On the latest episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, senior editor Scott Jenkins discusses the digital transformation in the chemical process industries (CPI) with Jonathan Alexander, the manufacturing artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics manager within Albemarle Corp.'s global manufacturing…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2025 (most recent available) was higher than the previous month’s value. The current value returned to near its value from the start of the year, after a small…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2025 (most recent available) was higher than the previous month’s value. The current value returned to near its value from the start of the year, after a small…
Occidental (Oxy; Houston, Tex.; www.oxy.com) and its subsidiary 1PointFive today announced an agreement with XRG, ADNOC’s (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.adnoc.com) investment company, to evaluate a potential joint venture to develop a direct air capture (DAC) facility in South…
Rio Tinto (London, U.K.; www.riotinto.com) and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile (Codelco; Santiago, Chile; www.codelco.com) have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile.…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Bayer’s Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, Calif., has been designated the first industrial manufacturing facility in the western United States to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4 Platinum…
Infinium (Sacramento, Calif.; www.infiniumco.com), a leading producer of commercially available eFuels, announced yesterday that construction is underway on its second U.S.-based eFuels production site, known as Project Roadrunner. The project, which includes investors Brookfield Asset Management and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst,…
EEW Energy from Waste (EEW; Helmstedt, Germany; www.eew-energyfromwaste.com) and machine and plant manufacturer GEA Group AG (Duesseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) have agreed a strategic partnership for CO₂ capture. The aim of the collaboration is to test innovative processes for capturing and…
The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) released chemistry and economic trends data last week. Among the findings were a 0.6% increase in the Global Chemical Production Regional Index (Global CPRI), and a 0.1% rise in the U.S. Chemical…
The following are recently published titles that may be relevant to the chemical process industries (CPI): Microbial Biotechnology: Integrated Microbial Engineering for B3—Bioenergy, Bioremediation and Bioproducts. Edited by Maulin Shah and Kiran Bala, Elsevier Press, 2025, 400 pages, $195.50. …