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LanzaJet begins production at large-scale renewable fuels site in Georgia

LanzaTech Global, Inc. (Skokie, Ill.) announced that LanzaJet has fully operated and produced fuels at its LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels facility in Soperton, Georgia, USA – marking both the world’s first production at a commercial-scale plant of jet fuel using…

Air Liquide starts up world’s first industrial-scale ammonia-cracking pilot unit

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) announced the successful startup of the world’s first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit with a 30 tons per day ammonia to hydrogen conversion capacity at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. This groundbreaking innovation demonstrates a key…

GEA and RebelDot announce JV for accelerating digital innovation in the process industry

GEA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com)  and RebelDot (Cluj, Romania; www.rebeldot.com), a leading Romanian technology company, are forming a strategic joint venture to accelerate digital transformation in the global process industry. The joint venture – named “RebelDot Process Industries” will be headquartered…

P2 Science and Algenesis partner on algae-derived chemicals and bio-based polyurethanes

P2 Science, Inc. (Woodbridge, Conn.; www.p2science.com) a pioneer in green chemistry and sustainable materials, and Algenesis Corporation (San Diego, Calif.; www.algenesislabs.com), a leader in bio-based and biodegradable polyurethanes, today announced a strategic collaboration to create and commercialize the raw materials…

Ascend Elements announces off-take agreement with Trafigura for lithium carbonate

Ascend Elements (Westborough, Mass.; www.ascendelements.com) leader in sustainable engineered battery materials and lithium‑ion recycling, today announces a multi‑year off-take agreement for lithium carbonate with Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. (Singapore; www.trafigura.com) a market leader in the global commodities industry. The agreement…

Solvay and Noveon forge partnership for light and heavy rare-earth materials supply

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) and Noveon Magnetics announced the execution of a supply agreement for light and heavy rare earth materials. Under the said agreement, Solvay will supply Noveon with rare earth oxides starting in 2026. The partnership is a…

LOTTE Chemical completes petrochemicals complex in Indonesia

LOTTE Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it held a completion ceremony for LOTTE Chemical Indonesia (LCI) in Cilegon, Banten Province, Indonesia. The ceremony was attended by LOTTE Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, LOTTE Chemical CEO Lee Young-jun, Indonesian President Prabowo…

Messer and PVChem form JV for industrial gas production in Vietnam

Petrovietnam Chemical and Services Corporation (PVChem), a member of the Vietnam National Industry and Energy Group (Petrovietnam), and the German industrial gases specialist Messer SE & Co. KGaA (Bad Soden, Germany) officially signed a Joint Venture Agreement to establish Cái…

Direct electrochemical carbon-capture of aluminum-smelter emissions demonstrated

Verdox (Woburn, Mass.) has successfully completed initial testing of its all-electric carbon capture technology in collaboration with Norwegian aluminum and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway). The trial demonstrated carbon capture directly on aluminum smelter emissions in preparation…

Indorama Ventures forms textile recycling JV with Jiaren Chemical Recycling

Indorama Ventures Ltd. (Bangkok, Thailand)  announced that its Fibers business, a leading global supplier of recycled technical textiles, polyester fibers and yarns, and Jiaren Chemical Recycling, a technology leader in chemical polyester recycling, formed a joint venture to accelerate circularity…