U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes expanded by 1.2% in December following an upwardly-revised 0.6% gain in November, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Of the 28 specialty chemical segments monitored by ACC, 23 expanded in December,…
SK Global Chemical (Seoul, South Korea) and Brightmark, the global waste solutions provider, have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a partnership that aims to take the lead in the circular economy of plastic by construction of a commercial-scale…
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA; New York, N.Y.), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp., announced its investment in OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company headquartered in Longview, North Carolina. SCOA's investment will help the company deploy full turnkey hydrogen solutions, creating…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI), rose 1.2% in December, following a 0.6% gain in November and a 1.2% increase in October, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). During December, chemical output grew in…
Darling Ingredients Inc. (Irving, Tex.; www.darlingii.com) and Valero Energy Corp. (San Antonio, Tex.; www.valero.com) jointly announced today that their 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), has received approval from both companies' boards of directors to proceed with the construction…
CVR Energy, Inc. subsidiary will base a revamp of its Oklahoma petroleum refinery Haldor Topsoe A/S's (Lyngby, Denmark) HydroFlex technology to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year. Topsoe will deliver basic engineering, license, proprietary equipment and…
Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has joined an international consortium to develop cutting-edge renewable hydrogen technology. The H24All project, led by a consortium of fifteen partners, has presented an application for European Green Deal funding to develop Europe’s first 100 megawatt…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a study by Keppel Data Centres Holding Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres) to assess scenarios for alternative hydrogen-based energy sources to supply new data center investment and deployment in Singapore. Through…
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo) announced plans to further bolster the production capacity of Shintech Inc., its subsidiary in the U.S. In July 2018, Shintech broke ground in a greenfield site in Plaquemine, Louisiana for a new integrated plant, which is…
Mainstream Pine Products LLC announced plans for an estimated $90-million crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery at the Charleston International Manufacturing Center (CIMC) in Berkeley County, S.C. The biorefinery will be a highly advanced recycling facility with capacity to process 110,000…