Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement with the Canadian battery materials company First Cobalt Corporation to deliver Planet Positive solvent extraction technology to their cobalt refinery expansion in Ontario. The value of the order is approximately EUR 10 million,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) will build, own and operate a $4.5-billion clean-energy megaproject, which will produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of blue hydrogen in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. “Blue” products are produced utilizing hydrocarbons as…
On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, we hear from Patrick Kirby, a principal analyst at Wood MacKenzie. Patrick talks about an analysis undertaken early this year by WoodMac on the global olefins business. Listen to the conversation here:…
Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.) and Fortescue Future Industries Pty Ltd (FFI) signed a letter of intent for a 50-50 joint venture to build a Gigafactory in Queensland, Australia. As part of the agreement, the two organizations intend to build a…
Offshore Wind Power Limited (OWPL), the consortium formed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, TotalEnergies and Scottish developer Renewable Infrastructure Development Group (RIDG) has announced it is studying the use of offshore wind to power the production of green hydrogen on…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced today it has been awarded a dual-pressure nitric acid technology contract by Hanwha Corp. for its new plant at Yeosu, South Korea. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design, and…
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, announced the opening of its second Carlsbad, California-based facility, significantly expanding its global CDMO footprint. This new $110 million, 140,000-square foot facility will more than double the company’s existing…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has begun operating a demonstration plant for production of sustainable Methanol production from biogas. With the demonstration plant, Topsoe will validate its electrified technology for cost-competitive production of sustainable methanol from biogas as well as…
The joint venture between Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and the Chinese company Wynca - Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. is starting up its new fumed-silica plant. Located in the Zhenjiang New Material Industry Park in Jiangsu province,…
ANGUS Chemical Co. (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty ingredients and consumables for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, consumer and industrial applications, announced plans to expand U.S. production capacity for its complete portfolio of TRIS AMINO tromethamine buffers. ANGUS…