Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has been awarded with an order to deliver a Texas Shredder PS for Tata Steel’s upcoming steel scrap recycling plant. The order marks the first steel-scrap shredding facility in India. Tata Steel Ltd. is one…
Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) has opened its innovative bio-refinery in Gela, Italy. The plant has a processing capacity of up to 750,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) and will be able to treat increasing quantities of used vegetable oil,…
INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany; www.ineos-styrolution.com) has disclosed the first results of the ResolVe project. This project addresses research related to chemical recycling of polystyrene. First trial runs were completed earlier this year. The ResolVe project team now has proof of…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) inaugurated a new state-of-the-art Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) at the Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) site in Bonthapally, India. The new waste water treatment plant at the zero liquid discharge (ZLD) site has the…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) and Argus announced have been awarded a contract to conduct a feasibility study on hydrogen imports and downstream applications for Singapore. The project was commissioned by the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), Strategy Group, in the…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) will increase its soda ash production capacity by 600,000 metric tons (m.t.) at its Trona-based Green River site in Wyoming, the United States, to meet long-term global demand growth in various applications. Solvay will also…
Cabot Corp. (Boston, Mass;. www.cabot-corp.com) announced the grand opening of its newest fumed-silica manufacturing facility, located in Wuhai, Inner Mongolia, China. The state-of-the-art manufacturing site adds approximately 8,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of fumed-silica capacity to Cabot’s global network…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) and LG Chem have concluded a multi-year strategic supply agreement for NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt) cathode materials to serve LG Chem’s needs out of Umicore plants in Poland, Korea and China. The supply agreement takes…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced the startup of its fifth production line at its Knapsack, Germany site, making Knapsack the world’s largest polypropylene (PP) compounding facility. The new total annual production capacity for the site is more than 200,000…
Global engineering and technology company Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) announced yesterday that it has established a dedicated organization focused on digital transformation technologies and programs. The new Digital Transformation business – announced at the annual Emerson Global Users Exchange…