Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA; Oslo, Norway), a Yara International ASA company, and Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) have agreed on a strategic partnership to set up the first clean hydrogen maritime corridor between the ports of Algeciras and Rotterdam for the decarbonization…
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. With the investment of 111 million euros, Neste will build the capacity to upgrade…
ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced a next step toward full operation of ArcelorMittal’s commercial flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) facility in Ghent, Belgium. The €200 million ‘Steelanol’ facility is a first of its kind for the European steel…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announces its involvement in a research project to recover high-purity lithium from recycled batteries from electric vehicles (EV). Led by ACCUREC Recycling GmbH, various partners from science and industry are working on the EarLi project…
Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) has reached the final investment decision (FID) to fully acquire the 113,000-ton/yr Maleic Anhydride (MAn) plant located in Gebeng, Kuantan, Malaysia from BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn. Bhd. (BPC). The plant will broaden…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Building Products of Canada Corp. (“Building Products of Canada”), a privately owned manufacturer of residential roofing shingles and wood fiber insulation panels in…
MAIRE S.p.A. announces that its Sustainable Technology Solutions subsidiary NextChem and Marcegaglia Group (Marcegaglia) have signed a contract for a feasibility study to accelerate the decarbonization of Marcegaglia’s steel plant in Ravenna (Emilia Romagna region, Northern Italy). The study refers…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) is investing in the construction of a world class microbiology lab at its site in Lyon, France. Expected to be operational by late 2024, the lab will enable the Group to better respond to customer needs…
After opening its new headquarters in Lanseria near Johannesburg in autumn 2022, ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is building a new recycling plant in the South African coastal town of Ballito, north of Durban. The plant, with an output of 35,000…
MAIRE S.p.A. announces that a consortium composed by its Integrated E&C Solutions (IE&CS) subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A and Orascom Construction S.A.E. has been awarded a Lump Sum Turn-Key Engineering Procurement and Construction contract for a Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate plant…