (Seoul, South Korea) has successfully converted carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using electrochemical catalytic reactions. The carbon monoxide produced by this method is expected to contribute to the production of various chemical products as a basic material, as…