Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed a contract to deliver a complete package of key process equipment for a greenfield zinc plant in Verkhny Ufaley in the Chelyabinsk region in Russia. The contract value of approximately EUR 100 million…
Neste (Espoo, Finland; www.neste.com) announced that it successfully processed 400 tons of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this fall, an amount corresponding to the annual amount of plastic waste generated by 20,000 average European citizens. This was…
One of the leading retailers in the U.K., ASDA, has contracted Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) to install and operate six biomethane (BioNGV) distribution stations to refuel trucks on its sites. Alongside other investments to increase Air Liquide’s production and…
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) announced that it has optioned the right to purchase approximately 239 acres of land near Lake Preston, SD, and has met the initial milestone to secure control of a site by the end of this year…
Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo), Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC) and Itochu Corp. agreed on a joint feasibility study related to the development of the blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia and Japan.…
Equinor Energy AS (Stavanger, Norway) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a low-carbon technology collaboration. The non-exclusive cooperation agreement will see both companies develop and use technology to reduce…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced plans to establish a new pilot facility for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP). The facility will be located in Fukui Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2021. MCC has…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has begun exploring a possible combination of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology that converts propane gas into propylene, with another technology that efficiently synthesizes methanol, using hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2), by-products from PDH. This…
Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China’s leading energy and chemical company, have closed the deal to set up a joint venture (JV) at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex after obtaining all the necessary approvals from…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has begun a process of decarbonizing the cyclopentanone unit of its Melle plant in France. Through an agreement with an agricultural cooperative for the next fifteen years, the entire cyclopentanone production already relies solely on biomethane gas, a…