Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water. A study describing the new technology has been published in Nature Water by…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced that its e-methanol technology has been selected by Reolum for the next phase of its La Robla Nueva Energia (NE) project. Located in the Spanish region of Castilla y León, it will be one…
Levidian Nanosystems Ltd. (Cambriudge, U.K.) announced the successful installation of its patented LOOP technology at ADNOC Gas’ Habshan Gas Processing Plant in Abu Dhabi. Working in collaboration with energy technology company Baker Hughes, the installation is a world-first deployment of…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed an agreement with Mazoon Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Development Oman (MDO), to supply key process equipment for their copper concentrator plant located in Yanqul, near Sohar Industrial City. The value of…
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (San Pedro Garza García, Mexico) announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has selected a project for funding to develop a pioneering carbon capture, removal, and conversion…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has opened two new manufacturing plants in Singapore and in Xi'an, Northwest China. The newly built plant in Singapore specializes in the production of mortars, while the Xi'an facility manufactures a full range of Sika products,…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for November 2024 (most recent available) fell slightly compared to the October final value, which was itself downwardly revised. The small decline in the November CEPCI was a result of…
Lummus Technology (Houston, Tex.; www.lummustechnology.com), a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Versalis (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.versalis.eni.com), Eni's chemical company, announced a strategic partnership to license all of Versalis' technologies in the phenolics value chain.…
Earlier this week, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced that it is launching a new initiative to give the public more details about the serious chemical incidents that have been reported to the…
DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the acceleration of the separation of its Electronics business and is now targeting November 1, 2025 to complete the transaction. This decision recognizes the size and importance of Electronics to the overall shareholder value creation opportunity…