With an aim to contribute to sustainable fertilizer production and under an agreement signed between Stamicarbon and Shchekinoazot, both the companies will jointly explore, develop and incorporate green technologies at Shchekinoazot’s existing and new enterprises in Russia.

PKN Orlen has plans to expand the Olefins Complex at the Płock production unit in Poland. Once complete, the project is expected to be one of the most modern facilities in Europe. With this project, the company will join the group of the largest petrochemical producers in the world.

Siemens Energy, along with DEWA and Expo 2020 Dubai, has unveiled the first industrial scale, green hydrogen facility in the Middle East and North Africa. Established at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the pilot plant will produce around 20.5kg/hr of hydrogen at 1.25MWe of peak power.

BASF has plans to invest double-digit millions in order to increase refining capacity at its Platinum Group Metals facility in the USA. The plant will recycle precious metals from spent catalysts such as automotive catalytic converters.

Dechema’s latest position paper ‘Process Simulation – Fit for the future?’ by the Processnet working committee Process Simulation, Process Synthesis and Knowledge Processing focuses on the relevance of today’s tools to meet the demands of the digitalized chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has reported that global chemicals production rose 1.4 % in February. It also stated that chemical production grew in the Asia-Pacific region and the Former Soviet Union.

They call it a breakthrough technology. Borealis announced the start-up of a heat recovery unit based on the revolutionary Qpinch technology. Is this a Milestone in open-innovation collaboration to reduces CO2 emissions and increases production efficiency? Borealis Experts want to prove it for the first time on a commercial scale in a polyolefin plant.

Air Products has acquired the remaining 50% stake in its gasification technology joint venture from China Shenhua Coal to Liquid and Chemical Co. The move is expected to further strengthen the company’s gasification technology portfolio in China.

KBR has secured a Front-End Engineering Design contract from the BUA Group for its new refinery in Nigeria. The upcoming facility will support fuel production for Nigeria's domestic and regional markets, thus reducing the country’s dependence on imports.

Specialty Chemical company Evonik expands its cooperation with IBM in the field of digitization and becomes a member of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab to accelerate innovation with AI. The two companies extend their strategic partnership ahead of schedule until 2025.