EuroChem wants to reduce dependency on third-party phosphate supplies. Against this background, EuroChem will take over Yara’s ‘Serra do Salitre Phosphate Project’ in Brazil. The integrated upstream phosphates project in Minas Gerais is expected to add 1 MMT to EuroChem’s annual phosphate production capacity.

The newly established HEGRA company co-owned by Aker, Yara and Statkraft aims to electrify and decarbonize the ammonia plant at Herøya, Norway thus, ensuring large-scale green ammonia production. With the new firm, the partners also intend to create a new industry in Norway that provides a competitive advantage in a growing global hydrogen economy as well as forms the basis for a future Norwegian export industry.

Lummus Technology and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) have secured multiple technology contracts from North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co. for its refinery and petrochemical complex in Liaoning Province, China. The petrochemical company has selected both the companies as the lead process technology providers for the project.

Under a MOU signed between Mitsui and CF Industries, both the companies will jointly explore the development of blue ammonia projects in the United States by conducting various feasibility studies. The companies will also study different areas including the establishment of blue ammonia supply and supply chain infrastructure, CO2 transportation and storage, etc.

Plug Power breaks ground for a new green hydrogen production facility in Georgia, USA which is expected to produce 15 tons of liquid green hydrogen daily. With this move, the company intends to continue its aim of establishing the first North American green hydrogen supply network.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has stated that the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) rose 3.1 % in June following a 4.6 % decline and a 1.2 % decline in May and April respectively.

EW Höfe, Alpiq and Socar Energy Switzerland have plans to build an electrolysis facility with a capacity of up to 10 MW in Freienbach, Switzerland. If approved, the facility is expected to produce around 1000 to 1200 tons of green hydrogen, thus making the project the country’s largest production facility for green hydrogen.

Under an alliance agreement signed between KBR and Petron Scientech Inc. (PSI), KBR will be the exclusive licensor for PSI’s Ethylene Oxide / Ethylene Glycol, Alcohol Dehydration and Maleic Anhydride technologies, which are used to convert ethanol into ethylene.

BASF and Sinopec have plans to expand production capacities for numerous downstream chemical plants at its Verbund site in Nanjing, China. This includes the construction of a new tert-butyl acrylate plant to meet the growing demand for specialty chemicals in the country.

Wacker has awarded the company’s ‘Alexander Wacker Innovation Award 2021’ to its in-house German-Chinese team for developing a novel process for producing vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) polymer dispersions. The winners were rewarded with almost 12,000 dollars.