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General
General | 20 December 2021

Govt. constitutes EGoS to monitor implementation of PM Gati Shakti

PM GatiShakti aims to reduce the logistics cost which is about 13% of the GDP to the extent of 8%

General
General | 20 December 2021

Johnson Matthey to sell its health business to Altaris Capital Partners for £325 million

Company will retain approximately 30% equity stake from which it expects to realise significant additional future value

Chemical
Chemical | 20 December 2021

Lotte Chemical to expand production of ethylene oxide adduct

The expansion of the production line in Daesan will help boost its EOA production capacity by an annual 150,000 tons per year

General
General | 20 December 2021

DSM completes acquisition of Vestkorn Milling

The acquisition is a further step in DSM’s strategy to build an alternative protein business

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 20 December 2021

Nuberg bags contract for hydrogen peroxide plant in Uzbekistan

Company will be the single-point solution provider responsible from concept to commissioning of the project

Chemical
Chemical | 20 December 2021

Univar appointed distributor for Novozyme homecare, industrial cleaning product range

New agreement covers Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia

Technology
Technology | 20 December 2021

OMV to build chemical recycling demo plant in Schwechat, Austria

Demo plant with a capacity of 16,000 t/year to start operations in 2023

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 20 December 2021

SK invests in US based waste-to-fuels firm Fulcrum BioEnergy

Fulcrum is the first company in the U.S. to produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels

Sustainability
Sustainability | 20 December 2021

Henkel partners with Jokey and Akpol to drive recycling initiatives in construction sector

The three companies are already engaged in a pilot program to create fully recycled and circular ecobuckets for Henkel´s construction products in Poland

Chemical
Chemical | 20 December 2021

BRB opens silicones blending facility in Malaysia

The state-of-the-art Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility at Gebeng will produce silicone gum blend, silicone antifoam and silicone emulsion for the Asia Pacific and Middle East Africa regions

Digitization
Digitization | 19 December 2021

MOL and Linde digitalize steam cracker plant operations

Linde will deploy its technology and expertise to help MOL optimize the plant operations and improve its energy efficiency

General
General | 19 December 2021

Kraton receives ISCC Plus certification for renewable styrenic block copolymers

Company will launch the newly ISCC Plus certified renewable polymers as the CirKular+ ReNew Series, further expanding its product line of plastic upcycling and circular economy solutions

Energy
Energy | 19 December 2021

Yara receives grant for decarbonisation of ammonia plant in Norway

The plant will produce enough hydrogen to produce 20,500 tonnes of ammonia per year, which converts into between 60,000 and 80,000 tonnes of green fossil free mineral fertilizer.

General
General | 19 December 2021

Ineos, Petroineos, Plastic Energy announces advanced plastics recycling initiative

The companies have come together to launch a preliminary trial in Q1-2022 at the INEOS Grangemouth facility in Scotland

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 19 December 2021

Engie, Equinor to explore low-carbon hydrogen, CCS project in Belgium

The H2BE project aims at producing hydrogen from natural gas using autothermal reforming (ATR) technology combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Chemical
Chemical | 19 December 2021

SK Capital acquires majority stake in Sequens

Concurrent with the acquisition, SEQENS entered a combination with Wavelength Pharmaceuticals, an existing SK Capital portfolio company which is also a global manufacturer and developer of active pharmaceutical ingredients

Opinion
Opinion | 19 December 2021

Building a digital reliability platform for chemical plant

Forward-looking companies are looking to end-to-end DRP to predict equipment health, monitor performance, and enable advanced maintenance to eliminate unplanned downtime

Gas
Gas | 18 December 2021

NextChem awarded engineering works for Eni carbon capture plant in Italy

Company to undertake engineering works for a carbon capture plant at the natural gas plant in Ravenna

People
People | 18 December 2021

Prof. Shishir Sinha appointed DG of CIPET

Prior to joining as Director General CIPET, he held the position of Director, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur

Battery
Battery | 18 December 2021

Li-Cycle to expand battery materials capacity in North America

In view of rapidly growing demand for lithium-ion battery recycling, Li-Cycle will increase the input processing capacity of the Hub by over 40%, from 25,000 tonnes to 35,000 tonnes of black mass annually

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