BASF has plans to build the new plant in Schwarzheide, Germany and aims to utilize innovative technology to extract lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and production scrap. To establish a circular economy for the battery value chain, the extracted metals will be used to produce new cathode active materials.

Methanol – much talked about as a biofuel or fuel additive all arounbd the world – plays a rather different role in India: This simple alcohol fills an important niche in the country's pharmaceutical sector. Now traditional, modern and alternative uses of methanol drive the market: The methanol race has just begun, insiders say...

The new chemical facility will be located in the Plas Chem Park, Jubail, Saudi Arabia and is expected to produce a wide range of specialty chemical products and intermediates to supply both the upstream and downstream oil and gas production industries.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2021’ from all over the world. Right from constructing the largest advanced plastics recycling unit in the world to launching an innovative EPS recycling plant in Europe, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The market for active pharmaceutical ingredient in the Americas shows a clear north–south divide: 88% percent for the US and Canada, the rest for South and Central American companies. but as the economy in Latin America booms and prosperity growths, these markets are just about to catch up on the US new figures indicate....

Celanese has acquired a polyacetal (POM) technology from Grupa Azoty after the Polish company decided to discontinue its POM manufacturing. The global firm will also take over all the existing contracts of the company in order to cater to Grupa Azoty’s customers.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) in its Mid-Year 2021 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook has stated that vital U.S. chemical industry metrics will be higher this year due to the recovery of key end-use markets and export customers from Covid-19.

Siemens Energy has recently entered into a partnership agreement with International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) and together both the companies aim at advancing the global energy transition based on renewable energy.

With the Dreyclean LT high-performance cleaning granulates, Dreychem has developed a mechanically acting cleaning granulate that is able, even without any abrasive ingredients in the recipe, to eliminate particularly stubborn incrustations and other deposits very effectively.

Lal currently occupies the chief operating officer post at Tata Chemicals and has over 35 years of rich and varied experience across Hindustan Lever and Tata Chemicals.