Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) and Holcim Ltd. (Zug, Switzerland) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pursue a project to decarbonize Holcim’s new cement production plant under development in Belgium, using Air Liquide proprietary Cryocap carbon capture innovative technology.…
Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) has secured an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) lump sum contract from ORLEN Lietuva, as it continues to support a comprehensive modernisation, environmental upgrade, and expansion Programme at the Mažeikiai Refinery in North-West Lithuania. The…
W.R. Grace & Co (Grace; Columbia, Md.) announced the successful start-up of several polypropylene (PP) reactor lines in China. Dongguan Grand Resource Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (Dongguan Grand Resource) started up its second plant (consisting of two reactor lines)…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Veolia Belgium have signed an agreement to restructure the ownership of Quality Circular Polymers (QCP) BV recycling facilities, with locations in Belgium and the Netherlands. Veolia will sell its 50% share to LyondellBasell…
Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) have signed an agreement for post-combustion carbon capture. It is a General License Agreement enabling Saipem to deploy Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ advanced post-combustion CO2 capture technologies in…
Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) has awarded Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) the contract for the detailed engineering of the largest second-generation (2G) biofuels plant in southern Europe, which Cepsa will start up together with Bio-Oils, with an investment of up…
Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) and Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. launched a joint demonstration project with the objective of commercializing a chemical recycling process for polyamide 66 (PA66, also called nylon 66) using microwave technology. The process utilizes microwaves to depolymerize…
Suncor Energy Inc. (Calgary, Alta. Canada) has agreed to acquire the entirety of the shares of TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd for a consideration including a C$5.5 billion cash payment at closing (about US$4.1 billion) and additional payments that could reach…
Fortum Battery Recycling (Espoo, Finland) has started commercial operations at its state-of-the-art hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The newly established facility is the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of recycling capacity, and it is also…
AnoxKaldnes, a subsidiary of Veolia focused on moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) based solutions, will supply its space-saving and capacity-increasing solution to support the upgrade of Käppalaverket (Käppala wastewater treatment plant) in Lidingö in Sweden, owned by Käppalaförbundet (Käppala Association). The…