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Tecnicas Reunidas achieves breakthrough in rare-earth production

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has successfully produced its first kilograms of neodymium/praseodymium (Nd/Pr) oxide meeting commercial purity and specifications, thus marking a significant technological advance in the strategic rare earths market. Nd/Pr oxide is a critical component in…

DuPont’s U.S. healthcare manufacturing sites now powered by renewable electricity

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced that its U.S.-based healthcare manufacturing operations are now powered by 100 percent renewable electricity through the purchase of additional Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). This milestone supports DuPont’s 2035 Sustainability Goals and its ambition to achieve net-zero…

Air Liquide starts up CO2-capture pilot unit at Holcim cement facility

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) announced the start-up of its first industrial-scale pilot unit specifically designed for the cement sector, based on its Cryocap™ proprietary technology. This pilot is located at the CaptureLab launched by Holcim (Zug, Switzerland) and is…

Henkel achieves carbon-neutral production at adhesives sites in Turkey and India

Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) announced that its Adhesive Technologies business unit has achieved carbon-neutral production at their flagship sites in Kurkumbh, India and Gebkim, Turkey. The factories have successfully eliminated Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, marking a significant step…

Aquatech to supply direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit for Canadian lithium project

Aquatech (Canonsburg, Pa.; www.aquatech.com) a global leader in critical minerals process technology and industrial water reuse, will supply the largest direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit ever deployed in North America for Prairie Lithium's (www.prairielithium.com) 4.6 MT LCE resource base in…

Sika commissions a new plant and technical center for concrete admixtures

Sika (Baar, Switzerland; www.sika.com) expands its production and innovation capabilities in Europe by commissioning a new plant and technical center for concrete admixtures in Ham, Belgium. With this new site, Sika will strengthen its customer proximity in the Benelux region,…

Joint venture formed to develop SAF project in France

Technip Energies (Paris, France; www.ten.com), Airbus (Blagnac, France; www.airbus.com) Safran SA (Paris; www.safran-group.com) and Tereos (Moussy-le-Vieux, France; www.tereos.com) entered into an agreement to create Rebound, a joint venture to develop a large-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production project at the…

Röhm achieves full-scale production at Bay City MMA plant

Röhm GmbH (Darmstadt, Germany) is marking a major milestone at its Bay City, Texas methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant, where the company’s proprietary LiMA technology has been operating at full industrial scale for the first time worldwide. Following start‑up, the plant…

Xylem selected to provide water-treatment systems at Dow’s Path2Zero project

Xylem Inc. (Washington, D.C.) announced a landmark agreement with Dow (Midland, Mich.) to design, build and operate advanced water systems at its large-scale industrial complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. The agreement expands Xylem’s long-standing collaboration with Dow, supporting the…

Cemvita demonstrates fermentation process for renewable oil production from crude glycerin

Cemvita (Houston) recently announced the successful completion of a 75,000-liter industrial fermentation campaign at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, achieving target technical metrics for the production of FermOil™ at industrial scale. Cemvita’s Renewable Natural Oil (RNO) was produced from industrial…