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LyondellBasell and AFA Nord form JV focused on recycling packaging materials

 LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and AFA Nord, a leading recycler of agricultural film, have agreed to create a 50:50 joint venture (JV) that intends to recycle post commercial flexible secondary packaging waste. The joint venture company, LMF Nord…

Polystyvert constructing commercial polystyrene-recycling plant in Canada

Polystyvert Inc. (Montreal, Queb., Canada) announces the construction of its first full-scale commercial plant to produce recycled polystyrene in Greater Montreal. Representing an investment of $40 million, this plant will recycle 9,000 tons of post-consumer and post-industrial polystyrene waste annually,…

ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill to develop world’s first industrial-scale, low-temperature iron electrolysis plant

ArcelorMittal and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium) announced plans to construct the world’s first industrial-scale low temperature, iron electrolysis plant. The Volteron plant, which in a first phase will produce between 40,000 and 80,000 tons a year of iron plates, is…

Yara Clean Ammonia and Cepsa announce clean hydrogen partnership

Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA; Oslo, Norway), a Yara International ASA company, and Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain) have agreed on a strategic partnership to set up the first clean hydrogen maritime corridor between the ports of Algeciras and Rotterdam for the decarbonization…

Neste to invest in liquefied waste plastic upgrading unit at its Porvoo refinery

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. With the investment of 111 million euros, Neste will build the capacity to upgrade…

ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech announce first ethanol samples from carbon capture and utilization facility in Belgium

ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced a next step toward full operation of ArcelorMittal’s commercial flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) facility in Ghent, Belgium. The €200 million ‘Steelanol’ facility is a first of its kind for the European steel…

Evonik joins research project focused on lithium recycling

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) announces its involvement in a research project to recover high-purity lithium from recycled batteries from electric vehicles (EV). Led by ACCUREC Recycling GmbH, various partners from science and industry are working on the EarLi project…

NextChem awarded feasibility study to decarbonize steel plant in Ravenna

MAIRE S.p.A. announces that its Sustainable Technology Solutions subsidiary NextChem and Marcegaglia Group (Marcegaglia) have signed a contract for a feasibility study to accelerate the decarbonization of Marcegaglia’s steel plant in Ravenna (Emilia Romagna region, Northern Italy). The study refers…

ALPLA to construct PET recycling plant in South Africa

After opening its new headquarters in Lanseria near Johannesburg in autumn 2022, ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria) is building a new recycling plant in the South African coastal town of Ballito, north of Durban. The plant, with an output of 35,000…

TotalEnergies to double SAF production at Grandpuits site, add biomethane production unit

TotalEnergies (Paris) is stepping up production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and low carbon energies of its Grandpuits site. These investments reflect the Company’s ambition to develop low carbon energies and the circular economy, and consist of: The doubling of…