Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) contract by Viridian Lithium for the construction of the first lithium refining and conversion plant in Europe. Located in Lauterbourg, France, the plant will produce up to 100,000 tons…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) will invest 105 million euros in the Puertollano Industrial Complex to build the first plant in the Iberian Peninsula capable of manufacturing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), a material considered a 'super polymer' due to its…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) has received a binding offer from AGROFERT, a.s. for the acquisition of Borealis’ nitrogen business including fertilizer, melamine and technical nitrogen products. The offer values the business on an enterprise value basis at €810 million. AGROFERT…
Nanoramic Laboratories (Wakefield, Ma.) announced an agreement with BASF Corp. to jointly develop novel cathode systems for high-performance and low-cost lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, based on Nanoramic’s Neocarbonix at the Core electrode technology and BASF’s cobalt free high-manganese NCM cathode active…
The General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) signed a memorandum of understanding with H2-Industries Inc. to build a new Waste-to-Hydrogen facility at a new greenfield site in East Port Said, Egypt, a project with an estimated cost of…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has entered into an agreement to invest an additional $100 million in Mura Technology bringing KBR's aggregate investment in Mura to 18.5%. This investment provides Mura incremental capital to accelerate development of its plastics recycling projects and…
Cresta Funds Management (Dallas, Tex.) has chosen Topsoe’s HydroFlex solution for revamping the Braya Renewable Fuels refinery (Braya) in Newfoundland, Canada. The refinery will produce up to 18,000 barrels per day of Renewable Diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) initially…
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) and its partners announced the inauguration of the Carbon Neutral Alliance, which aims to accelerate the development of innovative technologies designed to transform CEMEX’s Rüdersdorf plant into the first carbon-neutral cement facility by 2030.…
Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA). Under the JDA, the companies will co-develop a process with reduced by-products for commercial production of next-generation cathode active materials (CAM),…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) is building a new, highly flexible, global-scale production facility for pharmaceutical lipids in the United States. The new plant at Evonik’s Tippecanoe site in Lafayette, Indiana, will broadly position the Group for future growth in…