thyssenkrupp Steel has successfully completed the first phase of hydrogen tests on “Blast Furnace 9” in Duisburg, Germany. In recent months, several tests on one of the 28 tuyères of this blast furnace could be conducted, while complying with corona…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) is pleased to announce the recent startup of its new dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) unit at its Nanjing, China site. The addition will significantly increase the company’s DMAE capacity, support additional sales in Asia, and further…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.), a global technology and industrial software leader, announced Chief Executive Officer David N. Farr will retire on Feb. 5. Lal Karsanbhai, who has served as executive president of the company’s Automation Solutions business since 2018, will…
Acciona (Madrid, Spain) has developed GreenH2chain, the world's first platform based on blockchain technology that guarantees the renewable origin of green hydrogen. This new tool will also allow clients to verify the transportation and delivery process of this type of…
Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Lummus Technology, announced that it has been awarded a technology contract by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for their refinery expansion project in Numaligah, Golaghat, Assam, India. CLG's scope…
Veolia Water Technologies (Saint-Maurice, France), a subsidiary of the Veolia group, has invested €20 million in the development and construction of a new regeneration and recycling service center with mobile water-treatment technologies and assets in Heinsberg (near Düsseldorf), Germany. The…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) says that its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A. and KT - Kinetics Technology S.p.A. have signed with Socar’s (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic) subsidiary Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, as…
As planned, Germany's largest center for high-pressure processing (HPP) of foodstuffs has started operations. The approximately 630-m2 facility is located in the Business and Innovation Park Quakenbrück (BIQ) in the direct vicinity of the DIL German Institute for Food Technology…
A coalition of 11 companies have partnered to form Hydrogen Forward, an initiative focused on advancing hydrogen development in the United States. The founding members – Air Liquide, Anglo American plc, Bloom Energy, CF Industries, Chart Industries, Cummins Inc., Hyundai,…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia) continues its partnership with Total Solar DG to build the second solar panel or photovoltaic (PV) installation in the Cilegon plant in Indonesia. The rooftop PV installation will power Chandra Asri's…