LG Chem has plans to build a ‘Dry Reforming of Methane’ facility, a carbon mitigation facility which lowers CO2 emissions by more than 50 % and produces raw materials for plastics from CO2 captured at the plant. Proprietary technologies will be adopted for this project.

Elkem has plans to increase the production capacity of pitch, a raw material for electrode paste to industrial smelters, in Brazil. The hefty investment is expected to increase the production capacity by up to 40 per cent from 2024, and generate additional annual sales in excess of 30 million dollars.

A new material recovery facility which is claimed to be one of the largest in Indonesia has been inaugurated in Songgon Municipality. The unit is expected to manage and sort waste collection as well as materials for recycling.

BP’s Archaea Energy has brought online a first of its kind renewable gas plant in Indiana, USA. The plant is based on the Archaea Modular Design which helps the unit to be built on skids.

Qixiang Tengda, a major chemical firm in China, has started sustainable production of propylene oxide at its new complex in China. Evonik and thyssenkrupp Uhde technologies have been used for the project.

Neste has supplied over 500,000 gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Los Angeles International Airport in partnership with Laxfuel. The large-volume delivery of SAF will enable commercial airlines flying from the airport to reduce their gashouse gas emissions.

For many years, industrial gases were bought in China from Linde and its competitors Air Products and Air Liquide without thinking much of it. But now Linde & Co. and their market power are suddenly seen as a problem in the People's Republic.

BASF and Yara have plans to conduct a joint study in order to assess the development of a world-scale low-carbon blue ammonia production facility in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. If approved, the project is expected to have a total annual capacity of 1.2 to 1.4 million tons.

ABB India has supplied integrated automation and control solutions to Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, a division of Oil India, which will enable the plant to monitor and manage the 130-kilometer Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline. The project will transport diesel from India to Bangladesh.

Amidst the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, Air Liquide has decided to quit the Russian market which contributes less than 1 % of the Group’s turnover. The company has entered into a MOU with the local management team to systematically transfer its activities in the country through a Management Buy Out.