From rags to riches: Dechema selected exploitation of waste as a strategic resource as the topic for its panel discussion on the occasion of Achema. Now the motto is urban Mining will the cities be the new bonanzas?

KBR has been awarded a construction contract by The Chemours Company for the construction of its new Opteon YF facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

Johnson Matthey and 3M have entered into a patent licence agreement that aims at expanding the use of Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications.

Arkema Malaysia Thiochemicals and the Monash University Malaysia (MUM) in Kuala Lumpur have signed a research partnership over 3 years of collaboration during which time researchers will be able to make their resources available to the local teams of the company. The goal: to develop more efficient biocatalysts for the company's Thiochemicals business.

Marubeni signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the long term supply and purchase of Molten Sulphur with Hubei Harvin, one of the biggest phosphate base fertilizer manufactures and distributers in China.

Once complete, the deal will enable Air Products to increase its gasification business footprint across the globe. The company is also expected to develop its synthesis gas solutions via GE’s gasification technology.

Linde and DCRC are expected to invest more than 100 million dollars for the construction of the new plant along with supporting infrastructure for the project. On completion, the new plant will have a capacity of processing 25 million standard cubic feet per day.

With H.C. Shin’s appointment, the firm has selected a professional from outside the company for the maiden time. Shin earlier held the post of Vice Chair and Executive Vice President of 3M.

Clariant announced the expansion of the capacity of its ethylene oxide (EO) unit in Gendorf, Germany. EO-based specialties support a wide range of industries, such as personal and home care, crop solutions, and industrial applications.

Fuel additives such as isooctane have so far been produced from mineral oil. Commissioned by the French-German company Global Bioenergies, the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna will soon be producing biobased additives for gasoline. The source is bio-isobutene, which is obtained biotechnically from sugar.