Under the terms of a joint venture agreement signed between Ineos and Sinopec, Ineos will acquire a 50 % share in Sinopec’s existing Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project which is currently under development. The new petrochemicals complex will include a 1.2 mtpa cracker, and 12 other derivative plants, including a 300ktpa ABS plant and a 500ktpa HDPE plant.

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) has welcomed the European Commission’s ‘Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles’ which focusses on the necessary measures for achieving climate neutrality in 2050. RCI has even called for implementation of its important measures.

A manufacturer of specialty chemicals handles two problematic powdered ingredients, benzofuroxan and triazolon, to produce their energetic products for mining and demolition. In addition to being known irritants, these compounds are abrasive, dusty, hygroscopic, compressible, and tend to pack and cake. When exposed to air and allowed to rest, they agglomerate into fist-sized clumps which harden, making them difficult to convey without interruption.

Metso Outotec has bagged a 70-million-euro contract by Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company for delivering two identical sulfuric acid plants for its zinc roasting facility in Almalyk, Uzbekistan. The new units will replace the firm’s existing facilities for gas cleaning and sulfuric acid production at the site.

Sulzer Chemtech’s advanced separation technologies will be used for European Energy’s mega e-methanol plant in Denmark. Expected to produce 32’000 metric tonnes of carbon neutral fuels annually, the plant will help to decarbonize the heavy transportation sector.

Under a joint partnership, Honeywell and Johnson Matthey (JM) aim to advance low carbon hydrogen solutions by producing blue hydrogen from JM's LCH technology as well as Honeywell's carbon capture technology.

Located in Pennsylvania, the project – Shell Polymers Monaca is the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the Northeastern United States which is expected to produce 1.6 million tonnes every year.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for high-performance plastics, Exxonmobil has started up its new polypropylene production unit at the Polyolefins Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. The new facility is expected to double the firm’s polypropylene production at Baton Rouge.

Global chemicals company Kemira has renewed its framework agreement with industrial services provider Bilfinger for comprehensive maintenance services at its production site in Helsingborg, Sweden. The contract runs for a period of five years and covers various factory units within Kemira's largest location worldwide.

KBR has secured a contract by Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation to modernize three of its plants in order to achieve lower emissions and increase their production capacity.