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Invista licensing N2O abatement technology for adipic acid plants in China
Invista (Wichita, Kan.) is licensing its nitrous oxide (N2O) abatement technology at three adipic acid production facilities in China; those licenses will help companies in the automotive industry achieve material supply chain emissions reductions. Abatement of the N2O emitted in…
Ineos acquires Eramet Titanium & Iron for $245 million
INEOS Enterprises Ltd. (London) has announced the acquisition of Eramet Titanium & Iron (ETI) from Eramet Group (Paris, France) for $245 million. The deal which takes immediate effect, was completed today following the satisfaction of regulatory approvals. ETI consists of…
Técnicas Reunidas to begin first phase of work on green hydrogen and ammonia facilities in Australia
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) and Allied Green Ammonia Pty. Ltd. have agreed to commence the first phases of a Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia production facilities at Northern Territory, Australia. The Basic Engineering Design (BED) and Front-End Engineering…
Danimer Scientific and Chevron Phillips Chemical expand collaboration related to PHA polymers
Bioplastics developer Danimer Scientific, Inc. (Bainbridge, Ga.) announced it is expanding its collaboration with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to explore development and commercialization of cast extrusion films, blown extrusion films, injection molded parts and rotational molded parts…
Li-Cycle and Glencore accelerate plans for European battery-recycling hub
Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (Toronto, Ont., Canada), a leading global lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, and Glencore International AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore plc (London), a leading producer, recycler, and marketer of nickel and cobalt which is required for the…
BASF secures supply of bio-based BDO from Cargill-Helm JV
BASF SE (Lugwigshafen, Germany) is obtaining long-term access to QIRA bio-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO) from Qore LLC (Qore), a joint venture of Cargill and HELM AG. BASF and Qore have concluded an agreement to this effect. Qore will produce the bio-based…
TotalEnergies to construct new plastics recycling unit at Grandpuits site
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) has announced the building of a new mechanical recycling unit for plastic waste at its Grandpuits site southeast of Paris. This new investment follows those announced in June 2023 — the doubling of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)…
Toray and Honda jointly validating chemical recycling of nylon 6
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) signed an agreement with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., to jointly develop a chemical recycling technology for glass-fiber reinforced nylon 6 parts recovered from end-of-life vehicles. The two have begun verifying this technology, which entails depolymerizing with…
Mitsubishi Power launches production at Takasago Hydrogen Park
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has announced that Takasago Hydrogen Park, the world's first integrated hydrogen validation facility, has entered full-scale operation. The park is located at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in Hyogo…
LanzaJet and Technip Energies strengthen collaboration supporting SAF projects
LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, and Technip Energies (Paris) announced an agreement to strengthen their exclusive collaboration to support the global deployment of the LanzaJet Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) Process technology. LanzaJet will continue to integrate…