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Aker Solutions to upgrade Equinor’s Mongstad refinery
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been awarded a substantial EPCIC contract by Equinor to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant facilities and lower the environmental impact of the Mongstad refinery on the west coast of Norway. The Mongstad refinery, situated…
Carbios and Hündgen enter supply agreement for world’s first PET biorecycling plant
Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) and Hündgen Entsorgungs GmbH & Co. KG (Hündgen), a waste management expert in logistics, sorting services and the recycling of recyclable materials from waste mixtures, announce the signing of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding relating to the…
Nano One and Worley announce alliance to jointly develop cathode plant projects
Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) a clean technology company with patented processes for the sustainable production of lithium-ion battery cathode active materials (CAM), and Worley Chemetics, a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Worley Limited have entered into a…
Fortescue launches work on its first U.S. green-hydrogen plant
Fortescue (East Perth, Australia) marked a new phase in the development of the company’s $550 million venture into green hydrogen production in the United States, the first of Fortescue’s planned green energy investments in North America with a soil turn…
Introduction to Deep Bed Filtration: Key Principles and Design Applications
Understanding deep bed filters, their advantages and capabilities, and how they fit into process applications is important when making equipment selection, and determining if deep bed filtration is the correct choice for a given application. This paper aims to be…
Bp’s Archaea Energy starts up modular RNG plant in Kansas
Bp plc (London) announced that its Archaea Energy started up its largest original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant to date in Shawnee, Kansas, just outside of Kansas City. The plant, which is fully-owned by Archaea, is…
CP Kelco completes $60-million fiber capacity expansion in Brazil
CP Kelco (Atlanta, Ga.) has completed a $60 million expansion in production capacity for its citrus fiber product line, based on strong customer demand and market potential. With this significant expansion, the company has ample capacity to support current and…
LyondellBasell selects location for integrated plastics-recycling facility
LyondellBasell Industries (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has secured a location for an integrated plastic-waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany, signing a land lease agreement with YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG. The hub is planned…
DOMO Chemicals opens new polyamide production plant in China
DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) has inaugurated its newest plant in Haiyan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. This significant milestone reinforces DOMO's determination to meet rising demand in the Chinese market for its TECHNYL polyamide-based intelligent solutions. The €14 million (RMB 100 million)…
Carbios breaks ground on first PET biorecycling plant
Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the world's first PET biorecycling plant in the presence of representatives of local authorities, partner brands and industrial partners who all make up Carbios’ ecosystem. Located in Longlaville, in the Grand-Est region…