Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) has signed agreements to will move forward with its design, engineering and permitting plans to expand lithium-conversion capacity at build the Yangtze River International Chemical Industrial Park in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone (Jiangsu province), and…
Technip Energies (Paris) and TÜV Rheinland have signed a strategic alliance to offer Project Management Consulting Services to clients in the infrastructure, energy, chemicals and mining & metals industries. The 5-year alliance will leverage the two companies’ strengths as world…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) initiated the process for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts as part of its plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its LaBarge, Wyoming facility. The expansion project will capture up to 1 million…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) will test the world’s first carbon capture pilot for silicon smelters at its plant in Rana, Norway. The project has received financial support from Gassnova CLIMIT and is a follow-up to the company’s recently launched climate roadmap…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) and Ravago aim to establish a joint venture to build an industrial facility for chemical recycling in North Sea Port in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The facility is intended to be the starting point of joint global…
Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI), the former chemicals arm of Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland), has rebranded the company as Arxada. The new name follows the Company’s launch as an independent business in July 2021, after the completion of the sale of…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced that it has increased to 100% its total stake in H2V Normandy, of which it previously held 40%. Renamed Air Liquide Normand’Hy, this company aims to build a large-scale electrolyzer of at least 200 MW for…
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced that its core base for polyester fiber manufacturing, Teijin Polyester (Thailand) Limited (TPL), will launch a facility to convert used domestically-produced plastic bottles into recycled polyester chips…
Carbon Recycling International (CRI; Reykjavík, Iceland) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) have agreed on a long term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCO methanol catalysts in CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL) designed CO2 to methanol plants. This…
Lummus Technology (Houston), and its catalysts partner, Clariant Catalyts, announced another major contract award in India that will expand their global share of the PDH market. GAIL (India) Limited has selected Lummus Technology's CATOFIN process and Clariant's tailor-made catalysts for…