Chemical

Kazakhstan

Funding Secured for Kazakh Sulphuric Acid Plant

Kazakhstan’s national atomic company, Kazatomprom, has secured a credit line to support the construction of a new sulphuric acid plant in Taikonur, locate…

Germany

Wacker Begins Production of Hybrid Polymers in Germany

Wacker Chemie AG, based in Munich, Germany, has launched production of hybrid polymers at its Nünchritz site in Germany, with the new facility currently ra…

Biofuel

CPN Performs ‘Record-Breaking’ B24 Biofuel Bunkering Operation

Chimbusco Pan Nation Petro-Chemical (CPN), a Hong Kong-based bunker supplier, has achieved a significant milestone by completing China’s largest B24 marin…

Hydrogen Production

ABP, HiiROC and Px Group to Develop New Hydrogen Production Plant in UK

Associated British Ports (ABP), HiiROC, and px Group have partnered to establish a hydrogen production facility at the Saltend Chemicals Park (SCP), managed by …

Singapore

Cariflex Opens $355-Million Latex Plant in Singapore

Cariflex Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of DL Chemical Co., Ltd., has opened a new polyisoprene latex plant on Jurong Island, Singapore, with a $355 million investment…

United Kingdom

Bilfinger Awarded Contract for Mitsubishi Chemicals U.K. Polymer Expansion Project

Bilfinger SE, based in Mannheim, Germany, has secured a major contract with Mitsubishi Chemical U.K. Ltd. for a project at the Saltend Chemical Park in East Yor…

Germany

BASF Launches Renewable Ammonia Production at Verbund Site in Ludwigshafen

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has introduced two new grades of renewable ammonia: renewable ammonia and renewable ammonia solution 24.5%, further expanding it…

United States

Umicore to Expand Catalyst Manufacturing Plant in Oklahoma

Umicore N.V., based in Brussels, Belgium, plans to enhance its production capacity for homogeneous catalysts at its facility in Catoosa, Oklahoma, USA. This exp…

China

Ionikylation Unit at Petrochina’s Dagang Refinery Reaches 1,000 Days of Continuous Operation

PetroChina Dagang Petrochemical Company has achieved 1,000 consecutive days of operation for its 150,000-tonne-per-year Ionikylation unit at its Dagang refinery…

Denmark

World’s First Commercial-Scale E-methanol Plant Opens in Denmark

The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant began operations in Kasso, southern Denmark, on Tuesday, with shipping company Maersk set to purchase …

Thailand

Sumitomo Establishes Sulfuric-Acid Storage JV in Thailand

Sumitomo Corp. (Tokyo) has formed a joint venture with NFC Public Company Ltd. (Bangkok), a tank terminal operator in Thailand, to manage a sulfuric acid tank t…

Australia

Linde Engineering to Deliver Cryogenic System for Major Quantum-Computing System in Australia

Linde Engineering, based in Pullach, Germany, has signed an agreement with PsiQuantum, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, to construct a cryogenic cooling …

Germany

BASF Starts Production of Renewable Ammonia in Ludwigshafen

BASF has introduced two new renewable ammonia grades—renewable ammonia and renewable ammonia solution 24.5%—expanding its sustainable product offerings. These…

Germany

Koppö Energia Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has announced that Koppö Energia Oy has selected its green methanol technology for the development of an e-metha…

Belgium

Vioneo and Wood Partner on World’s First Fossil-Free Plastics Plant

Vioneo, a plastics manufacturer, has partnered with engineering firm Wood to develop a pioneering plant in Antwerp, Belgium, that will produce carbon-negative p…