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Versalis licenses LDPE-EVA technology for gas-to-chemicals project in Uzbekistan

Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), the chemical company of Italian energy major Eni, has licensed to Enter Engineering Pte. Ltd. a Low-Density Polyethylene/Ethyl Vinyl Acetate (LDPE/EVA) swing unit to be built as part of a new Gas-to-Chemical Complex based on…

Ineos Styrolution and Polystyvert enter collaboration for polystyrene recycling

INEOS Styrolution (Frankfurt, Germany) and Polystyvert (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), an innovative leader in dissolution technology, are collaborating to convert post-consumer polystyrene plastic into a new, high quality, polystyrene (PS) raw material resin. Polystyvert uses a patented dissolution technology to process…

Lotte Chemical expands production capacity for ethylene oxide adduct

Lotte Chemical Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) expanded the production line for EOA (Ethylene Oxide Adduct), a specialty material for architecture, within its Yeosu Factory. EOA, produced based on ethylene, is an ingredient for concrete water-reducing agent that is used for…

thyssenkrupp Steel concludes first phase of trials for hydrogen into blast furnaces

thyssenkrupp Steel has successfully completed the first phase of hydrogen tests on “Blast Furnace 9” in Duisburg, Germany. In recent months, several tests on one of the 28 tuyères of this blast furnace could be conducted, while complying with corona…

Emerson appoints new CEO

Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.), a global technology and industrial software leader, announced Chief Executive Officer David N. Farr will retire on Feb. 5. Lal Karsanbhai, who has served as executive president of the company’s Automation Solutions business since 2018, will…

Acciona launches world’s first blockchain platform for tracking and verifying green hydrogen

Acciona (Madrid, Spain) has developed GreenH2chain, the world's first platform based on blockchain technology that guarantees the renewable origin of green hydrogen. This new tool will also allow clients to verify the transportation and delivery process of this type of…

Chevron Lummus Global awarded technology contract for NRL refinery expansion

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Lummus Technology,  announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for their refinery expansion project in Numaligah, Golaghat, Assam, India. CLG's scope…

Hydrogen Forward coalition formed to advance hydrogen in the U.S.

A coalition of 11 companies have partnered to form Hydrogen Forward, an initiative focused on advancing hydrogen development in the United States. The founding members – Air Liquide, Anglo American plc, Bloom Energy, CF Industries, Chart Industries, Cummins Inc., Hyundai,…

Chandra Asri partners with Total Solar DG to install solar power its Cilegon Plant

PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia) continues its partnership with Total Solar DG to build the second solar panel or photovoltaic (PV) installation in the Cilegon plant in Indonesia. The rooftop PV installation will power Chandra Asri's…

Elkem and Vow join forces to build biocarbon plant near Oslo

Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Vow ASA (Oslo, Norway)’s wholly owned subsidiary Vow Industries with the aim of reducing fossil CO2-emissions from the production of silicon and ferrosilicon products for the global market.  The…