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Wacker to expand silicon-metal plant in Norway

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany) is preparing to expand its production capacity for silicon metal at Holla, Norway. The Munich-based chemical company has already started a feasibility study to this effect. The construction of a new furnace is planned, which…

Nano One to acquire Johnson Matthey’s Canadian battery-materials business

Nano One Materials Corp. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Johnson Matthey (JM) Battery Materials Ltd. (JMBM Canada) for approximately C$10.25 million. The acquisition is fully funded and is…

LSB Industries selects Bloom Energy to build 10-MW solid-oxide electrolyzer for large-scale green hydrogen production in Oklahoma

Bloom Energy (San Jose, Calif.) and LSB Industries, Inc (Oklahoma City, Okla.), a leading North American producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals, announced plans to install a 10 megawatt (MW) solid-oxide electrolyzer at LSB’s Pryor, Oklahoma facility. The project is…

Fulcrum BioEnergy starts operations at waste-based biofuels plant

Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.) announced the completion of commissioning and the initial operations of its Sierra BioFuels Plant, the world's first landfill waste to renewable transportation fuels plant. The Sierra Biorefinery began operations, processing prepared waste feedstock and successfully…

Orion Engineered Carbons to expand gas black capacities in Germany

Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) announced that it will complete its gas black expansion in Germany at plants in Dortmund and Cologne by early 2023. Orion is the only carbon black producer in the industry with gas black capabilities. Gas blacks,…

Sika opens new concrete admixtures plant in Virginia

By opening a new concrete admixture production facility in Stafford, Virginia, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its production capacity in the growing Mid-Atlantic construction market. The opening of the new facility is Sika's response to high demand in…

CB&I and KOGAS exploring major hydrogen-storage project in South Korea

McDermott's storage business, CB&I, and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of large-scale liquid hydrogen storage to support Korea's Hydrogen Economy Roadmap. Last year, South Korea announced plans to achieve carbon…

Clariant and Lummus awarded contract for one of the world’s largest PDH units to be built in China

Fujian Meide will be building a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Fuzhou, China, using CATOFIN technology. The new unit is slated to be one of the largest PDH units in the world and will produce 900,000 metric tons…

Air Liquide inaugurates $250-million hydrogen plant near Las Vegas

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) officially opened its largest liquid hydrogen production and logistics infrastructure facility in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility aims to supply the growing needs for hydrogen mobility, but will also allow to provide hydrogen to…

ADNOC and Masdar to join bp’s U.K. hydrogen projects

ADNOC – the UAE’s largest energy company – will take a 25% stake in the design stage of bp’s blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside. This will be ADNOC’s first investment in the UK. bp and ADNOC will now advance the project,…