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Albemarle to build two new lithium-conversion plants in China

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…

TÜV Rheinland and Technip Energies form management and consulting alliance

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 announces plan to expand carbon-capture capacity in Wyoming

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 to test the world’s first carbon-capture pilot for smelters

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 and Ravago to form chemical recycling joint venture

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 rebrands as Arxada

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 acquires full ownership of H2V Normandy 200-MW electrolyzer project

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 to convert plastic bottles into polyester at new recycling site in Thailand

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 and Johnson Matthey collaborate on CO2-to-methanol projects

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…

Clariant and Lummus win PDH technology contract from GAIL

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…