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Chemours sells Mining Solutions business to Draslovka for $520 million

The Chemours Company (Wilmington, Del.) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Mining Solutions business for $520 million in cash to Draslovka Holding a.s., a Czech-based private company specializing in cyanide production. The transaction is expected to close…

KBR awarded multiple technology contracts by PKN Orlen

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded technology licensing contracts by PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) for KBR's Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) and Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) technologies as part of PKN's Bottom-of-the-Barrel project for its Plock Refinery in…

2021 CEPCI Updates: May (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top) for May 2021 (most recent available) is once again higher than the previous month, continuing a string of substantial monthly increases since the beginning of the year. In May,…

Lenzing invests €23.3 million in new wastewater-treatment plant in the U.K.

The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) is investing GBP 20 million (around €23.3 million) to build a new, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant at its site in Grimsby, United Kingdom. The investment is part of the company’s plans to reduce wastewater emissions…

Saipem launches green-hydrogen technology platform

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) has announced the launch of SUISO, a technological solution for the production of green hydrogen, confirming its commitment to support its clients in the energy transition. The trademark has been registered with the European…

KBR secures contract for lithium concentration process from Neo Lithium Corp.

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Neo Lithium Corp. in Argentina for its Tres Quebradas Lithium Project (3Q Project). Under the terms of the contract, KBR will implement its evaporation and crystallization technology solutions…

ExxonMobil and Sabic achieve mechanical completion of Corpus Christi chemical units

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) and SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) announced that their joint venture, Gulf Coast Growth Ventures located near Corpus Christi, Texas, has reached mechanical completion of a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units. Project startup is expected…

TotalEnergies signs renewable-power purchase agreement with Air Liquide in Belgium

TotalEnergies (Paris), through Lampiris, its energy supply affiliate in Belgium, signed a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Air Liquide (Paris). TotalEnergies will supply 50 GWh per year of renewable electricity over a period of 15 years. Air Liquide will use…

PPG expanding production capacity in Ohio for overvarnish coatings

PPG (Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that it is currently adding capacity for the production of overvarnish coatings for beverage can exteriors, including PPG ISENSE Gloss coatings, at its Delaware, Ohio, plant. PPG expects the addition of the Delaware plant’s new volume…

Maire Tecnimont awarded €430-million contract for Repsol’s Portugal polymers expansion

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) for the realization of a Polypropylene Unit and a linear Polyethylene Unit on an EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction)Lump Sum Turn-Key basis, as part…