General
General | 12 February 2022

Bharat Certis launches new copper fungicide

Kocide 3000 has enhanced efficacy against a wide range of fungal and bacterial diseases in various crops and provides better and long duration disease control

Gas
Gas | 12 February 2022

Genesis Gas Solutions bags order for 30,000+ gas meters from Gujarat Gas

The company is currently having the first and the largest implementation of LoRa technology in smart gas metering in India

General
General | 12 February 2022

Ineos names world's largest ethane cracker in Houston

The new ship joins INEOS’s growing carrier fleet and was primarily built to transport US ethane both to China and Europe

Start-up
Start-up | 12 February 2022

Orbia invests in green hydrogen technology developer Verdagy

The $25 million funding round is led by TDK Ventures with the participation of Orbia Ventures, BHP Ventures, Doral Energy Tech Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Shell Ventures and Temasek

Chemical
Chemical | 12 February 2022

Anupam Rasayan Q3 FY22 revenue up 43%, profit rises by 75%

Total revenues reached Rs. 764.3 crore in 9M FY22 as compared to Rs. 563.2 crore in 9M FY21, a growth of 36% Y-o-Y

People
People | 12 February 2022

Rahul Ghai and Michael Koenig elected to Celanese board of directors

They will begin their Celanese Board service effective immediately

Chemical
Chemical | 12 February 2022

Bodal Chemicals to acquire remaining 20% stake in SENER-Turkey

After acquisition of remaining equity stake from existing shareholders, SENER-Turkey, stake of Bodal Chemicals will be 100%

People
People | 12 February 2022

Pulkit Goyal appointed CFO of Honeywell Automation India

He has a rich international leadership experience of over 16 years mostly in the capital goods companies and conglomerates

Gas
Gas | 12 February 2022

Linde India signs oxygen, nitrogen supply deal with ESL

The company will be setting up an onsite Air Separation Unit at ESL’s Bokaro steel works, which will serve ESL’s demand for gases for its brownfield expansion

Battery
Battery | 12 February 2022

Umicore launches new battery recycling technology, signs deal with ACC

New technology significantly improved metallurgical process with increased extraction efficiency of cobalt, nickel and copper to now reach over 95% yield for a wide variety of battery chemistries

People
People | 12 February 2022

LANXESS appoints Neelanjan Banerjee as Global Head of Lubricant Additives, Namitesh R. Choudhury to head India operations

Namitesh will succeed Neelanjan Banerjee as Country Representative and Managing Director of LANXESS India Private Limited effective July 1, 2022

Hydrogen
Hydrogen | 11 February 2022

ARCI develops energy-efficient method for hydrogen production with less carbon footprint

Main advantage of this process is that the electrical energy needed to produce hydrogen is 1/3rd of water electrolysis

Gas
Gas | 11 February 2022

India sets up two national CoE in Carbon Capture & Utilization

These CoEs will facilitate capturing and mapping of current R&D and innovation activities in the domain and also develop networks of researchers, industries, and stakeholders

Gas
Gas | 11 February 2022

Govt. sets a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15%

Further, PNGRB has received bids for 61 GAs in the 11th round which entail investment of more than Rs. 80,000 crore

Chemical
Chemical | 11 February 2022

Tata Chemicals Q3 FY22 consolidated income up 21%, consolidated profit up 69%

The company’s results by reporting segments showed income from operations for Basic Chemistry at Rs. 2,448 crore up 23% and Specialty Products at Rs. 679 crore up 10%

General
General | 11 February 2022

Essar Oil UK to use hydrogen as a fuel source

This marks another significant milestone in Essar’s continued commitment to becoming the UK’s first low carbon refinery

General
General | 11 February 2022

Dr. Pramod Chaudhari bags 2022 William C. Holmberg Award

He is the first Asian recipient of this global honour that recognizes his exemplary work in Bioeconomy

Petrochemical
Petrochemical | 11 February 2022

Manali Petrochemicals Q3 FY22 revenue up 22%, profit up 30%

During the nine months the total revenue was Rs. 1,094 crore, 1.83 times of Rs. 598 crore in the corresponding period of FY21. PBT and PAT registered 3-fold growth during this period, signifying better price realizations

Chemical
Chemical | 11 February 2022

Chemours earnings rise on higher prices, volumes

2021 Net Sales were $6.3 billion, up 28%, or $1.4 billion, from 2020

General
General | 11 February 2022

Umicore signs €500 million sustainability-linked loan

Credit facility measures Umicore’s progress towards its carbon neutrality and gender diversity goals

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