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Aramco announces expansion project at SASREF site

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Aramco affiliate Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF), and an affiliate of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng Petrochemical) have signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing, China, that paves the way for an expansion project at…

Aduro Clean Technologies and Zeton to construct pilot plant to scale up plastics upcycling

Zeton Inc. (Burlington, Ont., Canada) and Aduro Clean Technologies, Inc. (Sarnia, Ont., Canada) will design, build, and commission a pilot plant for Aduro’s proprietary Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT Pilot Plant), marking a key milestone in Aduro’s commercialization pathway for transforming waste…

Indorama Ventures to acquire two businesses from Cargill Bioindustrial

Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced that its Indovinya business segment—through its flagship subsidiary Indorama Ventures Oxides LLC—has agreed to acquire two leading brands in the energy extraction sector, targeting Demulsifiers and Flow Assurance products, from Cargill Bioindustrial…

Kemira to expand activated-carbon reactivation plant in Sweden

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) plans to expand its Helsingborg manufacturing site in Sweden and to invest low double-digit millions of euros in building a reactivation plant for activated carbon. The new plant would add significant new capacity to reactivate activated…

Aramco, Sinopec and Fujian Petrochemical break ground on integrated complex in China

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC; Beijing, China), and Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (FPCL) have broken ground on a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China. The facility is planned to have a…

Clariant installs N2O-removal technology at Hengli Petrochemical site in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the successful installation of its EnviCat N2O-S catalyst at the nitric acid plant of Hengli Petrochemical. EnviCat N2O-S was installed as part of Clariant’s global Climate Campaign, which offered a free load of the N2O…

HiiROC and Siemens sign MoU for automating hydrogen production

Clean hydrogen producer HiiROC (Hull, U.K.; www.hiiroc.com), has partnered with technology company Siemens (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) on its hydrogen production technology, helping customers to decarbonize their operations and support their net-zero ambitions. HiiROC and Siemens signed a Memorandum of Understanding…

Hexagon announces new battery cell design using Fraunhofer Institute technology

Hexagon AB (Stockholm, Sweden; www.hexagon.com) announced a new battery cell design solution that combines Fraunhofer ITWM’s (Kaiserslautern, Germany; www.itwm.fraunnhofer.de) electro-chemical simulation technology with Hexagon’s multi-physics material simulation and metrology software to significantly accelerate new battery cell research and development programs. …

ArcelorMittal and HP announce collaboration on steel additive manufacturing

ArcelorMittal (Luxemburg; corporate.arcelormittal.com) , a global leader in sustainable steel solutions, and HP (Palo Alto, Calif.; www.hp.com), a renowned printing company with extensive expertise in additive manufacturing, are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to advance the field of steel…

De Nora and Maffei Sarda Silicati to build green hydrogen plant in Sardinia

De Nora sp.A. (Milan, Italy), specializing in electrochemistry and sustainable technologies, is partnering with Maffei Sarda Silicati, to build a green hydrogen production plant located in Ossi, Sardinia.  The project, financed through PNRR funds and promoted by the local company Maffei…