The preliminary value for the February 2022 CE Plant Cost Index (the most recent available) was higher than the previous month, continuing the steep monthly increases observed throughout 2021. The upward trend has been driven largely by equipment costs —…
Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan) and INCJ, Ltd. announced the completion of a waste-to-ethanol demonstration plant in Kuji City, Iwate, Japan. This plant represents a significant opportunity for creating sustainable feedstocks used in the manufacture of other products from waste…
JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have received notice that their grant application, under the Green Innovation Fund program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), to conduct a project to develop a…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) is undertaking early front-end engineering design studies (pre-FEED) to determine the potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from multiple industries in the Gippsland Basin. The South East Australia carbon capture and…
TotalEnergies (Paris) and ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced a collaboration to jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in ENEOS Negishi Refinery in Yokohama city, Japan. The companies have already started to conduct…
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (ADM; Chicago) will invest approximately $300 million to significantly expand its Decatur, Illinois, alternative protein production, as the company continues to add capacity to meet strong demand growth. ADM will further enhance its alternative protein capabilities by opening…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it is expanding its La Porte, Texas, facility, effectively doubling the facility’s merchant liquid production capacity. Starting up in 2024, the increased capacity will help Linde to meet growing demand from the petrochemicals, clean…
Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone), a global leader in tires and sustainable mobility solutions, today announced an exclusive partnership with Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) company, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech) to address end-of-life tire waste. The two companies will co-develop the first…
Viva Energy Group Ltd. has agreed to acquire LyondellBasell Australia (LBA), a Geelong-based national polymer manufacturer and distributor which has its production facility located inside the footprint of Geelong Refinery. This will be a key step in the development of…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) has joined Concrete Chemicals project, an innovative consortium of Sasol’s new business unit Sasol ecoFT, global cement producer Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) and German renewable energy company ENERTRAG. The international consortium sets course…