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Supply Chain
Supply Chain | 20 October 2022

Quantix acquires G&W Tanks

Acquisition establishes Quantix's ISO tank platform

Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles | 20 October 2022

bp invests in free electric ride hailing business Freebee

The company led the business’s US $8 million Series A funding round, with support from Freebee’s current infrastructure capital partner, Tensile Mobility

General
General | 20 October 2022

Trinseo offers sustainable solution for building & construction

STYRON X-TECH 4660 Polystyrene Resin offers the same reliability and performance as previous resin formulations with greater sustainability advantage

Chemical
Chemical | 20 October 2022

Calgon Carbon’s Belgium subsidiary commences operations

Produced from such materials as bituminous coal and coconut shells, activated carbon is a class of carbon substrate with numerous micropores

Gas
Gas | 20 October 2022

Air Liquide to invest €500 mn to set up three new plants

Air Liquide strengthens its presence in the area and reinforces its partnership with two long term leading players in the electronics industry

Chemical
Chemical | 20 October 2022

INEOS to buy ASHTA Chemicals

Once completed, the deal presents an excellent strategic fit for the long-term local supply and use of chlorine between ASHTA and INEOS Pigments

General
General | 20 October 2022

Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited's Barauni plant commences urea production

The Government mandated Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) to revive the Barauni unit with an estimated investment of Rs. 8,387 crore with urea production capacity of 12.7 LMTPA

General
General | 20 October 2022

Rallis India Q2 FY23 revenue up 31%

The MPP project at Dahej SEZ is progressing with some delays and is expected to be commissioned during this financial year

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 20 October 2022

Air Liquide, Chevron, LyondellBasell, and Uniper to pursue lower carbon hydrogen and ammonia project

The potential project to be studied is intended to cover the end-to-end, energy value chain, utilizing each participant’s technical expertise in production, operational experience, storage, distribution, and export logistics.

General
General | 20 October 2022

Praj Q2 FY23 revenue reaches Rs. 876.58 Cr; Profit at Rs. 48.13 Cr

Order intake during the quarter was Rs. 981 crore whereas order intake for H1 FY22 was at Rs. 1,406 crore.

Sustainability
Sustainability | 19 October 2022

Asahi Kasei Plastics Singapore acquires ISCC PLUS certification

APS plans to produce PPE using sustainable raw material beginning January 2023

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 19 October 2022

Planic's Omaezaki plant starts full operation

The Omaezaki Plant collects approximately 40,000 tons annually and aims to produce approximately 32,000 tons of recycled raw materials

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 19 October 2022

Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell to set up plastic waste sorting and processing facility

The facility will be designed to produce 150,000 metric tons or 330 million pounds of plastic feedstock per year, supplying ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell advanced recycling projects as well as mechanical recycling markets

Gas
Gas | 19 October 2022

Puri inaugurates Asia's largest compressed biogas plant in Sangrur

Sangrur Plant to reduce stubble burning of 40,000 – 45,000 acres of fields, translating into an annual reduction of 150,000 tons of CO2 emissions

General
General | 19 October 2022

Power Minister Singh inaugurates 5th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance

ISA can assist member nations in formulating and implementing solar-ready policies and regulatory development of national energy landscapes for engaging with public and private sector entities to leverage low cost financing to achieve ISA’s solarisation agenda

R&D
R&D | 19 October 2022

Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks close deal to develop biological products for agriculture

The transaction includes the divestment of Bayer’s West Sacramento Biologics Research & Development site, and its internal discovery and lead optimization platform.

Battery
Battery | 19 October 2022

Natron and Arxada announce production of Battery Grade Prussian Blue in Visp

The world-class production facility will immediately begin supplying Natron with materials to produce up to 600 MW battery capacity annually

Gas
Gas | 18 October 2022

bp to buy leading US biogas company Archaea Energy

The agreed acquisition, which is subject to regulatory and Archaea shareholder approval, will be for $3.3 billion in cash, as well as around $800 million of net debt

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 18 October 2022

NTPC, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and MPI sign MoU for demonstrating hydrogen co-firing in Auraiya Gas Power Plant

The company is exploring various new hydrogen generation technologies along with hydrogen usage so as to ensure future readiness, develop the required capabilities, and technical expertise, and align with the national decarbonizing and hydrogen mission targets

Sustainability
Sustainability | 18 October 2022

Dow to deliver 3 mn metric tons per year of circular and renewable solutions by 2030

It is expected that the waste required to produce three million metric tons of circular and renewable solutions per year by 2030 will surpass and replace Dow's original one million metric ton goal

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