The production processes of the most important basic chemicals are responsible for around 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the chemical industry. BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) experts are working intensely on new technologies to substantially reduce emissions in…
Pöyry Oyj (Helsinki, Finland; www.poyry.com) has developed a PlasticsToBio concept and initiative to address the global plastics problem, providing an affordable and economically viable concept to decouple plastics from fossil based materials and turn all plastics bio-based. The concept looks…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium; www.umicore.com) has reached an agreement to acquire Freeport Cobalt’s cobalt-refining and cathode-precursor activities in Kokkola, Finland, for a total consideration of $150 million on a debt and cash free basis, plus the value of the working…
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS; Yokohama, Japan; www.mhps.com) has received a contract from Elektrárna Dětmarovice a.s. a member of ČEZ Group in the Czech Republic for the full-scale renovation of the fluegas desulfurization (FGD) system at the Dětmarovice Power…
Bilfinger SE (Mannheim, Germany www.bilfinger.com) has been chosen as maintenance partner for a €60-million contract by SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd. to carry out a range of services across facilities on its Teesside site. The services will include mechanical, electrical and…
Advisian Digital (Aberdeen, U.K.; www.advisian.com) has partnered with USA DeBusk (Deer Park, Tex.; https://usadebusk.com) to achieve the first CAROL (Catalyst Removal Amphirol) launch in the U.S., for catalyst unloading from fixed-bed petroleum-refinery and petrochemical vessels Developed in 2017, this innovative…
In the course of ongoing digitalization, the construction of large-scale plants is facing significant market changes, for which companies have to prepare intensively. This is the core result of a new, broad- based benchmark study by the VDMA e.V's (Frankfurt…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. These will be the first production plants to come…
Recently, Mexican steel producer Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (AHMSA) issued the Final Acceptance Certificate (FAC) for a twin Ruhrstahl Heraeus (RH) vacuum degassing plant supplied by Primetals Technologies, Ltd. (London, U.K.; www.primetals.com). The 150-ton RH plant was…
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has opened a new service center in Brisbane, Australia, on May 14th, 2019. The new facility is ideally located to support thyssenkrupp’s customer base on the East Coast of Australia as well as…