As part of their strategic cooperation in providing new renewable alternatives to fossil-based products, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) and International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF; New York) announced successful completion of a market-entry-scale industrial polymer plant. The unit is capable of…
AE Elemental, a joint venture of U.S.-based Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.) and Poland-based Elemental Strategic Metals, announced the grand opening of its first commercial-scale EV battery recycling facility. Located in Zawiercie, Poland, the newly constructed facility can process 12,000 metric…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced the development of a new technology that chemically recycles shavings and waste lenses generated from the production and processing of the company's MR-brand ophthalmic lens materials so that they may be repurposed into MR ophthalmic…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has completed a multimillion euro investment to expand the production capacity of ASA (alkenyl succinic anhydride) sizing agents at its Nanjing site in Jiangsu province in China. The scope of the investment includes a full third…
LyondellBasell (LYB; Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it signed a power purchase agreement with Eneco N.V. This agreement brings LYB’s total secured renewable electricity capacity to 100% of its renewable electricity procurement target. “Taking climate action is a key part…
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) announced that its Rare Earth Processing Facility located in Saskatoon, Canada is ahead of schedule and produced rare earth metals at a commercial scale in summer 2024 – making Saskatchewan the first and only jurisdiction…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) launched the Metso pCAM plant, an intelligent solution for the manufacturing of precursor cathode active material, in June 2024. The Planet Positive-certified solution, used in the production of lithium-ion batteries, has received exciting feedback from customers.…
UPM Biochemicals will be among the first customers to receive kraft lignin from Södra when the forest-owner association’s plant in Mönsterås comes on stream in 2027. Södra’s new plant will be the first commercial kraft lignin production facility in Sweden…
MAIRE SpA (Milan, Italy; www.groupmaire.com) announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor, has been awarded the licensing and the process design package (PDP) for the upgrade and expansion of El Delta Company for…
Neste Oyj (Porvoo, Finland; www.neste.com), ITOCHU Corp. (Tokyo; www.itochu.co.jp) and GS Caltex (Seoul, South Korea; www.gscaltrex.com) have collaborated to make the first batch of CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation)-eligible ISCC-certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available for…