Sabic has announced a public auction for 141 lots of industrial assets sourced from its production facilities in La Aljorra, Murcia, Spain. With the public auction, the company aims to optimize inventories and responsibly manage excess stock.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2026’ from all over the world. Right from KBR’s technology being selected for Northern Europe’s largest SAF, e-SAF plant to Lubrizol and Grasim inaugurating a world-class CPVC resin plant in India, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Kemira has launched a pilot plant for iron phosphate production at its site in Helsingborg, Sweden. The move aims to support a more resilient and sustainable battery value chain.

A recent press release by Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council) mentions that the EU Bioeconomy Strategy signals Europe’s intent to lead in sustainable growth and innovation. While the vision is clear, concrete delivery mechanisms and binding commitments are still missing, shares the Council.

Covestro has plans to invest in a new world-scale MDI production train at the Covestro Integrated Site Shanghai in China. Apart from this, the company is conducting a feasibility study for a plant of similar scale in the UAE.

With a total investment of up to 1 billion dollars, the new sulfuric acid plant is one of Kazakhstan's largest industrial projects and will have a capacity of 800,000 tons per year.

Ucaneo recently inaugurated Germany's largest DAC facility in Berlin. The company partnered with Siemens to scale the electrochemical Direct Air Capture technology from industrial pilot to commercial scale.

With an aim to accelerate expansion into the Southeast Asian market, Lotte Chemical has developed a new petrochemical complex in Indonesia. A completion ceremony for the project was also recently held in the country.

Goldwin, Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, and Toray Industries have developed a supply chain for nylon fiber made from renewable raw materials. The nylon fiber produced through this project will be used by Goldwin for a part of The North Face products in August 2026.

Lanxess has plans to use hydrogen to power a spray dryer facility at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany. With this, the spray dryer facility will become one of the first large-scale industrial plants in the country to use hydrogen as a fuel in continuous operation.