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Pyrum and SUEZ sign agreement to build Pyrum’s first U.K. pyrolysis plant

Pyrum Innovations AG (Dillingen, Germany), a pioneering company that has developed a globally patented pyrolysis technology for recycling tires, and SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd. have entered into a one-year exclusivity agreement to build Pyrum's first pyrolysis plant in…

Recently Published Books for the CPI: July 2023

The following is a list of recently published books that may be relevant to professionals in the chemical process industries (CPI).  Turquoise Hydrogen: An Effective Pathway to Decarbonization and Value Added Carbon Materials. Edited by Matteo Pelucchi and Matteo Maestri,…

Saint-Gobain acquires Hume Cemboard Industries in Malaysia

Following its recent acquisition of Building Products of Canada Corp., Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hume Cemboard Industries Sdn Bhd (HCBI), a leading manufacturer of cement boards for façades, partitions, and ceilings in…

KBR awarded feasibility study to support “green” refinery in Oklahoma

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by Southern Rock Energy Partners to support the development of a first-of-its-kind refinery in Cushing, Oklahoma. Southern Rock's proposed 250,000-bpd refinery will be powered by solar, wind, waste…

BASF inaugurates new Technology Center in Marchamalo, Spain

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced the official opening of the Technology Competence Center at the facilities of BASF Española in Marchamalo (Guadalajara). The official opening ceremony was attended by the regional minister of Sustainable Development of Castilla - La Mancha,…

LyondellBasell and AFA Nord form JV focused on recycling packaging materials

 LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and AFA Nord, a leading recycler of agricultural film, have agreed to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) that intends to recycle post commercial flexible secondary packaging waste. The joint venture company, LMF Nord…

Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey increase ammonia synthesis capacity at Koch Fertilizer facility

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Essen, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (London) have delivered a product solution to increase the ammonia capacity at Koch Fertilizer’s Fort Dodge, Iowa (USA) facility. During the revamp of the existing ammonia plant, the team integrated the uhde…

Polystyvert constructing commercial polystyrene-recycling plant in Canada

Polystyvert Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada) announces the construction of its first full-scale commercial plant to produce recycled polystyrene in Greater Montreal. Representing an investment of $40 million, this plant will recycle 9,000 tons of post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene waste annually,…

World’s largest production site for lutetium-177 starts up near Munich

ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM) announced the opening of its new production facility for therapeutic radionuclides in Neufahrn near Munich, Germany in the presence of Minister of State, Dr. Florian Herrmann and other high-ranking guests. ITM’s new facility is…

ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill to develop world’s first industrial-scale, low-temperature iron electrolysis plant

ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium) announced plans to construct the world’s first industrial-scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant. The Volteron plant, which in a first phase will produce between 40,000 and 80,000 tons a year of iron plates, is…