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Neste, Mitsui Chemicals and Toyota Tsusho join forces on renewable plastics production
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) and Toyota Tsusho Corp. announced that they are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons. In this collaboration, Mitsui Chemicals will use…
Doosan announces waste-to-energy project contracts in Europe
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) announced successive project wins recorded in the European Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plant sector. Doosan Lentjes, Doosan Heavy’s subsidiary in Germany, recently signed a supplier agreement together with the Korean EPC contractor Posco Engineering…
Grace completes silica capacity expansion in Malaysia
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) announced completion of the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. Kuantan, the capital and major seaport town of Pahang, Malaysia, has been home to Grace Specialty Chemicals Sdn Bhd since 1996. The…
Siemens Energy, DEWA and Expo 2020 Dubai inaugurate industrial-scale green-H2 plant
Siemens Energy, in collaboration with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Expo 2020 Dubai, has inaugurated the first industrial scale, solar-driven green hydrogen facility in the Middle East and North Africa. Located at DEWA’s Outdoor Testing Facility of the…
McPhy to locate electrolyzer gigafactory in Belfort, France
McPhy Energy S.A. (La Motte Fanjas, France) has selected Belfort, France to build its electrolyzer Gigafactory. The McPhy Gigafactory is a strategic tool to meet the challenges of competitiveness by further strengthening and perpetuating McPhy's leadership position in the alkaline…
Metso Outotec launches e-waste recycling portfolio
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) is introducing a comprehensive eScrap solutions portfolio for the smelting and refining of e-scrap derived from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The solutions portfolio consists of Metso Outotec’s proven smelting, refining, hydrometallurgy, and gas-cleaning…
Doosan and KHNP enter cooperation to implement hydrogen value-chain solutions
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Changwon, South Korea) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) on “Strengthening Cooperation for Clean Hydrogen Production and Convergence of Energy Technology.” According to the terms of the…
Kemira starts up dry polyacrylamide plant in South Korea
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has opened a new dry polymer production plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The plant produces high-quality dry polyacrylamide (DPAM) products primarily for retention and drainage applications which are critical in modern, fast paper and board production.…
NextChem and Mytilineos to develop green H2 plant in Italy
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary NextChem and MYTILINEOS’ Renewable and Storage Development Business Unit (RSD BU) have signed an agreement to develop engineering activities for the implementation of a green hydrogen plant via electrolysis in Italy. NextChem is Maire Tecnimont’s…
Umicore joins blockchain pilot project for sustainable cobalt traceability
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) has announced that it is collaborating with major metals and mining companies CMOC, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) and Glencore in a project piloting ReISource, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the…