Weeefiner has partnered with Sensmet to develop an Intelligent Recovery Unit that has the capacity to recover metals from mining-impacted waters. The metal recovery and water treatment solution will be provided by Weeefiner whereas the online measurement technology will be provided by Sensmet.

Under a joint venture between Cepsa and Bio-Oils, both the firms will develop the largest 2G biofuels plant in southern Europe with an investment of up to 1 billion euros. The project is expected to produce 500,000 tons of SAF and renewable diesel for land, sea and air transportation annually.

Evonik recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of a large-scale lipids production facility in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The new unit aims to offer critical excipients for the development of mRNA vaccines and other nucleic acid therapies.

Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology will be used to develop H2H Saltend, one of UK’s largest low carbon hydrogen projects. This project is vital for the establishment of the zero carbon Humber project in the region.

Exxonmobil has started-up its Beaumont refinery expansion project in the USA which is expected to increase capacity for transportation fuels by 2,50,000 barrels daily. The project is claimed to be the largest refinery expansion in the country since 2012.

Ineos Olefins Belgium has plans to develop the most sustainable cracker project in Europe – Project One. Expected to have the lowest carbon footprint of all European crackers, the project will be located in Antwerp, Belgium.

Covestro has started up a new world-scale plant in Spain to produce chlorine with the help of the energy efficient ODC (oxygen depolarized cathode) technology. The new project will aim to strengthen the European MDI production of the company in the region.

GEA has plans to equip two additional lithium hydroxide production lines from Albemarle with centrifuge packages. Lithium hydroxide is used as a starting material for the production of batteries for electric vehicles. The centrifuges will be installed at the company’s Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia.

KBR has secured a contract from Hyundai Engineering Company to supply proprietary equipment for the first modular plant for its leading advanced plastics recycling technology Hydro-PRT. The new unit will be installed at LG Chem's Chronos Project in Dangjin, South Korea.

Graforce has launched a new technology called methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) which is capable of converting LNG into CO2-free hydrogen. This technology only requires one-fifth the energy as compared to water electrolysis to produce the same amount of hydrogen.