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Air Liquide joins large-scale carbon-capture project in Norway

Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Equinor and its partners Shell and Total to explore collaboration in a CO2 capture and storage project, called Northern Lights. The Northern Lights project is aimed to mature the…

Dow and SCG form partnership to promote plastics recycling in Thailand

Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand; www.scgchemicals.com) signed a collaboration agreement to develop new complete recycling solutions to add value to plastic waste and prevent them from ending up in the environment. This agreement is an…

Mexichem changes name to Orbia

Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. has unveiled its new corporate name, Orbia (www.orbia.com). Alongside the new purpose-driven corporate approach, Orbia introduces an innovative new logo concept, the ImpactMark. This reflects a year-long process to transform the company into a future-fit, human-centered…

LyondellBasell expands in China with ethylene-cracker JV

LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand in China through a Joint Venture (JV) with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora). “China is the largest, fastest growing market in the world…

Eni to install an EnergyNest thermal battery for steam production at Gela manufacturing site

EnergyNest (Billingstad, Norway; www.energy-nest.com) is supplying a full Thermal Battery system for an industrial decarbonization project located at Eni S.p.A.’s (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) production site located in Gela (Sicily), Italy. EnergyNest’s novel Thermal Battery solution can help cut CO2 and…

Veolia to provide refining technologies for new lithium hydroxide plant in Japan

Veolia Water Technologies (www.veoliawatertech.com) will provide a chemical processing plant featuring HPD evaporation and crystallization technologies designed to convert lithium carbonate into lithium hydroxide employed in the manufacturing of batteries that power electric vehicles. Driven by their joint success in…

Tata Chemicals starts up lithium-ion-battery recycling facility near Mumbai

Tata Chemicals Ltd. (TCL; Mumbai, India; www.tatachemicals.com) announced that it has successfully commenced the commercial recovery of cathode active materials from spent lithium-ion cells/batteries. This further strengthens TCL’s commitment to longterm sustainable practices supporting a circular economy around the company’s…

Praj Industries’ technology selected for the first bagasse-based biorefinery in the U.S.

Praj Industries Ltd. (Pune, India; www.praj.net) has announced a milestone in the commercialization of its ‘enfinity’ technology. ‘Enfinity’, Praj’s proprietary technology, will be deployed to produce ethanol and other c0-products using sugarcane bagasse in what will be the  first bagasse-based…

DuPont Sustainable Solutions separates from DuPont to become an independent consulting firm

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS; www.consultdss.com) announced its debut as an independent global operations management consulting firm following its separation from DuPont. The new company will provide enhanced solutions that enable clients to protect their employees and assets, improve the effectiveness of…

Ube Industries and Kyocera form JV for manufacture of ceramic filters

Kyocera Corp. (Tokyo, Japan; global.kyocera.com) and Ube Industries, Ltd. (Ube City, Japan; www.ube-ind.co.jp) announced t that the two companies have signed a joint venture (JV) agreement to manufacture ceramic filters for 5G base stations. Under the agreement, Kyocera will acquire…