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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

Chemical
Chemical | 17 December 2021

Leading UAE investors to acquire stake in TA’ZIZ Chemicals complex

The agreements comprise commitments by the investors to invest in an up to 20% stake in a portfolio of chemicals projects worth AED 15 billion ($4 billion) within the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone

General
General | 17 December 2021

Bayer unveils carbon footprint measurement solution Project Carbonview

Conceptualized by Bayer and developed in collaboration with Bushel and AWS, the solution will help farmers in the US drive more sustainable supply chains and mitigate the impact agriculture has on the environment

General
General | 17 December 2021

FMC signs Corteva to provide growers seed treatment insecticides

Seed-applied insecticides powered by Rynaxypyr and Cyazypyr actives help growers protect their seed investment against key insect pests, resulting in improved yield and higher quality crops

Chemical
Chemical | 17 December 2021

Mitsubishi Chemical files lawsuit on Optical Clear Adhesive Sheet

The post-UV-cured OCA is a proprietary technology MCC has been developing for many years ahead of other companies

Chemical
Chemical | 17 December 2021

Increased R&D investments key to sustainable growth

Instead of putting too much onus on China plus one model, industry needs to focus on innovating global quality value added products for long-term growth

Technology
Technology | 17 December 2021

EIL, ICT to jointly develop algal technology

Under the MoA, EIL and ICT will jointly develop algal technology for large scale cultivation and extraction of value added products from laboratory scale studies

Chemical
Chemical | 17 December 2021

Three casualties and ten injuries at GFL facility in Gujarat

There has been no gaseous emissions and this incident has not impacted any other plants at the site

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