Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) announced that its ISOVER plant in Orange (France), Europe's largest mineral wool manufacturing site, will benefit from a €15 million investment to rebuild its furnace in 2023. Saint Gobain previously announced investment to increase ISOVER’s production capacity.…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that it is teaming up with World Energy to build a new $2-billion major expansion project at World Energy’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production and distribution hub in Paramount, California. The LA county facility…
Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) announced the production of its new solvent, Rhodiasolv IRIS, which has beneficial eco-friendly properties. Previously manufactured in China, this solvent will now be produced from 2023 onwards at Solvay's Melle site in France. Rhodiasolv IRIS is efficient, non-flammable, readily…
The same IIoT technologies that can improve plant performance can also help protect it from cyberthreats You don’t typically consider victims of cyberattacks to be lucky, but that’s the case for one petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. The plant was…
At thyssenkrupp Steel’s recycling location in the Duisburg inland port, on the so-called Schrottinsel (scrap island) in Duisburg, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the construction of a scrap processing plant by TSR Recycling GmbH. The processing plant is part…
CWP Global has selected Bechtel Corp. (Reston, Va.) to support developments of large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia facilities. The agreement creates a platform for the partnership to provide ongoing conceptual and early planning solutions in selecting optimal integrated configurations for the…
Refuel Energy Inc. has announced its plans for the construction of a 3,000 barrels per day renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario, Canada. The proposed project, called Refuel YYZ, would supply the aviation and terrestrial fuel needs of the Greater…
The preliminary value for the February 2022 CE Plant Cost Index (the most recent available) was higher than the previous month, continuing the steep monthly increases observed throughout 2021. The upward trend has been driven largely by equipment costs —…
Saint-Gobain North America, through its electrochromic glass subsidiary SageGlass, announced that it will recycle over 1,000 tons of glass per year for the next five years, diverting the material from landfills and upcycling the components for future use through an…
TUV Rheinland announced the issuance of the First Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia Certificate Globally to Green Hydrogen & Chemicals SPC for the production of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia as part of the Greenfield Project, a PV powered Hydrogen-Ammonia…