Sumitomo Chemical Company and Shimane University aim to accelerate their joint research on synthesising methanol from carbon dioxide in the background of growing climate change concerns. Together, they also intend to promote the use of carbon cycle chemistry.

The consortium – the Zero Carbon Humber Partnership includes 12 companies and organisations which have recently submitted a joint proposal to develop a net zero industrial cluster in the Humber, the UK’s largest and most carbon-intensive industrial region. The breakthrough project is expected to be completed by 2040.

Under the terms of the contract, ABB will improve asset integrity across MOL’s downstream assets. On completion, the MOL group is expected to witness production improvements of approximately 12 million dollars a year across all its downstream assets.

Cefic’s latest data has revealed that chemical output from June reported 2.9 % output growth compared to May of the same year however, it is still about 9 % below the pre-crisis level i.e. June compared to Feb of 2020.

The world’s first blue ammonia shipment paves the way for utilising sustainable hydrogen and contributing to the circular carbon economy. The high-grade blue ammonia will be used in Japan for zero-carbon power generation.

Clariant provided investors, analysts and journalists important details of the specific challenges and opportunities in North America as well as unique insights into the latest market and technology trends within Clariant’s Business Units Catalysis and Oil & Mining Services at Clariant´s Roundtable event in San Francisco on August 25.

The chemical company Sasol has invited interested parties to participate in a ‘Request for Information’ process for the development and demonstration of CO2 utilisation technologies at its South Africa operations.

The nova-Institute and Cowi connected with 50 large chemical companies that produced in Europe in order to carry out the first survey on renewable carbon in the chemical industry. The results of the survey revealed that 20 – 25 % of the carbon supply is already renewable.

Afton Chemical has sanctioned Phase 3 investment for its chemical additive manufacturing facility in Singapore. With this, the company will add Gasoline Performance Additives (GPA) blending capabilities to the facility.

Haldor Topsoe’s new vision is to become one of the leading companies across the globe in carbon emission reduction technologies by 2024. The significant change in the company is expected to leave 200 people jobless.