Lubricants and specialty blending company America Clean Fuel Corp. (ACFC; Houston) announced that its state-of-the-art blending facility in New Caney, Texas, will officially come online in one month. With a capacity of 1,000 barrels per day, the plant is purpose-built…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) is reorganizing its construction chemicals footprint in Germany in order to accelerate growth and synergies: • Transfer of Saint-Gobain Weber GmbH dry mortars to the long-existing joint venture “Franken Maxit Mauermörtel GmbH & Co. KG” (Franken…
E-Fuels company HIF Global (Houston) announced that it plans to locate the HIF Tasmania e-Fuels Facility at the former Burnie Paper Mill site in South Burnie. The move will bring new life to one of the region’s most significant industrial…
U.S. chemical production fell by 0.4% in July, continuing a downward trend seen in five of the past seven months, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). “The industry is losing momentum,” said David Lan, ACC’s Director…
Symrise AG (Holzminden, Germany) announced the opening of a new production unit at its facility in Granada, Spain. The plant is dedicated to Hydrolite 5 green, the high-quality, biobased pentylene glycol from its Cosmetic Ingredients division. Symrise is providing European…
Versalis S.p.A., Eni’s chemical company, and Veritas, one of Italy’s largest multi-utilities operating in the Metropolitan City of Venice and in parts of the Province of Treviso, signed an agreement to promote the circular economy, with a particular focus on…
Finnish pulp, wood and paperboard company Metsä Group (Espoo, Finland) has started operating a carbon capture pilot plant at its Rauma mill, in cooperation with technology company Andritz (Graz, Austria), which supplied the plant. The pilot will test the capture…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany) is expanding production capabilities with the addition of rubber processing promoters at its Bushy Park facility in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The expansion project, currently underway, aims to meet increasing demand and improve supply reliability, with…
Ascend Elements (Covington, Ga.; www.ascendelements.com) achieved a significant milestone in domestic critical minerals recovery last month – producing >99% pure, recycled lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) from black mass for the first time at commercial scale. Black mass is a dark, powdery…
Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com), in partnership with Gruppo Fiori (Bologna, Italy; www.gruppofiori.it) recently announced the latest advancements in a jointly-developed, novel process that enables recovery of polyurethane (PU) waste from end-of-life vehicles without disassembly. This innovation combines Dow’s expertise…