Global chemical companies including Clariant have collaborated with the World Economic Forum to develop a pre-competitive platform which intends to support low-carbon joint projects and accelerate the use of net-zero technologies. The unique collaboration is expected to assist the Low Carbon Emitting Technologies initiative (LCET) to jointly address mission-critical technology challenges.

With an annual production capacity of 450 thousand tons, the new polypropylene production plant will be built within the Ceyhan Industrial Zone in Ceyhan, Turkey. The 1.7-billion-dollar investment is claimed to be one of the private-sector’s largest industrial investments in the country and expected to triple the nation’s annual polypropylene production capacity.

Gail (India) has selected Lummus Technology’s Catofin process and Clariant’s catalysts for India’s first PDH plant. Located in Usar, Maharashtra, the 1.2-billion-dollar project will produce 500 kiloton per annum of propane dehydrogenation and will also be integrated with a downstream polypropylene facility.

The new project is part of Ineos’ recent 2 billion dollar plus green hydrogen investment announcement in Europe. Under the new project, Ineos’ subsidiary Inovyn will develop a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Koln site in Germany in order to produce green hydrogen which will be used to manufacture green ammonia. The project will also develop E-Fuels through Power-to-Methanol applications at an industrial scale at the site.

Carbon Recycling International and Johnson Matthey (JM) have signed a long-term exclusive catalyst supply agreement under which JM will supply its Katalco (TM) methanol catalysts to CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL)-based methanol plants in order to produce sustainable methanol from CO2.

Tata Steel has selected ABB’s electromagnetic brake systems to improve quality and lower production costs at its flagship plant in Jamshedpur, India. The technology is able to achieve steel cleanliness similar to conventional vertical bending casters as well as improves the casting speed and increases the mold copper plate lifetime.

BASF is all set to launch its digital solution ‘OASE digilab’ this year. The solution is aimed at further improving the efficiency of the gas treatment process by analyzing the composition of the gas treating agents in real time.

Scientists have validated Ørsted’s targets for reaching net-zero emissions across its full value chain by 2040 which are consistent with limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. Ørsted is the first and only energy company in the world to receive this new net-zero validation by the Science Based Targets initiative carried out by scientists.

The world’s first carbon capture pilot for silicon smelters will be tested by Elkem at its Rana plant in Norway. The project aims to verify the carbon capture technology on industrial gases from smelters so that it can develop a full-scale plant for industrial carbon capture. The move is in line with the company’s recently launched climate ambitions which intends to reduce emissions.

With the introduction of a third size in the GEA Hilge Contra range, the company is expanding the performance spectrum of its centrifugal pumps to a flow rate of 100 cubic meters per hour. The new GEA Hilge Contra III meets the general requirements of the dairy, beverage and food industries.