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Johnson Matthey officially opens first hydrogen internal combustion engine facility in Gothenburg

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) has officially opened its first hydrogen internal combustion engine (H₂ICE) facility, where cutting-edge emission control systems will be tested. A global leader in sustainable technologies, JM has developed the new centre of excellence to strengthen…

Bio-based butadiene progresses toward commercialization

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France), IFP Energies Nouvellas (IFPEN; Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France) have announced significant advancements in the BioButterfly™ project, supported by ADEME, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine and Bordeaux Metropole, which aims to produce bio-based butadiene from bioethanol. Following the startup…

MHI produces hydrogen at its ammonia cracking pilot plant using steam heating

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)), as part of its effort to develop an innovative ammonia cracking system, has succeeded in producing 99% pure hydrogen by cracking ammonia using steam as the heating source. The production of hydrogen at pilot scale…

Fluor awarded contract for Teck Resources’ Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension project

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that Teck Resources Limited (Teck) has awarded Fluor the Highland Valley Copper Mine Life Extension (HVC MLE) project near Logan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The contractual scope includes engineering, procurement and integrated construction management services.…

Tronox outlines plans to build out its rare-earth supply chain

Tronox Holdings plc (Stamford, Conn.) announced it has received coordinated, non-binding and conditional Letters of Support/Interest (LS; LI; or combined, the Letters) from Export Finance Australia (EFA) and Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), respectively, for up to $600…

Topsoe awarded FEED contract to supply solid-oxide electrolyzers for Carbon Neutral Fuels’ e-SAF project in the U.K.

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has signed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) agreement with Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF) based on Topsoe’s state-of-the-art SOEC electrolyzers for CNF’s commercial-scale e-SAF project called Project Starling. Located in Workington, U..K, the Starling project is…

Aster invests in expansion projects at Bukom petroleum refinery

Aster Chemicals and Energy Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) is investing to strengthen energy supply resilience with key rejuvenation projects at its Bukom petroleum refining facility in Singapore. These investments will increase crude processing capacity while enhancing operational reliability, positioning Aster to…

ABB joins Energy Impact Partners coalition to accelerate industrial energy transition

ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) has partnered with Energy Impact Partners (EIP), joining a global coalition of industrial partners to accelerate technological innovation across its electrification and automation portfolio. EIP collaborates with its strategic partners to find, screen, and scale technologies…

Suez strengthens China presence with new recycling and waste-management partnerships

SUEZ (Paris) has announced the signature of new collaborative initiatives with local partners from Jiangsu and Shandong provinces in China to deepen cooperation in water and waste management sectors. These two partnerships that reinforce SUEZ’s strategic focus on the Chinese…

ExxonMobil, Aramco and Samref evaluating refinery upgrade and new petrochemical complex

Exxon Mobil Corp. (Houston, Tex.), Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arbia) and Samref (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia) have signed a Venture Framework Agreement (VFA) to evaluate a significant upgrade of the Samref refinery, in Yanbu, and an expansion of the facility into an…