Sulphur 422 Jan-Feb 2026
29 January 2026
Ecovyst Inc, a provider of sulphuric acid, sulphuric acid regeneration services and catalyst activation services, has announced today that it has completed the sale of its Advanced Materials & Catalysts segment to Technip Energies. The company expects net proceeds after taxes and transaction expenses to be approximately $530 million.
How quickly the sulphur market will recover after a turbulent second half of the year was one of the key themes of CRU’s Sulphur and Sulphuric Acid conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
Shareholders in Amsterdam-listed OCI have approved the sale of its last operating business, OCI Nitrogen in Geleen, the Netherlands, to Czech group AGROFERT. They also approved OCI's combination with Abu Dhabi-listed contractor Orascom Construction. OCI shares will be delisted from Euronext Amsterdam on 27 November.
KBR has been awarded contracts by AGF Nitrogen for the revamp of two ammonia plants in Germany and Austria.
Berlin-based technology developer, C1 Green Chemicals has secured a €13.3 million ($14.8 million) EU Innovation Fund grant to scale up its green methanol technology at Leuna Chemical Park in Germany.
Riga City Council has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean-based EcoMethanol Ltd, and local company SIA AE Solutions for the development of a green methanol plant at the port of Riga.