Fluor has secured an engineering, procurement and construction management services contract for Phase One of Northvolt’s large-scale lithium-ion battery factory in Heide, Germany. Completion is scheduled for 2027.

In a move to enhance the sustainability of chemicals and plastics, Neste Corporation partners with South Korean Lotte Chemical. This strategic collaboration aims to substitute fossil resources with renewable raw materials, leveraging the Finnish company’s renewable RE.

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Nuberg EPC has been awarded a contract by Hidrogen Peroxida Indonesia to design, engineer, procure, and construct a hydrogen peroxide plant in Indonesia. On completion, the project is expected to have a production capacity of 40,000 MTPA.

Trinseo recently inaugurated its polymethyl methacrylate depolymerization facility in Rho, Italy. The depolymerization process helps to close the loop for acrylic recycling and has numerous advantages over traditional processes.

Under a global joint development agreement signed between both the parties, Technip Energies and Anellotech will jointly work together to further develop and license Anellotech’s Plas-Tcat process. The thermal-catalytic recycling technology is capable of converting mixed plastic wastes back into its constituent basic chemicals.

Under the terms of the 7-year Biomethane Purchase Agreement, Engie will supply BASF with 2.7 to 3.0 terawatt hours of biomethane. With this move, BASF aims to reduce its carbon footprint.

Cepsa Química has developed the first renewable energy traceability system for the manufacture of chemical products. This has also been validated by Aenor, the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification.

The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has awarded a contract to Technip Energies for license, basic engineering design package, proprietary equipment and catalyst supply and related services for the 1500 kta Paradip naphtha cracker unit block of the grassroot petrochemical complex in Paradip, India.

Evonik has commissioned a new plant for an innovative dispersion technology for fumed silica at its Rheinfelden site in Germany. The new system will be used to produce Easy-to-Disperse products.