Arafura Rare Earths Ltd has awarded Chemetics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Worley and leading provider of technology for sulfuric acid and other specialty chemical facilities, the contract to install Chemetics CORE-SO2 sulfuric acid technology, at its Nolans Project…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected for a large-scale one million tons per year low-carbon ammonia facility in the Middle East GCC region. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the technology license,…
BASF Japan Ltd., a subsidiary of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), has announced that the high-pressure regenerative CO2 capture technology HiPACT® co-developed by BASF and its engineering partner JGC Corporation will be used by INPEX Corporation, one of Japan’s largest exploration…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) is unveiling plans for the decarbonization of its Aroma Performance plant, located in Saint-Fons, France. The plans include a new biomass boiler, which will go into operation by the end of 2025. Combined with other initiatives,…
Archroma (Basel, Switzerland) announced the closing of the acquisition of the Textile Effects business from Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) When the Huntsman Textile Effects acquisition was first announced in August 2022, Archroma Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Heike van…
Nel ASA has taken the final investment decision to expand the production capacity at its PEM electrolyzer manufacturing facility in Wallingford, Connecticut. The expansion will bring annual production capacity towards 500 MW in 2025. “This is an important milestone for Nel,”…
Bechtel (Reston, Va.) was awarded a contract by Sicona Battery Technologies to perform an engineering study for a U.S. manufacturing plant that will produce the cutting-edge battery anode components needed for electric vehicles. "Bechtel will help Sicona deliver a long-lasting…
The combined value of the global cosmetic, beauty and personal care markets is estimated to be in excess of $500 billion a year, and continues to grow at a rate of around 4% p.a. From shampoo to sun tan oil,…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has launched the engineering works for a large-scale green hydrogen plant, named Catalina and located in Aragón (Spain). The project consists of the development of an initial 500-MW green-hydrogen plant, expandable to 2 GW.…
Bp plc (London) launched the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia region (HyVal) at its Castellón refinery. Led by bp, this public-private collaborative initiative is intended to be based around the phased development of up to 2GW of electrolysis capacity…