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.

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.

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.

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.

Continuous process to produce powders with freely adjustable properties — Whatever the field — medical engineering, battery technology or special pigments — companies looking to develop new applications for high-performance materials are dependent on new and innovative production technologies. A milestone in the production of customised powders has now been reached in Weimar, Germany.

Goudsmit Magnetics recently launched a rotating Cleanflow magnetic separator suitable for installation in free-fall lines in a continuous process. Cleaning takes place without stopping the product flow - an explicit request from a customer who wanted to recycle cans of milk powder in a continuous process.

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.

Everything metallic corrodes. The oil and gas industry spends approximately 1.14 billion euros (1.37 billion dollars) a year trying to prevent the damage this causes. How to reduce the costs of corrosion by using environmentally benign corrosion inhibitor products? Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Clariant's Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP).