Under a shareholders’ agreement signed between Ta’ziz and Proman, both the parties aim to establish UAE’s first world-scale methanol production facility at the Ta’ziz Industrial Chemicals Zone in Al Ruways Industrial City, Abu Dhabi. The project is expected to have an annual production capacity of up to 1.8 million tons.

A new PC App has been introduced by Testa Analytical for further simplifying the usage of its Solvent Line Monitor device. Easy configuration of the device is possible with this app which helps users to set the required level of sensitivity for monitoring for the presence of undissolved gas bubbles that can affect the accuracy of reagent dispensing pumps.

Grace’s Unipol PP technology has been selected by Petrochina Guangxi for developing a 400-kilotons per annum single reactor line. This is the second Unipol PP technology reactor line that Petrochina Guangxi has licensed from Grace.

Bilfinger has been selected by The Lapwing Estate to develop a pilot plant. The new unit will be a part of the ‘reverse coal process’ developed by The Lapwing Estate. The process aims to convert CO2 emissions back into solid carbon while producing food with measurable positive environmental and social impact.

Petronas Chemicals Group has plans to acquire a 113 kilo-tonnes per annum Maleic Anhydride plant from BASF Petronas Chemicals. Located in Malaysia, the new unit is expected to expand the firm’s product portfolio.

The innovative pilot unit is located at Solvay’s La Rochelle plant in France and will assist the firm to scale up the development of advanced inorganic materials for solid electrolytes in order to support the battery industry amidst the rising demand for electric vehicles.

Construction work on the largest coal chemical plant on earth has just been suspended in the Shaanxi province, reports the business magazine Caixin. In Inner Mongolia, another province with many coal-chemical projects, new approvals have also recently become more difficult, the magazine reports. Across the country, not only large-scale coal chemical projects but also petrochemical projects are falling victim to the axe of the newly strengthened climate change activists.

The rising demand of cell and gene therapies across the globe has forced life science, pharma companies and even research institutes to turn to Contract Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) for developing and delivering treatments quickly to patients in need. Digital transformation is one area that is being explored by CDMOs to accelerate this pace.

BASF recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new acrylic acid complex at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. With an annual production capacity of approximately 400,000 metric tons of BA and 100,000 metric tons of 2-EHA, the project is expected to further expand the firm’s production capacities in the acrylics value chain in China.

The manufacture of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances is soon to come to an end at 3M. The company has also announced that it will stop using PFASs in its entire product portfolio by the end of 2025. In doing so, the manufacturer is pre-empting a possible ban in the EU and other countries.