Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at considering comprehensive collaboration with Dangote Industries Ltd. (Lagos, Nigeria), the largest conglomerate in Nigeria, and the consulting firm AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; AAIC). Dangote was founded in…
HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. (Vancouver, B.C.; www.hydrograph.com) announced it has signed a lease for a new 20,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Austin, which will replace its current space and represents an increase of nearly 100% in size. The new headquarters will…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that Vioneo (Antwerp, Belgium) has selected its Novolen® polypropylene (PP) technology for a new grassroots plant in Antwerp, Belgium. The plant will be part of Vioneo's complex that, once complete, will be the world's first industrial…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works for its new proprietary, direct ethanol-to-propylene process. This new technology is expected to significantly contribute to the petrochemical…
LOTTE Holdings, Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced an investment in Physiologas Technologies, a pioneering Japanese medical device company developing next-generation hemodialysis system aimed at transforming chronic kidney disease care. Founded in 2020, Physiologas is a preclinical stage medical device company…
DIC Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has established a new production facility for direct food-contact coatings on the site of a plant belonging to PT. DIC Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary located in Jakarta, Indonesia. This new facility is the…
ITM Power plc (Sheffield, U.K.) announced the signing of a supply agreement and binding heads of terms for a long-term services agreement with MorGen Energy for the 20-MW West Wales Hydrogen project in Milford Haven, U.K. This milestone marks a…
Aclara Resources Inc. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) announced a strategic partnership with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, Va.) for the operation of its rare earths (REE) separation pilot plant. The facility will showcase Aclara's solvent extraction technology…
Chemists from Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.) have developed a way to use electrochemistry to make chiral molecules, which occur in mirrored pairs, like human hands. Common in pharmaceuticals, chiral molecules are important to get right to be effective and safe. …
Iluka Resources has awarded JordProxa Pty Ltd (Perth, Australia) the contract to supply a custom-engineered CO₂ capture plant for its flagship Eneabba rare-earths refinery in Western Australia — a first-of-its-kind facility in Australia and among only a few rare earths…