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Topsoe and Sasol selected to deliver e-fuels technology for demonstration plant in Germany

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and  Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) have been selected to deliver technologies for German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) SAF production demonstration plant. Sasol and Topsoe will deliver their G2L (Gas to Liquid) e-fuels technology, integrating Topsoe’s innovative…

LG Chem and Acies Bio to partner on sustainable chemical feedstock development

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and Acies Bio (Ljubljana, Slovenia) announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop sustainable solutions for commercial biomanufacturing. This initiative centers on Acies Bio's OneCarbonBio platform, an advanced synthetic biology platform designed to upcycle one-carbon…

Fluor awarded FEED contract for CCS project at Heidelberg Materials facility in Germany

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that it has signed a Front-end Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Heidelberg Materials AG (Heidelberg, Germany) for its GeZero project to integrate an industrial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) solution into its cement production…

Fujifilm to expand production capacity for CMP slurries

Fujifilm Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it will enhance its production capacity of CMP slurries, which are advanced semiconductor materials, at its production site located in Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. This expansion aims to support the increasing demand for semiconductor…

Ineos sells composites business for €1.7 billion

INEOS Enterprises Ltd. (London) has entered into an agreement for the sale of the INEOS Composites business to KPS Capital Partners, LP (KPS) for an estimated consideration of around €1.7 billion at completion. The business has combined sales of more…

ABB completes acquisition of Aurora Motors

ABB Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced today it has completed the acquisition of Aurora Motors. The transaction was originally announced on November 4, 2024, and financial terms were not disclosed. Aurora Motors is a $4 million U.S. vertical pump motors…

First-of-a-kind hydrogen project employs thermal-plasma electrolysis in cement production

Cemex Ventures, Cemex’s corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit, announced an initial clean-hydrogen deployment at industrial scale with HiiROC (Hull, U.K.) at its Rugby cement plant in the U.K. Hydrogen has emerged as a low-carbon energy source within…

CSIRO solid-oxide electrolyzer pilot demonstrates efficiency and durability at Bluescope Steel Plant

CSIRO (Melbourne), Australia’s national science agency, has successfully trialled its game-changing hydrogen production technology at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks in New South Wales, demonstrating affordable and renewable hydrogen can be generated at scale to help decarbonize heavy industry.   CSIRO’s tubular…

Pilbara Minerals and POSCO complete construction of South Korea’s first lithium hydroxide plant

Pilbara Minerals (West Perth, Australia) and POSCO Holdings (Pohang-si, South Korea) recently held a ceremony marking the completion of construction of Train 2 of the joint Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate Chemical Facility (Facility), which comprises Train 1 and Train 2, was…

Elkem secures €1.8 million grant to explore CO2-free silicon production

Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway) has secured €1.8 million in funding from the European Union for the groundbreaking Elkem Sicalo (Silicon production with carbon looping) project, which aims to eliminate all CO2 emissions from silicon production. Elkem, SINTEF and NORCE are…