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Evonik opens first zero-liquid-discharge catalyst plant in India

  Evonik Catalysts (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has opened a new Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) plant at its facility in Dombivli, India. The new plant reduces the amount of fresh water required for production processes and turns material that was previously…

Técnicas Reunidas awarded contract for Ineos’ new ethylene plant in Antwerp

 INEOS (London) has awarded Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) a contract for the project management, engineering, procurement and construction management and supervision services for a world-scale ethylene plant in Europe.  The facility, to be built in the Belgian port…

ArcelorMittal tests partial replacement of natural gas with green hydrogen for DRI production

ArcelorMittal has successfully tested the use of green hydrogen in the production of direct reduced iron (DRI) at its steel plant in Contrecoeur, Quebec. ArcelorMittal’s ambition is to lead the decarbonization of the steel industry and this test is an…

LyondellBasell licenses high-pressure polyethylene technology to Jiangsu Hongjing New Material Co. Ltd.

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Jiangsu Hongjing New Material Co. Ltd. will use its Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene technology at a new facility. The process technology will be used for two 200 kiloton per year (KTA) vinyl…

Ineos launches hydrogen-fuel network trial at Grangemouth

Ineos (London) announced its participation in a project with pipeline-network management firm SGN to bring hydrogen distribution networks a step closer to reality in the U.K. Hydrogen supplied from the Grangemouth site in Scotland to the SGN project will help…

Mitsui and CF Industries announce plans for new blue ammonia capacity in the U.S.

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), one of the leading ammonia marketers in the world, and CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), the world’s largest producer of ammonia, today announced their intention to jointly develop a greenfield ammonia production facility in…

Gasunie and Vopak will jointly develop open-access hydrogen import terminal infrastructure

N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie (Gasunie; Groningen) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)  announced that they have entered into a cooperation agreement. The aim is to jointly develop future terminal infrastructure projects that will facilitate the necessary imports of hydrogen into Northwest…

Danimer Scientific and Kemira partner to commercialize fully bio-based barrier coatings

Danimer Scientific, Inc. (Bainbridge, Ga.) and Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced a multi-year license and supply agreement, exclusive in Kemira’s core markets, to commercialize bio-based barrier coatings for paper and board products. The companies will introduce the newly developed coatings…

Chevron, Talos and Carbonvert propose expansion of Bayou Bend CCS project

Chevron U.S.A., Inc., through its Chevron New Energies division, Talos Energy Inc., through its Talos Low Carbon Solutions division, and Carbonvert, Inc. announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for an expanded joint venture to develop the Bayou Bend CCS offshore…

Alfa Laval acquires RenCat ammonia-to-hydrogen technology

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has acquired patented technology from the Danish company RenCat to reform hydrogen from ammonia. This technology, in combination with Alfa Laval's heat transfer expertise, will increase the business opportunities within the growing market for hydrogen…