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Kuraray to expand EVOH production capacities in the U.S. and Europe
Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) has announced a planned increase of its globally in-demand ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH resin; Kuraray trademark: EVAL) production capacity in its bases of operation in the United States and Europe. A total of 5,000 metric tons per…
Ineos and Sinopec complete formation of petrochemicals JV
INEOS (London) has today completed the formation of a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Sinopec for the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, announced in December 2022, which is currently under construction by SINOPEC and expected to be on-stream by April 2024.…
Metso awarded detailed engineering contract by Rio Tinto for BioIron process
Rio Tinto (London) has awarded Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) a detailed design and engineering contract for their continuous pilot plant (CPP) for the BioIron process for low-carbon ironmaking. The contract is an extension of the work that Rio Tinto and…
Thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded feasibility study for power-to-ammonia project in Australia
Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has been engaged by Australian renewable-energy firm Ark Energy Corp. Pty. Ltd. on behalf of the Han-Ho H2 Consortium to deliver a Feasibility Study to support the development of the Han-Ho H2 Hub Project. The…
Axens technology selected by Shandong Haike for new SAF facility in China
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has announced that Shandong Haike Chemical Co. Ltd, a Chinese refining and petrochemical company, has selected Axens’ Vegan technology to produce low carbon, cost competitive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by retrofitting its existing assets. Vegan technology is…
Honeywell and ZoneFlow complete steam-reforming pilot project in Belgium
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies, LLC (ZFRT; Windsor, Conn.) announced that they successfully conducted pilot plant testing of the ZoneFlow Reactor in ZFRT’s large-scale pilot plant at Université Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The near-commercial-level…
Evonik expands rubber silanes production in China
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has expanded and started production at its rubber silanes plant, Evonik Lanxing (Rizhao) Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. This state-of-the-art facility, a joint venture between Evonik Industries AG, DEG (Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH), and Rizhao Lanxing…
Wood to provide FEED studies for extensive low-carbon pipeline network in North America
Wood plc (Aberdeen, Scotland) is delivering concept and front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies for nearly 2,000 miles of onshore low-carbon pipelines in North America. Wood’s experts have designed five of the longest pipelines in the U.S. to date and…
Fluor awarded FEED contract for LanzaTech’s SAF facilities in Wales
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has been awarded a contract by LanzaTech UK Limited to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) first planned commercial sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facilities in…
Evonik to supply catalyst for new Röhm MMA plant
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany;) has signed an agreement to scale up and produce custom catalyst for Röhm GmbH’s (Darmstadt, Germany) new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, which is due to be opened in 2024. “This…