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DuPont and Vulcan Energy announce collaboration to demonstrate carbon-neutral lithium extraction
DuPont Water Solutions (Wilmington, Del.) announced a collaboration with Vulcan Energy Resources (Perth, Australia), a lithium and renewable energy project developer, to test and scale up Direct Lithium Extraction solutions for Vulcan’s world-first Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. As the…
ADNOC Refining begins production of spirit and solvent specialty products
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), announced that it has added White Spirit and Solvents to its refined products portfolio. This allows ADNOC to capture more value from Abu Dhabi’s natural resources, producing products that can be used by…
2020 CEPCI Updates: December (prelim.) and November (final)
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for December 2020 (the most recent available) shows a pronounced increase from the previous month’s value. The current increase is the third consecutive monthly increase, although the November value was…
Enel Green Power to install 20-MW electrolyzer at Saras Group refinery in Sardinia
Enel Green Power (Rome, Italy) and Saras Group (Cagliari, Italy) signed a memorandum of intent to develop a green hydrogen project in Sardinia. The solution being studied involves using a 20-MW electrolyzer powered by renewable energy produced onsite to provide…
Air Liquide sells Greece-based assets to SOL Group
Air Liquide SA (Paris, France) announced the sale of its entities in Greece to Italian multinational corporation SOL Group. This transaction includes Air Liquide Hellas (ALH) and Vitalaire Hellas entities. As part of the divestiture, the existing assets of Air…
Teijin to build new composite compression molding line in Czech Republic
Teijin Ltd. (Toyko) will install a composite compression molding line at Benet Automotive s.r.o, the company’s automotive composites business in Milovice, Czech Republic. Teijin will invest some EUR 10 million in the new glass-fiber sheet molding compound (GF-SMC) line, which…
Ingevity increases capacity at activated-carbon plant in Zhuhai, China
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) has expanded its activated carbon production capacity following significant debottlenecking and equipment upgrades completed and verified in late December at its facility in Zhuhai, China. The plant upgrades have effectively increased its capacity by an…
Encina and Flint Hills Resources partner on potential production of waste-plastic-based fuels and chemicals
Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.encina.com.) announced the signing of a non-binding term sheet with Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.; www.fhr.com) to produce renewable chemicals and renewable fuels from waste plastic. The term sheet contemplates that the…
3M proposes $1 billion in investments toward reaching sustainability goals
3M (St. Paul, Minn.) announced it expects to invest approximately $1 billion over the next 20 years to accelerate new environmental goals: achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, reduce water use by 25% at its facilities, and return higher quality water…
Mitsubishi Chemical to consolidate water-treatment membrane operations
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it will transfer to its own operations and consolidate its membrane-related technology development and sales currently undertaken by its subsidiary Mitsubishi Chemical Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. (MCAS) effective April 1, 2021. The aim…