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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

Technology
Technology | 18 December 2021

Baker Hughes to provide CO2 compression equipment for Santos CCS project in Australia

Company will provide gas turbine, compressor and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) technologies to compress the carbon dioxide (CO2)

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 18 December 2021

Hanwha expands production capacity of phthalate-free plasticizer Eco-DEHCH

Company has quadrupled annual production of phthalate-free plasticizer Eco-DEHCH in Ulsan

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 18 December 2021

GAIL and GACL to set up 500 KLPD bioethanol plant in Gujarat

The estimated project cost is to the tune of Rs. 1,000 crore and it is expected to generate an annual revenue of approximately Rs. 1,500 crore for GACL

General
General | 18 December 2021

Chromaflo launches interactive colorant explorer mobile app

The app allows the user to make the colorant selection process much more efficient, potentially shortening the time to market for the end-product

General
General | 18 December 2021

Tata Chemicals wins CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2021

The four centers for innovation and advancement are currently working on more than 20 projects in the areas of food, nanotechnology, and biotechnology

Renewable
Renewable | 18 December 2021

Solvay to use solar energy for powering its plant in India

Company has signed long-term power purchase agreement with Fourth Partner Energy for its facility at Roha

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