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LG Chem to run Wuxi cathode-materials plant on 100% renewable power

LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced the conclusion of an agreement for the supply of 140 GWh of renewable energy for its cathode-materials factory (Leyou New Energy Materials) in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China from the local wind and solar…

Trinseo to acquire Arkema’s PMMA business

Trinseo (Berwyn,. Pa.) announced its entry into a binding agreement with Arkema S.A. (“Arkema”) to acquire Arkema’s polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) and activated methyl methacrylates (MMA) businesses (together, referred to herein as the PMMA business). PMMA is a transparent and rigid…

GE Renewable Energy and Veolia partner to recycle decommissioned wind-turbine blades

GE Renewable Energy announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Veolia North America (VNA) to recycle blades removed from its U.S.-based onshore turbines during upgrades and repowering efforts. Through this agreement, GE plans to recycle the majority of…

Eni and Saipem join forces for decarbonization projects in Italy

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the identification and engineering of decarbonization initiatives and projects in Italy. San Donato Milanese, 9 December – Eni's CEO, Claudio…

Lummus, CLG receive multiple technology contracts from Pertamina-Rosneft JV

Lummus Technology (Houston) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced multiple technology contracts with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture (JV) between Indonesia's PT Pertamina (Persero) and Russia's Rosneft Oil Company for a grassroots refinery and petrochemical…

Mitsubishi Chemical acquires land in Louisiana for new MMA plant

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) recently acquired “greenfield” property at a large integrated site on the Mississippi River in Geismar, Louisiana and plans to advance its feasibility study for the design and construction of a 350,000 metric ton Methyl Methacrylate…

IndianOil and LanzaTech unveil new CO2-to-lipids technology

IndianOil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) and LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) recently announced a breakthrough technology that converts CO2 to biodiesel and omega-3 fatty acids. While elaborating on the novel technology, Mr S M Vaidya, Chairman, IndianOil said "The technology of…

JGC wins EPCC contract from Sumitomo Chemical for a new gas-turbine power facility

JGC Holdings Corp. (Yokohama, Japan) announced that JGC Japan Corp., which operates the domestic engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group, recently received an order for engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning work for a high-efficiency gas-turbine power…

Trio of Belgian firms to develop “e-methane” project

Mining company Carmeuse (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium), ENGIE (Brussels, Belgium) and John Cockerill (Seraing, Belgium) have signed a Joint Development Agreement for an innovative Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) project in the Wallonia region of Belgium. This project will concentrate CO2 from…

Thermo Fisher Scientific expands manufacturing footprint with plans for 15 new production lines

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, Mass.) announced that it will further expand its footprint in North America and Europe for sterile drug product development and commercial manufacturing of critical medicines, therapies and vaccines. Among the Thermo Fisher sites currently being expanded…