Diamond Green Diesel’s 1.1 billion dollar expansion will make use of Honeywell’s Ecofining process technology to increase its annual production capacity of renewable diesel. With this move, the company aims to become one of the largest renewable diesel plants in the world.

The separation of two immiscible liquids contained in the same tank or vessel is a fundamental aspect of many production processes. Optimising the performance of these applications can have a significant effect on final product quality. To achieve this, plant managers need to implement devices that can accurately and reliably measure the interface level between the two liquids.

Braskem has expanded its sustainable products portfolio and will now include products based on the concept of a circular economy such as Post-Consumer-Recycled (PCR) resins, a mixed bio-based plastic, and other PCR solutions.

Adani, BASF, Adnoc and Borealis have signed a MOU to conduct a joint feasibility study in order to evaluate collaboration for the construction of a 4 billion dollar chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat, India.

Right from the United Nations’ Clean Seas campaign to the Paris agreement, single use plastics has become a burning issue across the globe. Nonetheless, prominent global companies have taken up the challenge to create a more sustainable and circular economy for the plastics industry.

Metathesis plays a key role in oleochemistry to make renewable resources usable for the chemical industry. The metathesis catalysts used for this purpose must be robust and highly active to convert the raw material qualities, which are subject to frequent fluctuations and occasional contamination. New catalysts can solve this difficult task.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Neste opens a new office in Düsseldorf, Germany, to serve as the global hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals business unit.

Sabic has become the first company in the industry to introduce such an innovative polycarbonate. The solution has the ability to reduce CO2 emissions and the use of fossil feedstock during production.

Exxon Mobil and Synthetic Genomics announced a breakthrough in joint research into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain.According to the company, the researchers have been able to more than doubled the algae's oil content without significantly inhibiting the strain’s growth.