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LG Chem invests US$53m to triple nanotube production
LG CHEM is more than tripling its production of carbon nanotubes for the burgeoning electric vehicle market with a US$53m expansion of its Yeosu plant in South Korea.
Type: News
Air Products invests US$2bn in world-scale coal-to-methanol facility
AIR Products is to invest US$2bn as part of a long-term agreement for a world-scale coal-to-methanol facility in Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The facility will produce nearly 2m t/y of methanol from almost 6m t/y of coal.
Type: News
EU calls for proposals for €1bn clean technology fund
THE EU Commission has launched a call for proposals for its €1bn (US$1.1bn) Innovation Fund for large-scale low-carbon technologies, including energy storage and carbon capture.
Type: News
Nouryon doubles organic peroxides capacity at Brazil site
NOURYON has completed a project to double the capacity for organic peroxides at a plant in Itupeva, Brazil.
Type: News
Swedish refinery to convert to produce renewable fuels
PREEM’s refinery in Lysekil, Sweden, will be converted to produce renewable fuels.
Type: News
RWE to invest €1.5bn in Irish renewables
RWE Ireland has announced plans to invest up to €1.5bn (US$1.6bn) in onshore wind, offshore wind, and battery storage projects across Ireland.
Type: News
BP awards KBR contract for global hydrogen project management
BP has named KBR the primary integrated project management contractor across its global hydrogen project portfolio.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco appoints Wood to ‘million-hour’ gas production project
SAUDI ARABIA’s state-owned oil firm Aramco has appointed Wood to deliver engineering works of several gas facilities that will take “one million engineering hours” to execute.
Type: News
A Shift in Carbon Capture and Storage Technology?
A look at the growing investment in carbon capture and patent trends to explore the level of innovation in CCS.
Type: Feature
UKRI pumps in £100m to transform engineering biology projects
RESEARCHERS working to combat plastic pollution, improve metals circularity, and develop novel food production are among those set to benefit from a £117m (US$149m) cash injection from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aimed at unlocking the potential of engineering biology.
Type: News
Dominion Energy and SCANA merge in US$14.6bn deal
DOMINION ENERGY and fellow energy corporation SCANA have announced that they are to combine in an all-stock merger worth US$14.6bn, including debt.
Type: News
Partnership to further develop chemical safety database
THE Pistoia Alliance and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), have signed an agreement which will see CAS develop and host Pistoia Alliance’s chemical safety database.
Type: News
Ithaca Energy acquisition reawakens Cambo project plans
OIL and gas company Ithaca Energy is acquiring Siccar Point Energy in a deal worth up to US$1.46bn, which could see the development of the UK’s controversial Cambo oilfield.
Type: News
Recommendations to support UK green hydrogen
UK TRADE association RenewableUK has made policy recommendations to help Government achieve its goal of producing 5 GW of green hydrogen by 2030.
Type: News
Lanxess to cut 870 jobs amid German chemical industry downturn
GERMAN speciality chemicals group Lanxess plans to cut 870 jobs worldwide. The firm has blamed a deepening crisis in the country's chemicals sector due to rising energy prices brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Type: News
Northvolt cuts 1,600 in Sweden amid financial struggles
GREEN BATTERY manufacturer Northvolt has plans to cut 1,600 jobs across its operations in an ongoing effort to survive in the “challenging macroeconomic climate” of the European EV market.
Type: News
Anglo American sells off nickel business for US$500m
UK mining giant Anglo American has sold its Brazilian nickel business for US$500m in the wake of the ongoing supply dominance of Indonesia.
Type: News
Adam Duckett asks whether or not your company has a digitalisation strategy
Type: Feature
Communication: the Rate-limiting Step
The first of a regular series of pieces focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, this time looking at communication
Type: Feature
BP: World to begin low-carbon transition
Energy Outlook says fossil fuels remain dominant
Type: News
