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Woodland Biofuels investing $1.35 billion for RNG and green-hydrogen project in Louisiana

Woodland Biofuels Inc. (Toronto, Ont., Canada) announced a planned $1.35-billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish what is said to be the world's largest carbon-negative renewable natural-gas plant and  ultra-green hydrogen facility.  Phase 1 of this project…

Kemira and IFF complete renewable polymers plant in Finland

As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced successful completion of a market-entry-scale industrial polymer plant. The unit is capable of…

AE Elemental opens recycling facility for EV batteries in Poland

AE Elemental, a joint venture of U.S.-based Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.) and Poland-based Elemental Strategic Metals, announced the grand opening of its first commercial-scale EV battery recycling facility. Located in Zawiercie, Poland, the newly constructed facility can process 12,000 metric…

Mitsui Chemical developing chemical-recycling scheme for ophthalmic lens materials

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced the development of a new technology that chemically recycles shavings and waste lenses generated from the production and processing of the company's MR-brand ophthalmic lens materials so that they may be repurposed into MR ophthalmic…

Kemira completes capacity expansion for alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agents at Nanjing site

Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has completed a multimillion euro investment to expand the production capacity of ASA (alkenyl succinic anhydride) sizing agents at its Nanjing site in Jiangsu province in China. The scope of the investment includes a full third…

LYB secures renewable-power capacity to reach its 2030 goal

LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it signed a power purchase agreement with Eneco N.V. This agreement brings LYB’s total secured renewable electricity capacity to 100% of its renewable electricity procurement target. “Taking climate action is a key part…

North America’s first commercial-scale rare-earth metals production facility starts operation in Canada

The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) announced that its Rare Earth Processing Facility located in Saskatoon, Canada is ahead of schedule and produced rare earth metals at a commercial scale in summer 2024 – making Saskatchewan the first and only jurisdiction…

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Metso progresses commercial adoption of new cathode-manufacturing technology, launches new filtration unit for battery applications

Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) launched the Metso pCAM plant, an intelligent solution for the manufacturing of precursor cathode active material, in June 2024. The Planet Positive-certified solution, used in the production of lithium-ion batteries, has received exciting feedback from customers.…

UPM Biochemicals and Södra accelerate the commercialization of new lignin-based products

UPM Biochemicals will be among the first customers to receive kraft lignin from Södra when the forest-owner association’s plant in Mönsterås comes on stream in 2027. Södra’s new plant will be the first commercial kraft lignin production facility in Sweden…