Contributor: Natalie Noor-Drugan

JFE Steel, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Mitsubishi Chemical have begun a demonstration project in Japan that converts steelmaking by-product gas into methanol and then propylene.

MIAX Futures, formerly the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, has launched four physically settled fertilizer futures contracts, adding a physical-delivery alternative to the cash-settled products already offered by CME Group.

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.

Canadian fertilizer manufacturer Northern Nutrients is expanding its Saskatoon operations to triple production capacity, after selling out the capacity of its first sulphur-nitrogen plant.

The Board of Directors (BoD) of Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GSFC) approved the construction of a 600 t/d phosphoric acid plant and a 1,800 t/d sulphuric acid plant at the company's Sikka unit in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India,

Uzbek nitric acid producer Navoiyazot JSC has signed a contract with Swiss technology company CASALE SA for a secondary nitrous oxide (N₂O) abatement catalyst system at its plant in Navoiy, Uzbekistan.

Norwegian electrolyser manufacturer Nel ASA and German defence and technology group Rheinmetall AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore decentralised production of synthetic fuels from renewable hydrogen.

Hydropulse, a subsidiary of UK-based electrolyser manufacturer ITM Power, has signed a preliminary agreement with an unnamed European oil refinery to develop a 150 MW green hydrogen plant.

A replacement Stamicarbon pool condenser has been installed at KAFCO’s urea plant in Chattogram, Bangladesh, with DENZAI Bangladesh completing the transport and lifting works.

Phosphate developer Arianne Phosphate has received positive preliminary test results for its purified phosphoric acid from a Western-based battery materials producer