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McDermott to provide caustic treatment technology for Baltic Chemical Plant
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) has been awarded an engineering and procurement contract for a spent caustic treatment solution on the Gas Chemical Complex (GCC) project from Heat Transfer Technologies DMCC (HTT). The GCC project is owned by Baltic Chemical Plant LLC,…
Trinseo to acquire PMMA manufacturer Aristech Surfaces
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced its entry into an agreement with SK AA Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Falcon Private Holdings, LLC, to acquire Aristech Surfaces LLC, a leading North American manufacturer and global provider of polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) continuous cast…
McDermott awarded EPC contract for seveth heater at LACC ethane cracker facility
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) announced it has been selected by LACC, LLC, a joint venture between Westlake Chemical Corp. and Lotte Chemical Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for a seventh heater addition to its LACC Ethane Cracker…
ArcelorMittal and Sekisui Chemical announce carbon recycling partnership
ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg) and Sekisui Chemical Co. (Osaka, Japan) announced that they are partnering on a project to capture and re-use carbon waste gases from the steelmaking process, which holds the potential to reduce dependence on fossil resources and contribute to…
Eastman announces demonstration project related to closed-loop recycling in the automotive industry
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced a collaboration with the United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC (USAMP) and automotive recycler PADNOS for a concept feasibility study to demonstrate a closed-loop project to recycle automotive-industry mixed plastic waste in the automotive…
Nouryon to raise production capacity in China for expandable microspheres
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced plans to increase production capacity of its Expancel expandable microspheres in China. The increase will result from the relocation of its production site from Suzhou to Ningbo, China, which is scheduled to be completed by…
Korean consortium developing ammonia-fueled hydrogen turbines
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has embarked on the development of ammonia-fueled hydrogen gas turbines. On July 19th, Doosan announced that it had signed an MoU on Research & Development of Clean Ammonia-Fueled Gas Turbines with POSCO…
Metso Outotec to divest Waste Recycling business
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) has signed an agreement to divest its Waste Recycling business line to Ahlström Capital, a family-owned investment company. Metso Outotec announced in October 2020 its decision to divest its Recycling business which comprises of the…
Uniper joins Oman’s green hydrogen and ammonia initiative
Oman’s strategic green hydrogen project, HYPORT Duqm, has signed a cooperation agreement with energy giant Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany). Under the cooperation, Uniper will be joining the project team to provide engineering services and negotiate an exclusive offtake agreement of…
Siemens to build one of Europe’s most powerful battery storage facilities
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Zug, Switzerland) and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH (ZENOB) signed a letter of intent in Wunsiedel for the turnkey construction of a 100-MW battery storage facility in the German town. The plant, with a storage capacity of 200 MWh,…