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A mobile conveying system for explosive environments
The ATEX-certified Inert Explosion-proof (INEX) pneumatic vacuum-conveying system (photo) features an optional mobility package. Setting the entire conveying system on a self-contained, rolling platform, the mobile INEX system enables processors to safely convey dry and wet powders in hazardous environments…
Nigeria’s BUA Refinery awards polypropylene contract to Lummus
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by BUA Refinery, a subsidiary of Nigeria's BUA Group, at their grassroots refinery in Nigeria. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a polypropylene unit…
Eastman acquires nutrition-additives manufacturer in Spain
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced that it has acquired 3F Feed & Food, a European leader specializing in the technical and commercial development of additives for animal feed and human food. Located in Spain, 3F's business and assets are…
SK Innovation and Kia Motors to establish recycling ecosystem for EV batteries
Kia Motors and SK Innovation (both Seoul, South Korea) announced that they had secured the possibility of building an industrial ecosystem that enables eco-friendly handling of EV batteries and technological basis thereof by re-collecting metals such as lithium from used…
Aker Solutions wins FEED contract for carbon-neutral fuels plant in Norway
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has signed a contract with Nordic Blue Crude (NBC) for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new e-Fuel facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn, Norway. The e-Fuel plant is planned to produce CO2-neutral fuel by…
Trinseo and ETB to collaborate on development of bio-based 1,3 butadiene
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) and ETB Global B.V. (ETB) have signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of purified bio-based 1,3-butadiene. This will see the two companies combine their respective technology and process expertise to accelerate the development…
Repsol joins Enerkem and Agbar to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in Tarragona
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced that it will join the Ecoplanta project, together with Enerkem (Montréal, Québec, Canada) and Grupo Agbar (Barcelona, Spain), to build a waste-to-chemicals plant in Tarragona, Spain. Under the joint venture Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions, the…
Johnson Matthey and Stena collaborate on battery-recycling value chain
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Stena Recycling Group, a leading recycler of industrial waste and end of life products, to develop an efficient value chain in Europe for recycling of lithium ion batteries…
LyondellBasell licenses Lupotech PE technology to Shandong Yulong Petrochemical
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use the LyondellBasell Lupotech T high-pressure polyethylene (PE) technology in two separate production lines at a new facility. The process technology will be used for a…
Ingevity partners with GreenGas on development of biogas-capture systems
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has announced a strategic partnership with and investment in GreenGasUSA Holdings, LLC (GreenGas), an integrated renewable natural gas (RNG) solutions provider helping customers reduce their environmental impact. Charleston, South Carolina-based GreenGas contracts with agricultural farms,…