Siam Cement Group - Cement and Green Solution Business, one of the largest cement manufacturers in Thailand have awarded JGC Corporation with a pre-feasibility study for a CCU facility in Thailand.

BASF has plans to sell its flocculants business for mining applications to Solenis. With this divestment, BASF aims to focus on core strategic areas.

Eneos and Sumitomo have awarded a Feed contract to JGC Corporation for a green hydrogen and MCH production plant in Malaysia. The green hydrogen plant is expected to produce approximately 90,000 tons of CO2-free hydrogen per year for conversion to MCH.

Holcim recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Go4zero plant which is engineered to produce 2 million tons of net-zero cement per annum by 2029 in Obourg, Belgium. The planned investment for the project is more than 500 million euros.

It is a mammoth undertaking: Most nations want to become climate-neutral by 2050 – and with them the companies in the chemical industry. Because on the one hand it produces energy-intensively, and on the other it cannot do without carbon, the chemical industry is having a particularly hard time decarbonizing. But this only spurs the industry's researchers and engineers on even more.

Worley has been selected by Rock Tech Lithium as its EPCM partner for developing Europe's First Lithium Converter in Guben, Germany. On completion, the project is expected to have a capacity of 24,000 tons of lithium hydroxide per year.

Evoloh is scaling up the manufacturing of its electrolyzers to make green hydrogen affordable and efficient. The investment aims to support the development of the hydrogen economy and also transition towards clean energy.

An artificial intelligence autonomous well-control solution called Robowell has been deployed at the Nasr field offshore Abu Dhabi in the UAE. This technology uses AI algorithms to autonomously operate wells, maximize efficiency and minimize emissions.

MOL Group’s new polyol complex in Tiszaújváros has a capacity of producing around 200,000 tonnes of polyol per year. With this project, the company aims to establish new standards in terms of efficiency, environmental friendliness and automation by combining proven technologies with innovative solutions.

Cepsa and Evos will work together to store green methanol produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras, Spain and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In addition to this, green ammonia will also be stored in Algeciras, Spain.