Arkema has obtained the certification for its acrylic acid and ester production facility located in Taixing, Jiangsu Province, China. The project is claimed to be the first acrylic monomers plant in China to receive the ISCC+ certification.

H2 Energy Esbjerg has awarded ABB with a contract to provide electrical engineering support for its green hydrogen production facility in Denmark. The new 1 GW facility is expected to produce 90,000 tons of green hydrogen per year.

Under a black mass purchase agreement signed between both the parties, BASF and Stena Recycling will work together to develop improved black mass production processes in order to achieve high recovery rates for metals to support closed loop solutions for the European electric vehicle battery market.

Under a partnership frame agreement signed between both the parties, Metso has been selected as EV Metals’ Technical Partner for developing a Lithium Chemicals Plant in the Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia.

Under a commercial agreement signed between the two firms, Yara International will lower its annual CO2-emissions by 800,000 tons from ammonia production at its Sluiskil site in the Netherlands. The CO2 will then be liquefied and shipped by Northern Lights to permanent storage on the Norwegian continental shelf under the seabed.

Nouryon has successfully completed 50 % of its capacity expansion for colloidal silica products at its manufacturing facility in Wisconsin, USA. With this move, the company aims to expand its global colloidal silica manufacturing footprint.

John Cockerill Hydrogen has entered the US market by announcing the development of a new Gigafactory in Baytown, USA. The facility is expected to produce 1 GW per year of electrolyzers and strengthen the production of hydrogen in the region.

Michelin, Ifpen and Axens have recently inaugurated what it claims to be the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene from bioethanol. The demonstrator is built at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux in France.

Lummus Technology and Citroniq Chemicals have entered into licensing and engineering agreements for the development of green polypropylene plants in the U.S. The first unit is expected to produce 400kta of bio-polypropylene.

Under a strategic collaboration agreement between the two parties, Adnoc and MHI will work together to explore potential opportunities for building low carbon energy supply chains as well as advance carbon neutral solutions. The move is expected to speed up decarbonization in the energy industry.