The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E; arpa-e.energy.gov) today announced $36 million to recover critical metals and high energy-value materials like ammonia from wastewater. The agency’s program Realize Energy-rich Compound Opportunities Valorizing Extraction from Refuse waters…
Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW) and McDermott International Inc. (Houston) announce that CHW has awarded McDermott the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) Project. The project is jointly developed by CHW with strategic shareholders ExxonMobil,…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Shimonoseki Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., it has begun developing a recycling technology to produce high-purity phosphorus materials in Japan. The aim of this endeavor is to recover phosphoric acid…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a master services agreement (MSA) by Willis Sustainable Fuels (UK) Limited (WSFL) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in the UK. Under the scope of the agreement, McDermott will perform early engineering, procurement…
ExxonMobil (Houston) plans to invest more than $200 million to expand its advanced recycling operations at its sites in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas. The new operations are expected to start up in 2026 and can help increase advanced recycling rates and divert…
Syensqo (Brussels, Belgium) has significantly increased its U.S. production capacity for advanced polymers used in critical health, water, and energy applications. By expanding production of its Udel polysulfones (PSU) sulfone polymers at its Marietta, Ohio facility by more than 25%,…
Ineos Ltd. (London) announced that INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) have signed an MOU to explore the feasibility to build a new world scale, 600,000-ton/yr Acetic Acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat,…
Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) announced the successful scaling of its chemical silicone waste upcycling project from a laboratory to pilot unit at its Saint-Fons production site in Lyon, France. This marks a significant milestone in driving the transition to a…
Samsung E&A announced that it signed a contract with Ras Laffan Petrochemicals (RLP) of Qatar for the Qatar RLP Ethylene Storage Plant. Samsung E&A plans to execute this project as a joint venture with CTCI of Taiwan. The total contract…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Exxon Mobil Corp. (Houston) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a multiyear offtake agreement for up to 100,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate. The lithium will be supplied from ExxonMobil’s…