Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.; www.ascendelements.com) leader in sustainable engineered battery materials and lithium‑ion recycling, today announces a multi‑year off-take agreement for lithium carbonate with Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; www.trafigura.com) a market leader in the global commodities industry. The agreement…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Noveon Magnetics announced the execution of a supply agreement for light and heavy rare earth materials. Under the said agreement, Solvay will supply Noveon with rare earth oxides starting in 2026. The partnership is a…
Aether Fuels Pte. Ltd. (Aether), a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) producer, and Aster, a leading provider of energy and chemical solutions in Southeast Asia, have signed an agreement to develop the first next-generation, commercial-scale SAF production facility in Southeast Asia…
LOTTE Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it held a completion ceremony for LOTTE Chemical Indonesia (LCI) in Cilegon, Banten Province, Indonesia. The ceremony was attended by LOTTE Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, LOTTE Chemical CEO Lee Young-jun, Indonesian President Prabowo…
Petrovietnam Chemical and Services Corporation (PVChem), a member of the Vietnam National Industry and Energy Group (Petrovietnam), and the German industrial gases specialist Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Bad Soden, Germany) officially signed a Joint Venture Agreement to establish Cái…
Verdox (Woburn, Mass.) has successfully completed initial testing of its all-electric carbon capture technology in collaboration with Norwegian aluminum and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway). The trial demonstrated carbon capture directly on aluminum smelter emissions in preparation…
On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins talks with Dr. Jeff Graf, the global head of business development at SandboxAQ, a Google spinoff working on accelerating the development of new materials. Jeff talks about the…
Indorama Ventures Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand) announced that its Fibers business, a leading global supplier of recycled technical textiles, polyester fibers and yarns, and Jiaren Chemical Recycling, a technology leader in chemical polyester recycling, formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (MGC; Tokyo) announced the completion of construction of a new plant expansion at MGC Electrotechno (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (ETT), a subsidiary of MGC Electrotechno Co. (ET) dedicated to manufacturing BT materials for semiconductor packages. The MGC…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced a collaboration with TotalEnergies (Paris) for the ongoing pilot of its AI-assisted Experion Operations Assistant at TotalEnergies' Port Arthur Refinery in Texas. The initiative aims to support and empower operators to make timely and…