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BP and Johnson Matthey partner for catalysis project aimed at sustainable fuels

bp and Johnson Matthey plc (Both London, U.K.) are partnering with Cardiff University and The University of Manchester in a £9-million project that aims to convert CO2, waste and sustainable biomass into clean and sustainable fuels and products. A partnership featuring two leading…

Clean Power Hydrogen to scale up electrolyzer production at new facility

Clean Power Hydrogen Group Ltd. (CPH2; Doncaster, U.K.), manufacturer of the unique Membrane-Free Electrolyzer, has signed an agreement to lease new premises. With ambitious plans to build up to 1GW per year capacity, CPH2 has signed an agreement to lease a…

POET brings second purified alcohol facility online

POET, LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.) announced its further expansion into the production of all-natural, 100% plant-based purified alcohol, which exceeds the highest global quality standards for alcohol.  POET Bioprocessing – Alexandria began production of purified alcohol this week after breaking…

Group14 Technologies forms JV with SK Materials to produce lithium-silicon battery materials

Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, announces a joint venture (JV) with SK Materials (Seoul, South Korea), one of the world's top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, to build a factory for…

Stora Enso starts operations at pilot plant producing lignin-based battery materials

Stora Enso Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has announced that its pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. This follows the company’s EUR 10 million investment announced in 2019. Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based…

KBR awarded technology contract for two nitric acid plants in Israel

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a nitric acid technology contract by Haifa Group for two of its process plants at Mishor Rotem, Israel. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design…

McDermott to provide caustic treatment technology for Baltic Chemical Plant

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract for a spent caustic treatment solution on the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project from Heat Transfer Technologies DMCC (HTT). The GCC project is owned by Baltic Chemical Plant LLC,…

Trinseo to acquire PMMA manufacturer Aristech Surfaces

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced its entry into an agreement with SK AA Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Falcon Private Holdings, LLC, to acquire Aristech Surfaces LLC, a leading North American manufacturer and global provider of polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) continuous cast…

McDermott awarded EPC contract for seveth heater at LACC ethane cracker facility

McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced it has been selected by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Chemical Corp. and Lotte Chemical Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a seventh heater addition to its LACC Ethane Cracker…

ArcelorMittal and Sekisui Chemical announce carbon recycling partnership

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) and Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they are partnering on a project to capture and re-use carbon waste gases from the steelmaking process, which holds the potential to reduce dependence on fossil resources and contribute to…