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1. Rice Lab’s Catalyst Could Be Key For Hydrogen Economy 11/28/2022

   Rice University researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy. Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalyst that needs only the power of light to convert ammonia into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

2. Mkango Announces Grant Funded HyProMag Project To Develop Germany’s First Rare Earth Magnet Recycling HPMS Plant With First Production Targeted For 2024 11/28/2022

   Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) (the “Company” or “Mkango”) is pleased to announce that HyProMag GmbH has been awarded grants totalling €3.7 million for a new project, entitled “Innovation Centre for Science & Economy Northern Black Forest IZWW” (the “Project”), comprising a €2.5 million grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and a €1.2 million grant from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg.

3. Babcock & Wilcox Awarded $24M Contract For Package Boilers And Environmental Equipment For North American Petroleum Refinery 11/17/2022

   Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced today that its B&W Thermal and B&W Environmental business segments have been awarded a contract for more than $24M to supply two industrial package boilers, auxiliary equipment and advanced emissions control technologies for a petroleum refinery in North America.

4. How Fine Bubbles Lead To More Efficient Catalysts 11/17/2022

   Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now discovered that the formation of bubbles in the pores of a catalyst can be essential for its activity.

5. ‘Making Plastic With Captured Carbon Dioxide’ 11/17/2022

   LG Chem will construct an innovative carbon mitigation facility that will produce raw materials for plastics using carbon dioxide to build its foundation to achieve 2050 Net Zero.

6. LyondellBasell Evaluates Propylene Expansion Project 11/17/2022

   LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it is evaluating the expansion of its propylene production capacity at its Channelview Complex near Houston, TX. The potential expansion would involve building a new propylene facility using LyondellBasell's existing technology to convert ethylene into propylene for use in the production of polypropylene and propylene oxide.

7. Aramco Affiliate S-OIL To Build One Of The World's Largest Petrochemical Crackers In South Korea 11/17/2022

   Aramco is making its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world's largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate, in line with the company's strategy to maximize the crude to chemicals value chain.

8. Chevron Phillips Chemical And QatarEnergy To Construct Integrated Polymers Facility On US Gulf Coast 11/16/2022

   Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and QatarEnergy announced today that they are proceeding with the construction of an $8.5B integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas, expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and approximately 4,500 construction jobs and generate an estimated $50B for the community in residual economic impacts. This press release features multimedia.

9. ReNew Power Signs Framework Agreement With Egyptian Government To Establish A Green Hydrogen Plant In The Suez Canal Economic Zone 11/15/2022

   ReNew Power Private Limited, a subsidiary of ReNew Energy Global Plc (“ReNew” or “the Company”), one of the leading renewable energy companies globally, today signed the Framework Agreement with the Government of Egypt to set up a Green Hydrogen plant in the Suez Canal Economic Zone with an investment of US$ 8B and a targeted annual production of 220,000 tons of green hydrogen. The Framework Agreement follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in July, earlier this year.

10. INPEX Takes FID On Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia Project In Niigata Prefecture, Japan 11/15/2022

    INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced today it has taken a final investment decision (FID) on drilling operations and the construction of facilities associated with a demonstration “Kashiwazaki Clean Hydrogen/Ammonia Project” (hereinafter “project”) to be implemented at the INPEX-owned Higashi-Kashiwazaki Gas Field in the Hirai area of Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.