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  1. Evonik Catalysts Strengthen Market Position Through Further Expanding Its Innovative Portfolio 1/17/2023

    Evonik is pooling its expertise and integrating its alkoxides business into the Catalysts Business Line. The extensive portfolio of heterogeneous catalysts is thus now complemented by homogeneous catalysts.

  2. Sustainable Fertilizer Production Method Proven To Be Cost-Effective 1/17/2023

    Sustainable methods to produce synthetic ammonia for fertilizer can be cost competitive with the current fossil-fuel based method, according to a Washington State University study. The findings indicate that these methods are plausible commercial options that can reduce carbon emissions and help increase market stability in an industry that is critical to food production.

  3. CF Industries Signs MOU With JERA For Supply Of Up To 500,000 Metric Tonnes Per Year Of Clean Ammonia 1/17/2023

    CF Industries Holdings, Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia, today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JERA Co., Inc. (JERA), Japan’s largest energy generator, regarding the supply of up to 500,000 metric tonnes per year of clean ammonia beginning in 2027.

  4. ADNOC Explores Commercial-Scale Ammonia Cracking Plants With thyssenkrupp To Progress Global Clean Energy Value Chains 1/17/2023

    ADNOC, a responsible provider of reliable, lower-carbon intensity energy, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with thyssenkrupp Uhde, a Germany-based subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Group that specializes in chemical engineering, to explore a long-term partnership to create new markets for hydrogen and promote global clean energy value chains.

  5. SABIC Agri-Nutrients (SABIC AN) Secures An Agreement With Atmonia For Application Of Its Technology For Sustainable Ammonia Production In Several Middle Eastern Countries 1/17/2023

    Mr. Munif-Al, Munif, General Manager T&I at SABIC AN commented "This agreement demonstrates SABIC AN´s confidence in Atmonia´s ability to reach its development goals and launch the product. SABIC AN is fully committed towards the climate change challenge by production of sustainable fertilizer in the future, but today 1-2% of the global anthropogenic carbon emissions are from ammonia production.

  6. H2Carrier In MoU With Larsen & Toubro 1/13/2023

    H2Carrier AS and Larsen &Toubro sign MoU Indian multi-national conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norway-based H2Carrier (H2C) in order to co-operate towards developing floating green ammonia projects for industrial-scale applications the ultimate aim of which is to decarbonise the global economy.

  7. Study Reveals Mechanism Of Coverage-Driven Selectivity Switch From Ethylene To Acetate In High-Rate CO2CO Electrolysis 1/13/2023

    A research group led by Profs. BAO Xinhe, WANG Guoxiong and GAO Dunfeng from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has revealed the mechanism of coverage-driven selectivity switch from ethylene to acetate in high-rate CO2/CO electrolysis.

  8. Unigel Partners With Elessent Clean Technologies For MECS Sulfuric Acid Plant 1/11/2023

    Brazilian chemical maker Unigel RI (Unigel) – one of Latin America's largest chemical companies and Brazil's top manufacturer of nitrogen fertilizers – has contracted with MECS, Inc. (MECS), a subsidiary of Elessent Clean Technologies, for the construction of a new sulfur burning sulfuric acid plant to displace the import of sulfuric acid for their downstream chemical processes.

  9. BASF Breaks Ground On MDI Capacity Expansion Project At Geismar Site 1/11/2023

    BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, announced in July 2022.

  10. A Big Step Toward ‘Green’ Ammonia And A ‘Greener’ Fertilizer 1/11/2023

    Industrial production of ammonia, primarily for synthetic fertilizer — the fuel for last century’s Green Revolution — is one of the world’s largest chemical markets, but also one of the most energy intensive.