Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that it achieved an IRMA 50 level of performance in an independent third-party assessment of its lithium brine extraction and concentration site in the Salar de Atacama, using the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance's (IRMA)…
TotalEnergies (Paris) has signed a 100 GW biomethane purchase agreement with Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) for a three-year period starting in 2024. The biomethane will be produced by TotalEnergies at its BioBéarn biomethane plant, which came on stream at the…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) and Swedish pulp producer Södra (Växjö, Sweden; www.sodra.com) are embarking on a major circular project related to textile recycling. The project will be supported by an EU subsidy of EUR 10 million as part of…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio), a global leader in specialty chemicals, is advancing its commitment to continued growth in India with several significant projects across its portfolio. The company is pledging more than 150 million USD of in-region investment, including…
BASF SE (Ludwighafen, Germany) has broken ground on a polyethylene (PE) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new plant with a capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE annually will serve the fast-growing demand in China. The…
Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. (Tokyo) will increase the production capacity of Plant 1 (launched in November 2021), small pilot facilities for solid electrolytes (planned completion: within fiscal 2024), in order to expand the use of all-solid-state lithium-ion rechargeable batteries ("all-solid-state batteries").…
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…
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,…
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, 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…