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Evonik Catalysts’ technology selected for Neptune Energy’s direct lithium extraction pilot in Germany
Evonik Industries AG's (Essen, Germany) Catalysts business is supporting the next phase of Neptune Energy's (Hanover, Germany) Altmark Lithium Extraction Project (ALE) in northern Germany. Following successful preliminary testing, Evonik's Liocel® adsorbent has been selected as the first material to…
DuPont MBR system selected for Australia’s largest inland wastewater treatment facility
DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware) announced that a MemCor™ membrane bioreactor (MBR) system has been selected to support the upgrade of the Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre (LMWQCC) in Canberra, Australia, the largest inland wastewater treatment facility in the country. The…
Again acquires Genomatica, combining biomanufacturing scale with advanced AI
Again (Copenhagen, Denmark) announced it has acquired Genomatica Inc. (San Diego, California), the pioneer in industrial bioprocess engineering. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is one of the most significant consolidations in industrial biotechnology to date, bringing…
Phillips 66, Kinder Morgan and HF Sinclair make final investment decision on $5-billion Western Gateway Pipeline system
Phillips 66 (Houston, Texas), Kinder Morgan Inc. (Houston, Texas;) and HF Sinclair Corp. (Dallas, Texas) announced that they have finalized a joint venture agreement and made a final investment decision to move forward with the proposed Western Gateway Pipeline system…
KBR selected for pre-FEED study on world-scale green ammonia project in Morocco
KBR Inc. (Houston, Texas) has been selected by ORNX Green Hydrogen (Laâyoune, Morocco) for the pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) phase of a world-scale, low-carbon ammonia project planned for the Laâyoune region of Morocco. The study is being supported through funding…
Xylem Inc. acquires two pump companies in the U.S.
Xylem Inc. (Washington, D.C.) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Cornell Pump Company LLC (Clackamas, Ore.) and Roper Pump Company (Commerce, Ga.) businesses from Indicor LLC (Charlotte, N.C.) for $1.46 billion. The acquisition expands Xylem's…
Power to Hydrogen installs first-of-a-kind AEM electrolyzer at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
Power to Hydrogen Inc. (P2H2; Columbus, Ohio), a developer of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer systems, today announced it has delivered and begun installation of a first-of-a-kind half-megawatt AEM electrolyzer at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium. The project is…
Novonesis to acquire MicroBioGen, bolstering bioethanol production capabilities
Novonesis A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed an agreement with the intent to acquire MicroBioGen Pty Ltd (Sydney, Australia), an Australian biotechnology company with leading scientific expertise in yeast strains for industrial applications, particularly in bioethanol. The acquisition builds on Novonesis'…
Lanxess to use hydrogen as fuel at iron oxide production facility
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) announced that it will use hydrogen instead of natural gas to dry iron oxide pigments at its site in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany. This will make the spray dryer one of the first large-scale industrial plants in Germany…
CSB issues final report on 2025 coke-oven gas explosion in Pennsylvania
Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) released its final report on the fatal August 11, 2025, explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred when toxic…