Section: CRUSU News

BP has announced a number of changes to its leadership as part of a restructuring exercise instigated by new CEO Meg O’Neill. From 1st July 2026, the company will be organised around two distinct business segments – Upstream and Downstream – replacing the previous three-segment structure. Gordon Birrell has been appointed executive vice president, Upstream; and Richard Harding will be interim executive vice president, Downstream. Both bring decades of operational experience and leadership to their roles. A recruitment process is underway to appoint a permanent EVP Downstream.

Environment Committee MEPs have backed changes to strengthen the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), voting to extend it to a long list of downstream steel and aluminium products, tighten anti circumvention rules and set up a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund (TDF) for industry.

Ryowa II GPS Pty Ltd, a Queensland-based investment company and wholly owned subsidiary of Mayfair Australia Corporation, has taken over Dyno Nobel’s Phosphate Hill fertilizer complex in North-West Queensland, positioning itself as the new long-term owner of one of Australia’s major DAP/MAP production sites.

AMETEK Process Instruments has expanded its 993X series of gas analysers – including both 993X and 9933 models – with new explosion-proof enclosures certified for ATEX and IECEx Zone 1 hazardous locations. AMETEK says that the new design enables reliable analyser installation in applications where purge gas is unavailable or impractical, addressing a common challenge in remote and utility-limited facilities. […]

Metso has been awarded an order to supply key cellhouse process equipment for a zinc smelter expansion project in South Asia. The value of the order was undisclosed, as was the name of the customer, which is one of the leading zinc producers globally.

The 34th IFA Annual Conference in Monaco is not just about fertilizers in general – it is also about the sulphur and sulphuric acid value chain that underpins phosphate production.

President Donald Trump has declared an emergency over fertilizer supply and authorised the temporary suspension of certain anti dumping and countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco.

Merichem Technologies has announced successful results from its ECOTREAT® field trial in the Permian Basin, demonstrating that its new hydrogen sulphide (H2S) removal process achieved sustained removal of > 99% of hydrogen sulphide gas without producing solid waste products. The new core technology uses an aqueous phase proprietary catalytic process that converts H2S into thiosulphate. […]

Saudi Aramco is reportedly considering the sale of a stake in its sulphur business as the state-controlled energy group expands a wider drive to unlock cash from infrastructure assets and support Saudi Arabia’s investment-heavy economic transformation. The potential transaction, known internally as Project Yellowstone, could raise as much as $7 billion and would cover assets […]

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