Current Headlines

1. Saipem Awarded Contract From Enilive For The Expansion Of The Venice Biorefinery 6/30/2025

   Saipem has been awarded from Enilive, Eni's company dedicated to biorefining, biomethane production, smart mobility solutions and the distribution of all energy carriers for mobility, a new contract for the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) activities aimed at expanding the Enilive biorefinery in Porto Marghera, near Venice, valued at approximately 155 million euros.

2. Verbio Flagship Project In Bio-Based Chemicals: Groundbreaking For Catalyst Production In Hungary 6/30/2025

   XiMo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Verbio SE, today held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the new production facility for the large-scale industrial production of metathesis catalysts in Gödöllő, Hungary.

3. New And Highly Efficient Recycling Technology To Turn Used Tires Into Raw Materials For Rubber And Nylon 6/26/2025

   Approximately 1.5 billions of tires are discarded globally every year, and this is identified as one of the major causes of serious environmental pollution.

4. How Urea Forms Spontaneously 6/26/2025

   Urea is one of the most important industrial chemicals produced worldwide. It is used as a fertiliser, for the production of synthetic resins and explosives and as a fuel additive for cleaning car exhaust gases.

5. Evonik Expands Production Capacity Of Polybutadiene Products To Enhance Supply Security In Asia 6/26/2025

   Evonik decided to localize the final production step of its POLYVEST ST-E 60 in Shanghai, China.

6. Using Light-Powered Enzymes To Build Clean, High-Value Chemicals 6/25/2025

   A pioneering research lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has achieved another milestone using light-driven enzymatic reactions to convert simple biological building blocks into valuable chemicals.

7. Chemical Process More Efficiently Converts Carbon Dioxide To Methanol, A Chemical Used In Manufacturing And A Potential Fuel 6/25/2025

   A new chemical process funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation has produced methanol — a type of alcohol essential for manufacturing many common products and a potential fuel source — more efficiently than ever before.

8. Hindalco To Acquire US-Based AluChem Companies, Inc. For $125M, Expands Global Play In High-Tech Alumina 6/24/2025

   Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, has announced the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in US-based AluChem Companies, Inc., a prominent manufacturer of Specialty Alumina, for an enterprise value of USD 125 million.

9. Saudi Arabia's CMDC (BCI Group) Awards thyssenkrupp nucera Key Contract For Chlor-Alkali Plant Expansion In Jubail 6/24/2025

   thyssenkrupp nucera has received a news order in the field of chlor-alkali technology.

10. Gradiant Announces World's First Fully Integrated Lithium Production Facility From Oilfield Produced Water 6/24/2025

    Gradiant, a global leader in advanced water and resource recovery, announced today that its lithium business, alkaLi, will design, build, own, and operate a commercial lithium production facility in the Marcellus Shale Formation of Pennsylvania.