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India’s Styrenix Plans ABS, PS Capacity Expansions In Gujarat
2/16/2024
India’s Styrenix Performance Materials (SPM) expects to begin operations at its expanded acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polystyrene (PS) capacities at Dahej and Nandesari in the western Gujarat state before 2028, a company source said on Friday.
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Knowridge: Scientists Turn Greenhouse Gas Into Plastics
2/15/2024
Knowridge Science Report highlighted a University of Cincinnati engineer's innovative methods to convert carbon dioxide into ethylene, a chemical compound that is used in diverse manufacturing processes around the world.
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Lake Charles Methanol Announces Plan For New $3.2B Manufacturing Plant In Southwest Louisiana
2/14/2024
Lake Charles Methanol II, LLC (LCM) announced plans to invest $3.24B to construct a new manufacturing plant that will produce low-carbon intensity methanol and other chemicals at the Port of Lake Charles.
- Zeon Group Begins Full-Scale Production Of Aroma Chemicals With Expanded Production Facilities 2/14/2024
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Researchers Investigate Process To Allow Carbon-Neutral Ammonia Production
2/14/2024
Ammonia (NH3) is an energy-dense chemical that is a vital component of the agricultural industry and has the potential to be used as a carbon-free alternative fuel.
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Oulu Energy Plans A 100 MW Hydrogen Plant In Oulu, Finland
2/14/2024
Oulu Energy is planning to build a 100 megawatts (MW) hydrogen production plant in Oulu, northern Finland. When completed, the plant would be a big step towards clean energy production and thus a natural part of Oulu Energy’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
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World’s First Pilot Plant For Bio-Based Aniline
2/13/2024
Covestro is moving forward with the implementation of a unique process for producing the important chemical aniline entirely based on plant biomass instead of petroleum for the first time. At its Leverkusen site, the plastics manufacturer has now put a special pilot plant into operation for this purpose.
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Sunfire Successfully Installs First Industrial-Scale Electrolysis Plant In Finland
2/13/2024
Finland's first industrial-scale electrolysis plant has been installed in Harjavalta, one year after the groundbreaking ceremony. The project partners expect production of green hydrogen in the second half of the year. A purchase agreement has already been signed.
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Grace Licenses Second UNIPOL Polypropylene Process Technology Reactor To China Coal Shaanxi Energy & Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
2/13/2024
W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace), the world’s leading independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, today announced that China Coal Shaanxi Energy & Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (China Coal Shaanxi Company) has expanded its license for Grace’s UNIPOL PP process technology, doubling its polypropylene production capacity from 300 to 600 kilotons per annum (KTA).
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Solvay Completes Coal Phase-Out At Its US Green River Soda Ash Plant
2/12/2024
From the entrances of its Green River, Wyoming soda ash plant and Brussels headquarters, Solvay leaders announced the successful completion of the North American-based facility’s coal phase-out initiative.