Under a unique project undertaken by KCCW, waste-free production of calcium nitrate will now be possible. All the cake components are separated in a new technological process and then returned to the calcium nitrate production cycle. With this move, the company aims to reduce the cost of purchasing raw materials released from cake processing and improve the quality of the fertilizers produced.

Incitec Pivot and Fortescue Future Industries have collaborated to undertake a feasibility study for producing green hydrogen on an industrial-scale at the company’s existing Gibson Island fertilizer manufacturing facility in Australia. The new project aims to produce around 50,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually which will then be converted into green ammonia for Australian and export markets.

Clariant’s new ODH catalysts prove ideal for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane and are available exclusively for Linde Engineering’s innovative EDHOX catalytic on-purpose ethylene technology. As compared to conventional steam cracking, the new catalysts and process design reduce costs as well as CO2 emissions by up to 100 %.

Orlen Unipetrol has plans to expand its existing Litvínov steam cracker, located at the company’s production plant in Záluží, Czech Republic, by adding an 11th furnace to the project. With an investment of more than 32 million dollars, the construction of the new furnace will be based on Technip Energies’ proprietary SMK coil technology and will be commissioned in 2022.

Clariant has completed the construction of its plant in Podari, Romania. Expected to produce ~50,000 tons of cellulosic ethanol per annum, the unit is claimed to be the first full-scale commercial sunliquid unit for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues.

BASF and SVOLT will collaborate on cathode active materials (CAM) development, raw materials supply and battery recycling for SVOLT’s battery cells. The move is expected to improve the R&D capabilities of both the companies in sustainable battery materials, strengthen their competitiveness in China and across the globe as well as accelerate global progress towards carbon neutrality.

Located in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, Solvay’s new thermoplastic composites manufacturing unit will help the company to manufacture unidirectional composite tape from a range of high-performance polymers including PVDF, PPS and PEEK.

Linde has started up its new hydrogen facility in Texas, USA to meet the growing demand of hydrogen in the region. The company has also entered into a long-term agreement with Phillips 66 to supply the hydrogen produced at the new plant to Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery in Old Ocean, Texas.

Dow’s net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex is expected to more than triple the company’s ethylene and polyethylene capacity from its Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta site in Canada. The site's existing assets will be retrofitted to meet the requirements of net-zero carbon emissions (Scope 1 and 2). The project is expected to decarbonize ~20 % of the firm’s global ethylene capacity while growing polyethylene supply by ~15 %.

An initial market analysis on the CAFIPLA project, which is developing a new technology for obtaining biobased chemicals and products from biowaste, has revealed that there is a high potential for four customized biobased products.