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Arlanxeo starts up new polybutadiene production line in Brazil

Arlanxeo (Maastricht, the Netherlands) announced the opening of a new polybutadiene (BR) production line in Brazil. The new production line supplements Arlanxeo’s existing production capacity in Brazil with an additional 65,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), and reinforces the company’s…

Ineos Olefins Belgium announces €3.5 billion financing for major low-carbon cracking project

INEOS Olefins Belgium has announced it has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of what is said to be the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe, Project ONE. This is the largest investment in the European chemical…

Umicore starts industrialization of manganese-rich battery materials technology

Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) is starting the industrialization of its leading manganese-rich HLM  (high lithium, manganese) cathode active materials (CAM) technology and targets commercial production and use in electric vehicles (EVs) in 2026. This major milestone introduces a distinctly competitive…

LyondellBasel invests in LDPE recycling firm APK Group

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, announce they have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK Group, which specializes in a unique solvent-based recycling technology…

Braskem and Coolbrook implementing electrified-cracking pilot project

Coolbrook Oy (Helsinki, Finland) and Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil)  have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement. As part of its commitment to implementing new technologies and solutions that drive sustainable development and, especially, combat climate change, Coolbrook and…

Sasol Chemicals to provide complimentary catalysts for Interatec’s synthetic-fuels plant in Frankfurt

Sasol Chemicals will deliver a first fill of its latest Fischer-Tropsch (FT) catalyst free of charge to Ineratec, in one of several recent commitments to promising renewable projects. The FT catalyst will be used in the lighthouse project the Karlsruhe-based…

Saint-Gobain acquires Asphaltica shingle-recycling technology

Saint-Gobain North America, through its building products subsidiary CertainTeed Roofing, has acquired the rights to technology from recycling partner Asphaltica that will allow the company to recycle asphalt shingle waste, diverting it from landfill and furthering the company’s commitment to…

Técnicas Reunidas leading consortium to research recovery of critical raw materials

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) announced that it is leading the development of a research project focused on the recovery of minerals and metals considered as critical raw materials, key for the technology sector and the ecological transition. The…

Century Lithium and Koch Technology Solutions to collaborate on direct lithium extraction project

Century Lithium Corp. has announced its collaboration with Koch Technology Solutions (KTS), a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company, in the application of the Li-Pro process for direct lithium extraction (DLE) at Century Lithium's Lithium Extraction Facility pilot plant in Amargosa…

Indorama India commences production at third spandex production plant

Indorama India Ltd., which is engaged in the production & marketing of the Inviya brand of spandex since 2012, commenced commercial production of its third manufacturing facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh on February 4th, 2023. The commencement of the…