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United States

AMD Expects Profit to Triple by 2030, Data Center Chip Market to Grow to $1 Trillion

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Tuesday that it expects annual data center chip revenue to reach $100 billion within the next five years, with earning…

Argentina

Argentina Hikes Biofuel Prices for Domestic Market

The Argentine government has increased biofuel prices for mandatory blending with fossil fuels in the domestic market, according to resolutions released in the …

United States

Syensqo, Bell Join Forces to Industrialize Composite Part Manufacture

Syensqo, based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Bell Textron Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, have announced a collaboration aimed at accelerating the indus…

China

BASF Commences Production of the First Products From Its Zhanjiang Verbund Site

BASF has begun producing the first products from the core of its Zhanjiang Verbund site in South China, marking a key milestone in the company’s largest s…

China

Clariant Forms Joint Venture With Fuhua Chemical to Develop Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants

Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company based in Muttenz, Switzerland, announced a strategic joint venture with Shaanxi-based Fuhua Chemic…

United Arab Emirates

Ta’Ziz Signs $2BN Deal to Build One of World’s Largest PVC Plants in UAE

Abu Dhabi-based Ta’ziz has awarded a $1.99 billion contract to China National Chemical Engineering and Construction Corporation Seven (CC7) to build the U…

Germany

BASF and D-Wave Quantum Complete Joint Proof-Of-Concept Project on Manufacturing Optimization

D-Wave Quantum Inc., based in Palo Alto, California, and BASF, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, have successfully concluded a joint proof-of-concept init…

Metal

TGS Secures Multi-Year Survey Agreement With Chevron

TGS, a seismic data company listed in Oslo, and Chevron, a major U.S. energy firm, have established a three-year capacity agreement for marine streamer and ocea…

Japan

Avantium’s Plant-Based PDF Cleared for Recycling in Japan’s Pet Bottle System

Avantium, the Dutch renewable and circular polymer specialist, has secured approval in Japan for recycling its plant-based plastic releaf, a polyethylene furano…

Battery

Sinopec and LG Chem Sign Agreement to Jointly Develop Sodium-Ion Battery Materials

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and LG Chem announced a joint development agreement on key materials for sodium-ion batteries, aiming to advanc…

South Korea

LG Chem and Zeiss Announce Alliance on Photopolymer Film for Holographic Displays

Zeiss, headquartered in Jena, Germany, and LG Chem, based in Seoul, South Korea, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at establishing a robust, sustaina…

Oil Refinery

Exxon Explores More Refinery Upgrades as It Hones in on Higher-Value Products

Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) is exploring further opportunities to upgrade its refining and chemical operations after launching four new projects this year, an executive…

Egypt

Egypt Signs $135M Financing Deal for Damietta Bioethanol Project

Egypt has signed a long-term financing agreement worth US$135 million to establish a bioethanol production plant in Damietta Governorate for the Egyptian Bioeth…

South Korea

NVIDIA, SK Group Strengthen Strategic Alliance to Build Korea’s Largest AI Factory

NVIDIA has announced a major collaboration with South Korea’s SK Group to build an AI factory aimed at advancing semiconductor research, development, and …

United States

Plug Power Partners With Edgewood Renewables to Build Renewable Fuels Facility in Nevada

Plug Power Inc., based in Latham, New York, has announced a strategic partnership with Edgewood Renewables to advance the development and construction of an adv…