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Lenzing invests €23.3 million in new wastewater-treatment plant in the U.K.

The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) is investing GBP 20 million (around €23.3 million) to build a new, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant at its site in Grimsby, United Kingdom. The investment is part of the company’s plans to reduce wastewater emissions…

Saipem launches green-hydrogen technology platform

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has announced the launch of SUISO, a technological solution for the production of green hydrogen, confirming its commitment to support its clients in the energy transition. The trademark has been registered with the European…

KBR secures contract for lithium concentration process from Neo Lithium Corp.

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Neo Lithium Corp. in Argentina for its Tres Quebradas Lithium Project (3Q Project). Under the terms of the contract, KBR will implement its evaporation and crystallization technology solutions…

ExxonMobil and Sabic achieve mechanical completion of Corpus Christi chemical units

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced that their joint venture, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures located near Corpus Christi, Texas, has reached mechanical completion of a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units. Project startup is expected…

TotalEnergies signs renewable-power purchase agreement with Air Liquide in Belgium

TotalEnergies (Paris), through Lampiris, its energy supply affiliate in Belgium, signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Air Liquide (Paris). TotalEnergies will supply 50 GWh per year of renewable electricity over a period of 15 years. Air Liquide will use…

PPG expanding production capacity in Ohio for overvarnish coatings

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it is currently adding capacity for the production of overvarnish coatings for beverage can exteriors, including PPG ISENSE Gloss coatings, at its Delaware, Ohio, plant. PPG expects the addition of the Delaware plant’s new volume…

Maire Tecnimont awarded €430-million contract for Repsol’s Portugal polymers expansion

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) for the realization of a Polypropylene Unit and a linear Polyethylene Unit on an EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction)Lump Sum Turn-Key basis, as part…

Lukoil begins operations at polymer-bitumen binders plant

 Lukoil (Moscow, Russia) recently celebrated the commissioning of a polymer-bitumen binders production unit at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery the city of Kstovo, Russia. By launching this unit, LUKOIL takes another step towards improving Russian motorways and implementing federal programs aimed…

Ineos Styrolution signs agreement with GER to produce ABS from post-consumer waste electronic materials

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) announced the signing of its collaboration with GER, a world-leading waste recycling enterprise based in China’s Jiangxi province, to produce high quality virgin-like Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) grades with up to 70% recycled content at commercial…

Eni signs MoU in Kenya investigating biofuels value chain

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the decarbonization process to tackle climate change through new industrial models of fully-integrated circular economy along the whole bio-fuel…