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. …
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Tokyo, Japan; www.yokogawa.com) announces that it has finalized an agreement to acquire Singapore-based Web Synergies (www.websynergies.com), a leading provider of IT and integrated IT and operational technology (OT) solutions. For more than a decade, the two companies…
Lhyfe (Nantes, France; www.lhyfe.com), a world pioneer in the production of green and renewable hydrogen for mobility and industry, announces that the French Prime Minister has officially confirmed, by signature, a €149 million grant for its future green hydrogen production…
KBR (Houston, Tex.; www.kbr.com) is proud to partner with Neptune Energy (London, U.K.; www.neptuneenergy.de) to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate (Li₂CO₃) from gas field brine at the Altmark site in Germany, utilizing KBR’s proprietary PureLi® refining and conversion technology. Li2CO3 is…
Syensqo, a leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have signed a Strategic Partnership Framework Agreement to foster collaboration in advanced materials and specialty chemicals. The partnership is set to explore business development opportunities and…