Idemitsu invests US$114 mn in e-methanol producer HIF GlobalMay 15, 2024 // 0 CommentsJapanese energy firm Idemitsu Kosan has invested US$114 million in pioneering e-fuel producer, HIF Global, as part of its [...]
Chemanol to set up US$112 mn speciality chemicals facility in JubailMay 13, 2024 // 0 CommentsSaudi-based methanol Chemicals Company (Chemanol) has signed a plot allocation agreement with Jubail and Yanbu Industrial [...]
Borealis invests EUR4.5 mn in cracker in Finland for sustainable materialsApril 23, 2024 // 0 CommentsChemical firm Borealis has announced a EUR4.5 million investment in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo, [...]
OQ completes infrastructure for Röhm’s MMA plant in USApril 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsIn a significant development, OQ Chemicals has achieved mechanical completion in its ‘Propel’ project, short for [...]
Clariant launches new propane dehydrogenation catalystApril 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsSwiss chemical firm Clariant has launched Catofin 312, its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst. The new catalyst [...]
US researchers develop reactor to create propylene from gasMarch 26, 2024 // 0 CommentsResearchers at the University of Michigan in the US have developed a new chemical reactor that creates propylene from [...]
BASF breaks ground on methyl glycols facility in ChinaMarch 25, 2024 // 0 CommentsGerman chemical firm BASF says it has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its site in Zhanjiang, China. The new [...]
Sibur reorganises plastics/rubber business to focus on RussiaMarch 25, 2024 // 0 CommentsIn order to further develop industries that consume polypropylene, polyethylene and synthetic rubbers, Russian petchem firm [...]
Clariant/Lummus awarded contract for isobutane dehydrogenation plant in ChinaMarch 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsSwiss chemical firm Clariant and its process partner Lummus Technology have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials to [...]
New Energy to produce bio-sourced ethylene for jet fuel and Dow’s renewable plasticsMarch 19, 2024 // 0 CommentsNew Energy Blue, the clean-energy developer of lowest-carbon biofuel and biochemicals from crop residues, says it has [...]