Solvay and Veolia had collaborated for the purpose of setting up a circular economy for EV battery metals in Europe. With Groupe Renault joining the consortium recently, the partners now have plans to develop the demo unit.

A huge fire recently broke out at SVS Aqua Technologies, a chemical company in Pune, India. The fire left 17 people dead however the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Denka’s styrenics resin plant in Singapore received the polymerization technologies from Sulzer Chemtech ahead of schedule which enabled the company to speed its production capacity.

Under a memorandum of cooperation signed between Sasol and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC), both the companies will work together to advance the green hydrogen economy in South Africa.

The Sinopec Qilu-Shengli Oilfield CCUS project will be China’s maiden megaton-scale CCUS project. Expected to commence operations by the year end, the project will act as an ‘artificial carbon cycle’ model which will assist the country to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

VDMA’s Food Processing and Packaging Machinery trade association will be participating at Achema Pulse’s Process Technology Forum. The show is expected to present numerous topics such as hydrogen, chemical recycling, digitalization as well as automation. VDMA will also hold sessions on OPC UA and Circular Economy at the Forum.

Griswold has announced the availability of its new 811SP Series Self-Priming Centrifugal Pumps. The Series extends the company’s portfolio of chemical process centrifugal pumps into self-priming applications.

BASF has acquired Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company’s assets in Jinshan, China with an aim to boost alkoxylate production in the backdrop of its rising demand in the Asia Pacific market especially China.

Röhm will utilize the Lima technology on an industrial scale for its new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, USA. On completion, the new facility is expected to have a production volume of 250,000 tons.

In nature, there are microorganisms that produce hydrogen. To do this, they use special enzymes called hydrogenases. An international team of researchers has now studied this process in more detail. The findings are a foundation for the energy-efficient production of hydrogen as a sustainable energy carrier.