Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) announced that the Guerbet alcohol unit at the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) achieved beneficial operations on 19 June 2020. This follows three days after achieving beneficial operations on the Ziegler alcohol unit, bringing the…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is pleased to announce that China’s Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group has successfully started up the 6,600 metric ton per day (m.t./d) methanol plant at their 600,000-m.t./yr coal-to-olefins (CTO) complex near Yinchuan in Ningxia Province, China…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) announced the opening of its new 8,200 square-meter colloidal silica plant at its European flagship manufacturing and R&D center in Worms, Germany. The facility doubles the worldwide production capacity of Ludox, Grace’s leading…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a sizeable Pre Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) contract from 8 Rivers Capital for their NET Power UK project with the U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The project…
Europe’s Fuel Cell and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking has announced the 11 regional projects that will receive funds for Project Development Assistance (PDA). Project plans include deployment of hydrogen production from wind and solar power and as an industrial by-product.…
ReCarbon, Inc., (Santa Clara, Calif.), the developer of the patented Plasma Carbon Conversion Unit (PCCU), a greenhouse gas utilization technology, announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading Australian bioenergy developer, Utilitas Group towards building biogas-to-hydrogen plants across…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, was awarded a 5-year maintenance contract by Delamine B.V, a manufacturer of ethylene amines in the Netherlands. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the second quarter…
Solvay Peroxides Vietnam, a global business unit of Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium), started production at its new hydrogen peroxide dilution and packing plant at Phuc Long Industrial Zone in Long An Province, Vietnam. This facility is designed to reach 24,000…
Tokuyama Corp. (Tokyo) and Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota) have commenced verification tests, using by- product hydrogen, of a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) installed in the Mirai Fuel Cell…
Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo) plans to expand its production capacity for bromine for use in flame retardants, fungicides, medicines, and agrochemicals at its Nanyo Complex in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tosoh is Japan’s largest manufacturer of bromine, which the company sells…