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Tronox and JX Advanced Metals agree to advance rare earth and critical minerals development
Tronox Holdings plc (Stamford, Connecticut), an integrated manufacturer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment, has announced the signing of a cooperation and investment agreement with JX Advanced Metals Corp. (JAXM; Tokyo, Japan) to advance the development of its rare earth and…
Plug Power signs electrolyzer supply agreement for Arcadia eFuels’ flagship plant in Denmark
Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) announced it has signed a 280-megawatt (MW) GenEco electrolyzer supply agreement with Arcadia eFuels (Austin, Texas) for Project ENDOR in Denmark, together with a strategic cooperation agreement covering Arcadia's future projects. The agreement follows three…
KBR technology selected by SABIC AN for world-scale ammonia plant
[KBR, Inc.](Houston, Texas) announced that SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co.(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; SABIC AN) has selected its Purifier® technology for a new grassroots ammonia plant in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing, basic…
Rio Tinto and Shougang commission industrial-scale carbon capture facility for blast furnace in China
Shougang Group Co., Ltd. (Beijing, China) and Rio Tinto plc (London, England) have successfully built and commissioned an industrial-scale carbon capture trial facility for blast furnace gas at Shougang's operations in China. The facility is designed to capture carbon dioxide…
How to Improve the Performance of Existing Spray Drying Operations
For manufacturers looking to improve the performance and resource efficiency of spray drying operations, the first question does not always need to be: What new equipment do we need? Sometimes, a better question is: What more can we get from…
Elastomer couplings combine high-temperature performance with low maintenance
The Quick Flex HighTemp series is a low-maintenance coupling solution for applications operating at temperatures up to 177 °C. Quick Flex HighTemp extends the advantages of elastomeric couplings into demanding environments near industrial furnaces, superheated steam systems and steam turbines,…
These “self-driving” bioreactor sensors are forging new fermentation frontiers
Ubiquitous in biomanufacturing, fermentation processes are complex and unpredictable when compared to traditional chemical-processing operations. From changing cell-growth rates to drifts in environmental conditions, typical control approaches can only react to predetermined setpoints rather than reliably maximize product output. A…
New plasma-powered process directly converts methane to graphene oxide
Researchers at Texas A&M University (College Station; www.tamu.edu) have developed a fundamentally new route to graphene oxide (GO) synthesis using non-thermal atmospheric plasma — a method that sidesteps the toxic chemicals and scalability limitations that often constrain conventional production approaches.…
Offtake agreement inked for system that produces methanol from stranded methane economically
In late August, technology developer Emvolon, a spinout company from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, Mass.; www.mit.edu), signed an offtake agreement with Freepoint Commodities LLC (www.freepoint.com) for methanol produced commercially via Emvolon’s technology starting in spring 2027. The…
Canada takes the stage with major energy and mineral investments
The first-ever Canada Investment Summit, held Sept. 14–15 in Toronto, along with other recent funding initiatives and global partnerships, put the spotlight on Canada’s support for innovation and competitiveness in energy, manufacturing and critical materials. The Summit convened investors from…