Japan's largest power company JERA Co., Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung C&T Corp. (Seoul, South Korea), a leading global trading and investment company, to explore strategic collaboration aimed at strengthening the resilience…
Elessent Clean Technologies (St. Louis, Missouri) has announced the successful commissioning of its BELCO® integrated gas cleaning system at the TotalEnergies SE (Antwerp, Belgium) refinery. The new SOx scrubber entered operation on December 8 and is already significantly reducing sulfur…
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan) will expand production capacity for semiconductor encapsulation materials at Sumitomo Bakelite (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. by adding new production lines for epoxy-molding compounds for semiconductor encapsulation to meet the growing demand for semiconductors in…
Nova Minerals Corp (Caulfield, Victoria, Australia) has announced the completion of engineering and design for its Estelle antimony pilot processing plant in Alaska. Engineering and design covers the Whiskey Bravo front-end processing site, Port MacKenzie beneficiation plant, Port MacKenzie refinery,…
ITOCHU Corp. (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan) announced that it has signed a comprehensive business alliance agreement with Daikin Industries, Ltd. (Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan). The agreement was signed under the framework of Japan's Act Concerning Sophistication of Recycling Business, etc. to Promote…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Xypex Chemical Corp. (Richmond, B.C., Canada), a global leader in crystalline waterproofing admixtures and coatings. Xypex provides its differentiated solutions in more than 100 countries and employs approximately…
Chevron Technical Center, a division of Chevron Corp. (Houston, Tex.) and ZL Chemicals Ltd. (Calgary, Canada), announced a technology licensing agreement under which ZL may commercialize Chevron-developed chemical-surfactant technology. ZL plans to offer products and services utilizing the licensed technology…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) has reached a major milestone in its long-standing relationship with Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) by expanding its production capabilities at Oxea's site in Bay City, Texas. This strategic $200-million investment involves the construction…
Fluor Corp. (Irving, Texas) has been selected by Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) as a Program Management Consultancy (PMC) contractor under a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to support its global capital projects portfolio. The LTA will allow efficient deployment of Fluor's global…
Topsoe (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark), a leading global provider of advanced technology and solutions for the energy transition, has signed an agreement with J Westling & Co (JWC) (Elkhorn, Nebraska), a Nebraska-based company developing blue ammonia solutions, also referred to as low carbon ammonia, to support…