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  1. Using AI To Improve Nickel Catalysts For Converting Carbon Dioxide Into Methane 9/3/2025

    The conversion of carbon dioxide into clean fuels is regarded as an important route toward carbon neutrality. CO2 methanation, in particular, has drawn increasing interest due to its favorable thermodynamic properties and environmental benefits.

  2. Understanding Catalyst Activity For Green Hydrogen Production 9/3/2025

    Researchers from the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society have unveiled new insights into the activity of catalysts used in green hydrogen production.

  3. Ascend Elements Produces Recycled Lithium Carbonate From Used Li-ion Batteries For First Time At Commercial Scale 9/3/2025

    Ascend Elements achieved a significant milestone in domestic critical minerals recovery last month – producing >99% pure, recycled lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) from black mass for the first time at commercial scale.

  4. Bondalti Chemicals Starts Operation Of Chlor-Alkali Plant In Portugal With Asahi Kasei's Electrolyzer System 9/2/2025

    Portuguese chemical manufacturer Bondalti Chemicals has successfully started operation of its state-of-the-art chlor-alkali production facility in Estarreja, Portugal.

  5. A Renaissance For Plastics: ECI Group's Technology Selected For World's First Commercial Scale Fossil-Free LDPE Facility 9/2/2025

    Vioneo, a European pioneer in fossil-free plastics, has awarded a major contract to ECI Group, a global leader in polymer technology licensing and engineering services.

  6. ABB And Citroniq Target A World First With 100% Bio-Based Polypropylene Facility 8/28/2025

    ABB has entered a supply agreement with Citroniq to provide advanced automation, electrification and digitalization solutions for a 100 percent biogenic polypropylene facility in Nebraska, US – aiming to be the world’s first full commercial-scale facility of its kind.

  7. Sinopec Wins Engineering Contract For Saudi Arabia Green Hydrogen Project 8/27/2025

    According to a front-end engineering design (FEED) +EPC convertible contract recently awarded by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, Sinopec Guangzhou Engineering Co., Ltd., the wholly-owned subsidiary of the SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. (SEG), and Spanish company Técnicas Reunidas, will form a joint venture to provide engineering service for a large-scale green hydrogen and green ammonia project in Yanbu. 

  8. Common Metal, Unusual Power: New Manganese(I) Complex Breaks Lifetime Record For Excited States 8/27/2025

    Reactions are typically driven by heat. However, in recent years, light has also established itself as an energy source, as it allows chemical reactions to be controlled with exceptional precision.

  9. New Insights Give Copper Catalysts A Boost 8/26/2025

    Platinum is often used as a catalyst to speed up industrial electrochemical reactions, such as those involved in wastewater treatment and in fuel cells for power generation.

  10. Researchers Leverage Advanced Bioengineering Techniques To Develop Plastics Made From Sustainable Biomaterials   8/26/2025

    Plastic products frequently pile up in landfills or spill into natural habitats where they occupy space and endanger wildlife.