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Shell completes sale of Deer Park refinery to partner Pemex

Shell Oil Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has completed the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Company and P.M.I. Norteamerica, S.A. De C.V. (a subsidiary of…

Asahi Kasei to produce acrylonitrile using biomass-derived raw material

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) announced that, Tongsuh Petrochemical Corp., Ltd. (TSPC), a wholly owned subsidiary in South Korea, acquired ISCC PLUS certification for its acrylonitrile (AN) as a sustainable product, and production of AN using biomass-derived propylene is scheduled…

ExxonMobil and Sabic start up world-scale Gulf Coast Growth Ventures manufacturing site

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced the successful startup of Gulf Coast Growth Ventures world-scale manufacturing facility in San Patricio County, Texas. The new facility will produce materials used in packaging, agricultural film, construction materials, clothing,…

Johnson Matthey and EMR join forces to develop battery-recycling value chain in the U.K.

Johnson Matthey plc (London) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with European Metal Recycling (EMR), one of the world’s largest material recyclers and a leading recycler of end-of-life vehicles, to develop an efficient value chain in the U.K. for recycling…

Dow joins Cyclyx recycling consortium

Cyclyx International, LLC a consortium-based plastic feedstock management company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic from 10% to 90%, has announced that Dow (Midland, Mich.) has joined the Cyclyx consortium. As a leading materials science company,…

DuPont completes expansion of electronics materials site in Ohio

DuPont Interconnect Solutions, a business within DuPont’s Electronics & Industrial segment, announced it has completed the expansion project at its Circleville, Ohio manufacturing site. The $250 million investment expands production of Kapton polyimide film and Pyralux flexible circuit materials, ensuring…

Repsol announces launch of SHYNE, the Spanish Hydrogen Network

The SHYNE (Spanish Hydrogen Network) project, the largest renewable hydrogen consortium in Spain, made up of 33 entities from different sectors, was presented today at Campus Repsol, the headquarters of Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain). It brings together 22 companies and…

Covestro takes full ownership of Japan Fine Coatings JV

Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) is now the sole owner of Japan Fine Coatings Co., Ltd. (JFC), previously managed as a joint venture (JV) with JSR Corporation (JSR). JFC is one of the leading suppliers of optical fiber coatings based in…

Phillips 66, Novonix to advance production of lithium-ion batteries in North America

Phillips 66 (Houston) and Novonix Ltd. announced they have signed a technology development agreement to advance the production and commercialization of next-generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. “This agreement builds on our strategic investment in NOVONIX and is a natural…

Air Liquide to build new ASU in Uttar Pradesh

Air Liquide will invest around 350 Crores Rupees (40 million euros) in a new Air Separation Unit (ASU) dedicated to Industrial Merchant activities in Kosi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India. This unit will have a production capacity…