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General
General | 12 March 2023

Piedmont Lithium plans legal action against Short Report

A recent report published by Blue Orca Capital (Short Report) contains allegations in relation to Atlantic's lithium project in Ghana.

Chemical
Chemical | 12 March 2023

US chemical exports drops 1.6% to $13.5 billion in January

Chemical imports were strong with an 8 gain in January.

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2023

Briefs: RIL and Apcotex

Apcotex Industries has commissioned the multi-purpose expansion plant for manufacturing of Synthetic Latex Emulsion Polymers

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 11 March 2023

Thermax inks MoU with Australian FFI to enter green hydrogen market

Thermax and FFI plan to explore opportunities to jointly develop fully integrated green hydrogen projects for commercial and industrial customers in India.

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 March 2023

South Korean President and Aramco CEO present at S-OIL’s $7bn Shaheen groundbreaking

President Yoon and Aramco President & CEO Amin H. Nasser attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the $7 billion Shaheen petrochemical project in Ulsan, South Korea.

Technology
Technology | 11 March 2023

BASF Smart Farming enters first series production at Herbert Dammann

Effective weed management to provide optimum crop protection

Energy
Energy | 11 March 2023

LyondellBasell and Grenergy sign five long-term 15-year solar PPPAs

Contracts set to reduce emissions equal to the energy consumption of 90,000 households

Technology
Technology | 11 March 2023

Linde collaborates with Coolbrook on electrification of steam crackers to achieve CO2-free ethylene production

Coolbrook and Linde Engineering shall jointly offer their solutions to key customers in the petrochemicals sector.

Digitization
Digitization | 11 March 2023

OMV and Cognite extend collaboration to accelerate OMV's digitalization transformation program

The collaboration will accelerate OMV's digital transformation and drive operational improvements

Digitization
Digitization | 11 March 2023

GSBN, Cosco, OOCL & SICIT in blockchain collaboration for safe transportation of chemical cargo

Industry first proof-of-concept for the sharing of Safe Transportation Certification achieved with Midea

People
People | 11 March 2023

BPCL appoints Dr. Sushma Agarwal as Independent Director

Dr. Sushma Agarwal is a M.Sc. and Ph.D in Botany

Technology
Technology | 11 March 2023

Perstorp selects Johnson Matthey to provide the methanol license and engineering services for Project Air

The new plant will operate a first-of-a-kind Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) process at an industrial level

General
General | 11 March 2023

BASF hosts chemical Industry accelerator with WBENC

Attendees learned about BASF’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion commitment

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2023

WeylChem commissions new oleum tank at its Bilbao site

The installation, which had begun in November 2021, was completed on February 28. The investment volume was around two million euros

General
General | 11 March 2023

Bachem raises $116 million via capital increase

Company will invest in capacity increases, technological capabilities and long-term partnerships with key pharmaceutical and biotech companies

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 11 March 2023

H2Pro, Sumitomo Corporation to partner on production of green hydrogen and green ammonia

Under the agreement, Sumitomo Corporation will integrate H2Pro electrolyzers at the multiple hundreds of MW level, creating a significant scale-up opportunity for the breakthrough technology

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 March 2023

DIC partners with Idemitsu on biomass polystyrene production

Actual production of biomass polystyrene, at DIC’s Yokkaichi Plant, is scheduled to commence by the second half of the fiscal year 2023

Chemical
Chemical | 11 March 2023

German chemical industry mood brightens, worries continue: VCI

VCI expects a drop in production of around 5% for 2023

Sustainability
Sustainability | 11 March 2023

Eastman announces closing of $500 million green bond

Net proceeds will be allocated toward a portfolio of eligible green investments in support of Eastman’s sustainability goals

General
General | 10 March 2023

BPCL inks MoU with Tata Memorial Centre to aid cancer treatment in Punjab

BPCL will be funding and investing Rs 1.84 crore towards the hospitals to procure hi-tech surgical equipment

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