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Cemvita Factory partners with Fluor to scale sustainable mining technology

Cemvita Factory Inc. (Houston) announced that the company has partnered with Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) to accelerate commercialization of innovative biomining technology across several commodities. This collaboration aims to bring together resources and expertise to support design development, optimization, and…

NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem advance commercialization of chemical recycling technology

NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Enerkem Inc. (Montréal, Québec, Canada) are advancing their versatile and energy efficient chemical recycling technology to pilot stage in Edmonton, Alberta, thanks in part to CDN$4.5 million in funding from Alberta Innovates. The…

Wood awarded engineering work for Total Eren’s green hydrogen project in Chile

Wood plc (Aberdeen. Scotland) will provide conceptual engineering for Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes Project, a large-scale green hydrogen production facility, to be located in the commune of San Gregorio, in the Magallanes region, Southern Chile. Wood’s scope covers the development…

Amcor adopts ExxonMobil’s circular PE plastic into its packaging products

Amcor plc (Zurich, Switzerland) announced it is the first company to purchase certified circular polyethylene material using ExxonMobil’s Exxtend technology for advanced recycling. Amcor will leverage this new material across its global portfolio, providing customers in healthcare and food industries…

Next Hydrogen signs MoU with Black & Veatch to develop large-scale green hydrogen projects

Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electrolyzers, is pleased to announce it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.) to offer a complete and integrated solution for producing large-scale green hydrogen…

Technip Energies and Alterra Energy to jointly develop sustainable plastics projects

Technip Energies (Paris) and Alterra Energy (Akron, Ohio) have signed a global joint development and collaboration agreement to integrate Alterra’s commercially available liquefaction process technology with Technip Energies’ pyrolysis oil purification technology to maximize adoption of recycled feedstock and improve…

Sumitomo and PILOT Corp. to develop new horizontal plastics-recycling technology

Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) and PILOT Corp. announced that the companies will jointly develop new recycling technology for decolorizing printed layers of plastic packages and containers, which will enable horizontal recycling of plastic products—recycling used plastic products back to…

Amyris begins commissioning new fermentation plant in Brazil

Amyris, Inc. (Emeryville, Calif.) announced that it has started the commissioning of its new fermentation plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The greenfield site at Barra Bonita is a strategic investment with which Amyris leads the biotechnology sector with manufacturing at…

Technip Energies and Clariant sign collaboration agreement for cellulosic ethanol process

Technip Energies (Paris) and Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of Clariant’s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology. By choosing Technip Energies, sunliquid customers can benefit from combining Clariant’s proven technology with Technip…

Encina to build advanced recycling plant in Pennsylvania

Encina Development Group (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced plans to invest $1.1 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in Point Township, Pennsylvania that would create 300 new full-time jobs. This proposed state-of-the-art facility, named The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility,…