MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) and Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Republic of Tartarstan, Russia) have launched a joint project for a rubber bitumen plant in the Republic of Tatarstan. The companies have also agreed to establish a joint venture that, besides manufacturing and…
Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology, a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany), has signed a contract with Abu Qir Fertilizers Co., for the revamp of their Abu Qir 3 urea granulation plant in Alexandria, Egypt. For the revamped plant, which is planned…
HydrogeNext brings power generation and chemical process management together to collaborate and learn about the fast-paced advances being made toward a hydrogen economy Houston, Texas - July 8, 2021–Experience POWER, POWER, and Chemical Engineering announce the launch of HydrogeNext, their…
Stena Recycling AB is investing a 250 million SEK ($29 million) in a new battery recycling process. The investment involves a brand new facility in Halmstad, Sweden and will make it possible to recycle 95 percent of a lithium-ion battery,…
BASF Catalysts India Pvt. Ltd.will expand its mobile emissions catalysts production plant in Chennai, India. This double-digit million Euro investment will nearly double the company’s catalysts production capacity for the heavy-duty on- and off-road segment. The completion of the expansion…
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that a subsidiary of Enterprise has acquired a wholly owned subsidiary of NOVA Chemicals, which operates an ethylene storage business and trading hub in Mont Belvieu, Texas.…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) have concluded a memorandum of cooperation (MOC) to jointly develop and shape an enabling environment to advance South Africa's green hydrogen economy. Underpinning the MOC…
TotalEnergies and Veolia (both Paris, France) have joined forces to accelerate the development of microalgae cultivation using CO2. The two partners will pool their know-how to develop a four-year research project at the La Mède biorefinery, operated by TotalEnergies, with…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Kuraray Co. (Tokyo) for the patent to a biomass-based polyester technology. The products covered by this license include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which use renewable biomass resources,…
Valmet Oyj (Espoo, Finland) and Neles Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) announce that their respective Boards of Directors have today signed a combination agreement and a merger plan to combine the two companies through a merger. The Combined Company will be a…