Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) announced planned investments of up to $540 million to expand and modernize two bromine facilities in Magnolia, Arkansas, designed to meet growing demand for fire safety and specialty products in several industries, including technology, safety, transportation,…
BASF Stationary Energy Storage GmbH (BSES), a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany), and G-Philos, Korea’s leader in power-to-gas (P2G) technology, signed a sales and marketing agreement for NAS batteries (sodium-sulfur stationary batteries) for P2G projects, power grid…
Chlorum Solutions LLC (São Paulo, Brazil) will use thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KG (Dortmund, Germany) technology for its next two chlor-alkali plants in Brazil. The company has ordered two skid mounted plants with BM2.7 electrolysis technology from the supplier…
Tech Project Service Co., Ltd. (TPS, President Takashi Kohara), a domestic subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corp., has received an order for a construction project for separation and purification agent manufacturing facilities planned by Tosoh Corp. (Tokyo). Separation and purification agents…
Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) and Allied Methanol Pty. Ltd. have signed an agreement to develop an integrated methanol and blue ammonia production plant in Darwin, in the Northern Territory, Australia. The plant configuration will enable carbon emissions to…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Moleaer Inc., a global leader in nanobubble technology, have announced an exclusive partnership. This partnership will combine expertise in mineral processing, hydrometallurgy, gas transfer, and nanobubble technology to develop innovative processes for mining. The initial…
Asahi Kasei (Tokyo) has started the construction of an alkaline water electrolysis pilot test plant for hydrogen production at its Kawasaki Works. Construction and operation of the plant is supported by the “Green Innovation Fund1” of Japan’s New Energy and…
Vynova PPC (Tessenderlo, Belgium), a European producer of potassium and bromine derivatives, has launched an energy efficiency project at its site in Thann, France. Thanks to the investment, the company will be able to reduce its annual primary energy consumption…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (DFPCL) to help three DFPCL plants achieve lower emissions and simultaneously increase production capacity. “We have a long-standing relationship with DFPCL and…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) has teamed up with French startup Ostium in a joint project designed to enable the mechanical recycling of end-of-life single-use surgical instruments molded in glass-fiber reinforced Ixef polyarylamide (PARA) from Solvay’s portfolio of specialty polymers. The initiative is the first for valuable…