Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that its subsidiary, Albemarle Lithium UK Limited, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. (Tianyuan), a lithium converter located in Guangxi, China.…
ArcelorMittal Belgium will reduce CO2 emissions by 3.9 million tons per year by 2030, by building a 2.5 million-ton direct reduced iron (DRI) plant and two electric furnaces at its Gent site, to operate alongside its state-of-the-art blast furnace that…
Hexion Holdings Corp. (Columbus, Ohio) announced its plan to separate into two independent companies. The two companies will be Hexion Holdings, composed of the Company’s Adhesives and Versatic Acids and Derivatives product lines, and Hexion Coatings and Composites (US) Inc.…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has started production at a new manufacturing facility located at its site in Ningbo, China, to meet increasing demand in the Asia region for polymers used in the Packaging, Paints and Coatings and Construction end-markets. The…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has been selected by Byco (Karachi, Pakistan) to support Byco’s Refinery upgrading Project Phases I, II, III by providing advanced technical solutions in order to achieve Euro V gasoline and diesel specifications in Pakistan. The solution consists…
Toray Plastics (America), Inc. announced that its Torayfan Division’s new, 8.7-meter, five-layer, in-line coating polypropylene film line with automated slitting began producing commercial volumes of packaging and label films. The customized, proprietary equipment is considered by Toray to be one…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. has been awarded an EPC Lump Sum-Turn Key (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) contract by LOTOS Oil, concerning the expansion of the Gdansk Refinery aimed at improving its crude processing capability as well…
KPX Chemical, a leading polyols producer for polyurethanes in Korea, and Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the establishment of a joint venture (JV) named KPX HUNTSMAN POLYURETHANES AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD. (KHPUA). The joint venture will create and provide innovative…
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.'s (Perth, Australia) chemical engineering team has successfully produced its first battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from piloting operations. The LHM was produced from Vulcan’s sorption pilot plant, located at a geothermal renewable energy plant in…
As demand for bio-based industrial solutions continues to grow, Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) has entered into an agreement to acquire Arkema’s (Colombes, France) epoxides business, which includes a facility located in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. After closing, the investment will give…