Borouge, Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Wanhua Chemical Group, a leading Chinese chemical company, together with Wanrong New Materials (Fujian), a subsidiary controlled by Wanhua, announced the signing of a project collaboration…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its blue ammonia technology has been selected by Shell for its Blue Horizons low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia project in Duqm, Oman. The facility will utilize KBR’s ammonia synthesis loop technology to deliver cost-competitive and low-carbon…
Integrals Power (Milton Keynes, U.K.; www.integralspower.co.uk) has started production of high-performance lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) and lithium-manganese-iron-phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials at its pioneering new U.K. pilot plant. This milestone for the U.K. battery industry will help to accelerate the development of…
In Qatar, Veolia Water Technologies and Katara Project have inaugurated a pioneering facility for the reuse of treated wastewater. With this new plant, Katara Cultural Village will save between 5,000 and 15,000 cubic meters of fresh water per day. In…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) announced its plan to create a Cement and Concrete Center of Excellence to accelerate the development and adoption of novel low-carbon cement and concrete technologies. U.S. national laboratories…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products and the world’s largest producer of ammonia, and POET LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the world’s largest producer of biofuel and a global leader in sustainable bioproducts, announced…
Trelleborg Group AB (Trelleborg, Sweden) has finalized its acquisition of Baron Rubber Ltd. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). The company is a global leader in the manufacturing of advanced precision silicone components. Baron Group generated sales of approximately SEK 1 billion in…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany intends to acquire Unity-SC, a France-based provider of metrology and defect inspection equipment for the semiconductor industry for a payment of € 155 million plus further performance-based milestones. The combined technologies of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany,…
Kurita America, part of the Kurita Group (Tokyo, Japan), a global provider of industrial water treatment solutions, announced a collaboration with Solugen (Houston), a bio-based chemical manufacturer, to develop a suite of new carbon-negative water-treatment products. These innovative solutions will…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed an agreement to acquire Jindex Pty Ltd, a privately owned Australian company specializing in valves and process flow control. Combining Metso’s extensive experience and offering in slurry handling, hydrocyclones and minerals processing equipment solutions…