BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) have signed an agreement giving BASF the right to take over DOMO Chemicals’ 49% share of the Alsachimie joint venture, in which BASF currently holds 51%. According to applicable laws, the…
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; www.csb.gov) today released its second update on the agency’s ongoing investigation into the September 29, 2024, chemical fire at the Bio-Lab, Inc. facility in Conyers, Georgia. The incident occurred when…
Saint-Gobain S.A. (Courbevoie, France) has announced the launch of a new low-carbon stone-wool insulation plant in the U.K., which will be located on a site owned by the Group in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and is expected to begin production in…
Graphitic Energy (formerly known as C-Zero; Santa Barbara, Calif.) has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Claremont office of Technip Energies USA to jointly develop and deploy Graphitic’s innovative methane pyrolysis (also called “turquoise hydrogen“) technology. This innovative process…
Airex Energy (Bécancour, Quebec, Canada), Groupe Rémabec, a Quebec-based forestry company and SUEZ Group (Paris) inaugurated Carbonity, Canada's first industrial-scale biochar plant, in Port-Cartier. Resulting from a partnership between the three companies, the plant will start with a production capacity…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) and Borouge Plc have announced a significant expansion of their global capacity for cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) and semiconductive (semicon) compounds—supporting customers to deliver the power cables essential to distribution and transmission grids. By the end of…
Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has secured a contract from TA’ZIZ to provide project management consultancy (PMC) for the development of the U.A.E.’s first methanol production facility in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. Construction will be completed by 2028 and…
Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) and Fraunhofer IKTS opened the first SOEC pilot production plant for electrolysis stacks on May 27 in Arnstadt, Thuringia, Germany, in the presence of high-ranking representatives from science, politics, and industry. The…
Elementis plc (London) has simultaneously signed and completed the sale of its Talc business to IMI Fabi S.p.A, a global talc manufacturer, for an enterprise value of $121 million, with net cash proceeds after transaction costs in the region of…
Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria) announced that its facility in Burghausen, Germany is significantly expanding production capacity for an innovative polymer-foam solution called Daploy High Melt Strength polypropylene (HMS PP). This investment—totaling over EUR 100 million—addresses growing global demand for recyclable,…