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Chemical
Chemical | 18 January 2023

Henkel inks agreement with Shell on renewable feedstock for Persil, Purex and all brands

Shell to replace approximately 200,000 tonnes of fossil feedstocks with renewable feedstocks for cleaning ingredients used in Henkel's largest laundry brands in North America

Sustainability
Sustainability | 18 January 2023

Sinopec publishes "The Sinopec Green and Low-carbon Development White Paper 2022"

Strengthening Sustainable Advantages to Accelerate High-quality Development and Achieve "Dual Carbon" Goals

Chemical
Chemical | 18 January 2023

BASF expects sales of €87,327 mn and EBIT before special items of €6,878 mn for 2022

Sales rose by 11% in 2022 to an expected €87,327 million and were thus in line with the €86 billion to €89 billion range forecast by BASF

People
People | 18 January 2023

LyondellBasell appoints Trisha Conley as EVP, People & Culture

She comes to LyondellBasell from Chevron Renewable Energy Group, where she was Senior Vice President, People Development.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 18 January 2023

Asahi Kasei collaborates on recycling carbon fiber plastic compounds

With its project partners at the National Institute of Technology at Kitakyushu College and the Tokyo University of Science, Asahi Kasei has developed a recycling method that allows carbon fibers to be extracted from CFRP or CFRTP used in automobiles

Policy
Policy | 18 January 2023

ACFI urges Finance Minister to reduce import duty and GST on crop protection

ACFI wants extension of data protection to new molecules registered in India so that farmers can avail the latest technology and molecules at competitive cost

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 18 January 2023

ADNOC partners with thyssenkrupp to cooperate on ammonia cracking plants

Explores commercial scale ammonia cracking plants with thyssenkrupp to progress global clean energy value chains

Technology
Technology | 18 January 2023

ADNOC partners with FNRC, Masdar and 44.01 to turn CO2 into rock

The project will use 44.01’s Earthshot prize-winning Carbon Capture and Mineralization (CCM) technology to eliminate CO2 from the atmosphere

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 18 January 2023

Fluitron installs first domestically-built hydrogen dispenser in Faridabad

Innovative project is a significant milestone in acceleration of hydrogen technology development in India

General
General | 18 January 2023

GHCL Foundation aids secondary income of farmers in Gujarat

This is a spice crop and can be grown as intercrop in the supari (areca palm) and coconut orchards, enabling farmers to cultivate both crops simultaneously

Sustainability
Sustainability | 18 January 2023

Raven SR agrees to supply sustainable aviation fuel to All Nippon Airways

SAF to be produced from non-combustion conversion of waste to synthetic fuel

Start-up
Start-up | 18 January 2023

SABIC Agri-Nutrients signs exclusive agreement with startup Atmonia for application of its technology for ammonia production

Agreement provides SABIC AN full exclusivity for ammonia production using Atmonia´s technology within Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 18 January 2023

Braskem announces project to evaluate production of bio-based polypropylene in the U.S

The project would utilize Braskem’s proven, proprietary technology to convert bioethanol into physically segregated bio-based polypropylene

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 18 January 2023

CF Industries sign clean ammonia supply MoU with JERA

The companies expect to evaluate a range of potential supply options, including an equity investment alongside CF Industries to develop a greenfield clean ammonia facility in Louisiana and a supplementary long-term offtake agreement from CF Industries’ Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 18 January 2023

Yara and JERA sign MoU for supply of clean ammonia

The two companies also plan to collaborate on blue ammonia production in the US Gulf and to produce more than 1 million metric tons per annum (mtpa).

Chemical
Chemical | 18 January 2023

Solvay launches bio-circular silica at site in Italy

Coupled with renewable energy integration at the plant, it will allow Solvay to achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 per ton of silica

Energy
Energy | 17 January 2023

World is entering a new age of clean technology manufacturing: IEA

The current supply chains of clean energy technologies present risks in the form of high geographic concentrations of resource mining and processing as well as technology manufacturing.

People
People | 17 January 2023

LG Chem CEO appointed Chairman of ‘Chemical and Advanced Materials Industry Governors’ of the Davos Forum

Hak Cheol Shin, CEO, LG Chem plans to discuss current pending issues and search for coordinated response plans with global leading companies such as BASF and Solvay

General
General | 17 January 2023

Air Liquide recognized for ESG achievements

Air Liquide has opened a new chapter of its history with its ADVANCE medium term plan

Digitization
Digitization | 17 January 2023

AVEVA to highlight benefits of industrial digital transformation at WEF 2023

Herweck and Schneider Electric will discuss the crucial role of digital transformation for the energy transition

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