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Economic Indicators: June 2025

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2025 (most recent available) was higher  than the previous month’s value. The current value returned to near its value from the start of the year, after a small…

2025 CEPCI updates: March (prelim.) and February (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2025 (most recent available) was higher  than the previous month’s value. The current value returned to near its value from the start of the year, after a small…

Occidental and ADNOC’s XRG agree to evaluate JV to develop DAC hub in South Texas

Occidental (Oxy; Houston, Tex.; www.oxy.com) and its subsidiary 1PointFive today announced an agreement with XRG, ADNOC’s (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; www.adnoc.com) investment company, to evaluate a potential joint venture to develop a direct air capture (DAC) facility in South…

Rio Tinto and Codelco form JV to develop lithium project in Chile

Rio Tinto (London, U.K.; www.riotinto.com) and Corporación Nacional Del Cobre de Chile (Codelco; Santiago, Chile; www.codelco.com) have signed binding agreements to form a joint venture to develop and operate a high-grade lithium project in the Salar de Maricunga in Chile.…

Fluor-built Bayer cell therapy facility in California achieves LEED v4 platinum certification

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) announced today that Bayer’s Cell Therapy Launch Facility in Berkeley, Calif., has been designated the first industrial manufacturing facility in the western United States to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4 Platinum…

Infinium announces construction of SAF and eFuels production facility in Texas

Infinium (Sacramento, Calif.; www.infiniumco.com), a leading producer of commercially available eFuels, announced yesterday that construction is underway on its second U.S.-based eFuels production site, known as Project Roadrunner. The project, which includes investors Brookfield Asset Management and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst,…

EEW and GEA launch strategic partnership for CO2 capture

EEW Energy from Waste (EEW; Helmstedt, Germany; www.eew-energyfromwaste.com) and machine and plant manufacturer GEA Group AG (Duesseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com)  have agreed a strategic partnership for CO₂ capture. The aim of the collaboration is to test innovative processes for capturing and…

Chemours and Datavolt to develop liquid cooling solutions for AI data centers

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced a strategic agreement with DataVolt, a designer, developer, and operator of sustainable digital infrastructure, to further demonstrate and develop advanced liquid cooling solutions for data centers alongside other industry leaders. This collaboration will focus…

Vianode and Fortum join forces for EV battery recycling

Vianode (Oslo, Norway) and Fortum Oy (Espoo, Finland) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on developing a sustainable EV battery recycling value chain. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to: Secure supplies of high-quality recycled graphite…

Topsoe to provide technology for SAF plant in Shijazhuang, China

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) signed an agreement with Zhongneng Yida to provide its HydroFlex technology and catalysts to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Located at the city of Shijazhuang in the Shenze Economy Development Zone of Hebei province, the facility…