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LG Chem and Veolia R&E partner to produce ABS resin from recycled materials

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Veolia R&E are collaborating on the production of transparent Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), a high value-added synthetic resin, using a chemically recycled raw material. LG Chem announced that it had signed a Strategic…

Mitsubishi Power, Toyo, JERA and Itochu collaborating to commercialize SAF production technology

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, is embarking on a project to develop a commercial-scale supply chain for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) derived by wood biomass gasification integrated with Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis technology. The project will…

Repsol produces Spain’s first aviation biofuel from waste feedstock

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has successfully completed the manufacture of the first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF; biojet) produced from waste on the Spanish market at its Petronor Industrial Complex in Bilbao. This is a significant milestone in the…

Energy-storage specialist Malta Inc. adds Chevron Technology Ventures as an investor

Malta Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), a pioneer in long-duration energy storage, announced that Chevron Technology Ventures and Piva Capital have joined Proman, Alfa Laval, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Dustin Moskovitz in its oversubscribed Series B financing, increasing the round to over…

Casale to provide hydrolyzer technology to reduce emissions at two melamine plants

Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) was awarded a new contract by a major European producer for a new hydrolyzer unit meant to treat the waters coming from two melamine plants. The hydrolyzer will be designed to comply with new legislation, which…

2021 CEPCI Updates: June (prelim.) and May (final)

Although the final May value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top) was revised slightly lower than its original number, the preliminary value for the June 2021 CEPCI (the most recent available) is once again higher than the previous…

ExxonMobil affiliate Imperial Oil constructing renewable-diesel refinery in Edmonton

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that its majority-owned affiliate, Imperial Oil Ltd., is moving forward with plans to produce renewable diesel at a new complex at its Strathcona refinery in Edmonton, Canada. When construction is complete, the refinery is expected…

Invista to double nylon 6,6 polymer production in Shanghai

Invista (Wichita, Kan.) has announced that Invista Nylon Chemicals (China) Co. plans to double its current nylon 6,6 polymer production at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) and signed a memorandum of cooperation with SCIP at a ceremony today. Following a…

Velocys technology selected by Toyo for sustainable-fuels project

Velocys plc (Harwell, U.K.) is pleased to announce its Fischer Tropsch (FT) technology has been selected for an e-fuels project by Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Tokyo) and its consortium of six leading Japanese companies. E-fuels are a promising set of…

Johnson Matthey working with OnTo Technology to scale up battery recycling

Johnson Matthey plc (London, U.K.) has entered into an agreement with OnTo Technology, a developer of advanced battery recycling solutions, to scale up OnTo’s patented process for the direct recycling of lithium-ion battery scrap. The partners will collaborate with the…