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Aliplast and NextChem team up for plastics recycling

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) and Hera Group announced the signing of a strategic agreement between Aliplast, Hera Group’s subsidiary for the collection, recycling and conversion of plastics, and NextChem, Maire Tecnimont Group’s company for the development of projects and…

LafargeHolcim and Carbon Clean to develop large-scale CCUS plant in Spain

Carbon Clean (London, U.K.), a leader in low-cost modular carbon dioxide capture and separation technology announced that that it has signed an agreement in Spain with LafargeHolcim - the world’s global leader in building solutions - ECCO2 and Sistemas de…

New MOU focuses on green hydrogen production in Malaysia

ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with SEDC Energy Sdn Bhd and Sumitomo Corp. to consider collaboration for the establishment of a CO2-free hydrogen supply chain using renewable energy, and will commence a…

LanzaTech, Total and L’Oréal achieve milestone in packaging production from industrial carbon emissions

Through their partnership, LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), Total SE (Paris) and L’Oréal have premiered the world’sfirst sustainable packaging made from captured and recycled carbon emissions. The successful conversion process takes place in three steps:• LanzaTech captures industrial carbon emissions and converts…

Trinseo signs collaboration agreement with Tyre Recycling Solutions

Trinseo (Berwyn,. Pa.), a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, has reached definitive agreements with Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) on a commercial collaboration and an equity investment in TRS. The transaction is expected…

Carbon2Chem: First project phase successfully completed and notice of funding received from federal government for second phase

The Carbon2Chem project initiated by thyssenkrupp (Essen, Germany) is moving into its next phase. Involving 16 additional partners, the project, which is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), has over the past four years gathered fundamental…

Major green-methanol complex to be built in Belgium

Ten private-and public-sector partners have launched the North-C-Methanol project. Together, they will reduce CO2 emissions by 140,000 tons annually and generate 44,000 tons of “green” methanol locally, which can be used as feedstock for the chemicals and renewables industries, as…

Italian utility Snam invests in electrolyzer manufacturer ITM Power

Snam S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) signed a partnership agreement with ITM Power Plc (Sheffield, U.K.), a company that is among the largest global producers of electrolyzers, essential components in obtaining hydrogen from renewable sources through the electrolysis of water. The agreement…

IFPEN launches carbon-capture pilot with partners ArcelorMittal and Total

The four-year Dinamx “Demonstration and innovative applications of the DMX process” project has been launched by partners IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN; Rueil-Malmaison, France), Total Refining & Chemicals and ArcelorMittal France. Coordinated by Axens, the objective is to demonstrate the DMX…

Preem begins conversion of Lysekil refinery for renewable-fuels production

Swedish energy and biofuels producer Preem AB (Stockholm, Sweden) has begun a major conversion project at its petroleum refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, which will rebuild the Lysekil refinery to become Scandinavia's largest producer of renewable fuels. In the latest update…