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Chemours breaks ground on $93-million mining facility in Florida

The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $93-million mining facility on land leased from Camp Blanding in Clay County, Florida. The project will use mining technology that minimizes environmental impact and was recently deployed…

Shell and Uniper sign MOU to develop European hydrogen value chain

Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. and  Uniper  Hydrogen GmbH (“Uniper”) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore accelerating the development of a hydrogen economy in Europe. Under the MoU they intend to find joint opportunities to couple…

ArcelorMittal to convert Sestao, Spain site into full-scale zero-carbon steel plant

ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) announced that its Sestao plant in Spain will become the world’s first full-scale zero carbon-emissions steel plant. The development is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed today with the Government of Spain that will see an…

Vynova to construct new potassium carbonate plant in Tessenderlo

Vynova Group (Tessenderlo, Belgium) announced that it will build a state-of-the-art production plant for liquid potassium carbonate (K2CO3) at its site in Tessenderlo, Belgium. The new and larger facility will replace the company's existing potassium carbonate plant in Tessenderlo and…

Unilever partners with Arzeda to design new enzyme technologies

Unilever plc (London) and Arzeda (Seattle, Wash.), the industry-leading Protein Design Company, have entered a strategic partnership to apply the latest advances in digital biology to discovering and designing new enzymes. The partnership will impact many of the world’s leading…

Eastman partners with Hydrogenious to develop hydrogen storage and transport solutions

Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.)  and Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, a leading pioneer in the liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) industry, are partnering to make the storage and transportation of sustainable hydrogen more secure, easier and more affordable for the fast-growing…

UOP to provide diesel-production technology for refinery modernization in Cote d’Ivoire

Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that the Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR), the state-owned refining company of Cote d’Ivoire, will use Honeywell UOP Distillate Unionfining technology to produce diesel that complies with both AFRI 6 and Euro-V emission standards. The investment…

Shell Catalyst & Technologies and Sulzer Chemtech extend licensing agreement

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity tray and phase separation technology. The enhanced global licensing contract will provide customers with greater access…

Cummins begins testing hydrogen-fueled internal-combustion engine

Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.) announced that it has begun testing a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine. The proof-of-concept test is building on Cummins’ existing technology leadership in gaseous-fuel applications and powertrain leadership to create new power solutions that help customers meet…

Malta and Siemens Energy partner to develop turbomachinery for novel energy-storage project

Malta Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), an expert in long-duration energy storage, announced a partnership with Siemens Energy (Munich, Germany) to co-develop the commercial design of innovative new turbomachinery components for Malta’s long-duration energy storage system.  Malta’s Pumped Heat Energy Storage (PHES)…