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Casale studying new ammonia converter technology for Yara’s decarbonized fertilizer plant
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) is studying the application of its Casale Ammonia Converter technology for application for Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) at its fertilizer factory at Herøya (Norway). The existing plant will be converted, replacing the current hydrogen production…
Borouge starts up fifth polypropylene unit at Ruwais complex
Borouge, a joint-venture between The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), has announced the successful start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais. The new unit will contribute to boosting the UAE’s…
Evonik to build new methyl mercaptan plant in Alabama
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) will build a methyl mercaptan plant at its site in Mobile, Alabama in the U.S. Methyl mercaptan is an intermediate in the production of MetAMINO (DL-methionine) and is currently sourced from third parties. This backward…
Carbios and Indorama to build first-of-its-kind enzymatic recycling plant for PET in France
Carbios (St-Beauzire, France) and Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand) jointly announced a collaboration to build a manufacturing plant operating Carbios’ PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bio-recycling technology at Indorama Ventures’ PET production site in France (Longlaville, Meurthe-et-Moselle). After having successfully started…
Univation and HPCL sign agreement to market HDPE products in India
Univation Technologies, LLC (Houston) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) completed a pre-marketing agreement (PMA) focused on polyethylene products that will be manufactured using the two new world-scale UNIPOL PE Plants licensed to HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd. (HRRL). Through this…
Metso Outotec to deliver siderite calcination plant in Turkey
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement for the delivery of a siderite calcination plant to Hekimhan Madencilik, a subsidiary of Koloğlu Holding, located in Malatya, Turkey. The value of the order is approximately EUR 23 million, and…
Chevron and Bunge create renewable feedstocks JV
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), and Bunge North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Bunge Ltd., announced the signing of definitive transaction agreements to create their previously announced joint venture (JV). The new venture will…
Emerson opens integrated manufacturing facility in Chennai
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.) announced the opening of a new integrated manufacturing facility at Mahindra World City, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The 145,000-square-foot facility will manufacture industry-leading products of the company's Automation Solutions business which provides industrial customers in India and…
BASF to expand production capacity for PA and PBT in Malaysia
BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd will expand the production capacity of its Ultramid polyamide (PA) and Ultradur polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) product by 5,000 metric tons per year. Completion of the debottlenecking at BASF’s production site in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, is planned…
Worley, ABB and IBM collaborating to promote efficient green-hydrogen facilities
Worley (North Sydney, Australia) signed a memorandum of understanding with ABB, Inc. (Zurich, Switzerland) and IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) to collaborate on helping energy companies build and operate green hydrogen facilities more efficiently and at scale. The planned three-party collaboration aims…