The chemical industry posted one of its best years in a decade and the U.S. expanded its dominant position as a leading producer of chemical products, but growth has slowed in recent months, according to the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC;…
Metso Outotec (Helsinki, Finland) will convert its existing 700 mm Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) pilot plant in Frankfurt, Germany, for hydrogen-based direct reduction of fine ore, applying the proven Planet Positive Circored technology. The pilot plant can also be used…
CropEnergies AG (Mannheim, Germany) will build a plant for the production of renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol. Foreseen location is the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park, Elsteraue, Germany. The supervisory board of CropEnergies has given the green light to…
OCI N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that construction is starting on what currently will be the largest blue ammonia facility to come onstream in Texas, wholly owned by OCI N.V. This groundbreaking puts the project on track for production to…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and The AES Corp. (Arlington, Va.) announced plans to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes…
E-fuels company HIF Global (Houston) announced that its subsidiary HIF USA LLC has engaged Bechtel Energy, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe to conduct the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a facility to be constructed in Matagorda County, Texas to produce…
Snam (Milan, Italy) and Baker Hughes (Houston) successfully completed a series of tests aimed at experimenting with the use of hydrogen as a fuel to power gas turbines, at one of its natural gas compression stations in Istrana, Italy. The…
ArcelorMittal has successfully inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project in Ghent, Belgium. The €200-million ‘Steelanol’ project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry. Utilising cutting edge carbon recycling technology developed by project partner…
Röhm (Darmstadt, Germany) has agreed to acquire the Functional Forms business of SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), subject to customary consultation with the respective works councils and approval of the antitrust authorities. Röhm thereby adds Polycarbonate sheets and films to its…
Bp plc (London) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of Egypt under which it will explore the potential for establishing a new green hydrogen production facility in the country. The MoU was signed by bp, Egypt’s New…