Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced plans to bolster the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production capacity of affiliate Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (Seoul, South Korea). The production capacity of the site in Yeosu, Jeonnam, South Korea, will be increased by 200,000…
Phillips 66 (Houston) is securing feedstock for the company's growing portfolio of renewable fuels projects by investing in a new soybean-processing plant in Iowa. The company also recently announced a memorandum of understanding with Southwest Airlines to advance the commercialization…
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and CEO Paul Schubert of Strategic Biofuels LLC announced that the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Louisiana Green Fuels, plans to develop a renewable diesel plant near the Caldwell Parish seat of Columbia, Louisiana. Situated on…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced that a consortium composed of its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and Mumbai-based Tecnimont Private Limited has been awarded an EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) Lump-Sum contract by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), for the implementation of a new…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) and Anglo American, through its Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) business Anglo American Platinum, announced a research and development collaboration agreement to develop PGM-based catalysts for liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) applications on fuel cell electric vehicles…
Honeywell International, Inc. announced that Italy’s largest energy company, Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), is producing renewable fuels at its refinery in Gela, Italy, using the Ecofining technology jointly developed by Eni and UOP (Des Plaines, Ill.). The production of biofuels…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and IBM Japan, Ltd. (Tokyo) announced plans to start working together on a resource circulation platform that utilizes blockchain technology. The aim through this is to ensure the traceability of materials – a hurdle to clear…
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) announced the construction of a new small molecule manufacturing complex at its Visp, Switzerland site. The new manufacturing complex will occupy an overall footprint of approximately 2,000 m2 with six levels of manufacturing space. The complex…
Aemetis, Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France) Vegan Renewable Hydroprocessing technology for its “Carbon Zero 1” production plant in Riverbank, California. The Axens scope will include technology license, basic engineering, catalyst supply, and proprietary equipment for the conversion…
OMNI Conversion Technologies Inc. (OMNI CT; Ottawa, Ont., Canada) announced the first sale of its novel waste-to-hydrogen technology product. The Larsen and Lam Climate Initiative, a foundation backed by philanthropists Chris Larsen and Lyna Lam, has committed $35 million to…