Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria) is designing a first-of-its-kind commercial-scale advanced mechanical recycling plant to be located in Schwechat, Austria. The plant will be based on Borealis’ own Borcycle M technology, which transforms polyolefin-based post-consumer waste into high-performance polymers suitable for…
Brasil BioFuels will build a new biorefinery to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and second-generation biofuel. Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been selected to support the production delivering its Hydroflex and H2bridge technologies. The new biorefinery will be built in…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Shakti Plastic Industries, India's largest plastic scrap recycler and waste collection company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to build and operate a fully-automated, mechanical recycling plant…
Air Liquide (Paris), Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) have announced their intent to collaborate on a joint study that will evaluate and potentially advance the development of a hydrogen and ammonia…
U.K.-based resources project developer Oracle Power PLC (London) announced the appointment of Thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) to lead the technical and commercial feasibility study for the green hydrogen and ammonia project, being developed by the Company's joint venture company, Oracle…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) said that it is investigating the opportunity to build a new biorefinery at Eni's industrial site in Livorno, Italy. The feasibility study involves building three new plants for the production of hydrogenated biofuel: a biogenic feedstock…
Cyclyx International, ExxonMobil Corp. and LyondellBasell have signed an agreement to advance development of a first-of-its-kind plastic waste sorting and processing facility in the Houston area. The new facility addresses a critical missing link in the plastic waste supply chain…
TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) has announced a breakthrough in the circular plastics economy by proving that polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic can be sorted with municipal plastic waste. With the aim of determining the sortability of PLA from municipal mixed…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for August 2022 (most recent available) declined from the previous month — the second straight monthly decline after a long string of increases between November 2020 and June 2022. For…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, a Singapore registered company, to agree on a supply of ethylene derived from plastic waste. In turn, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. – part of…