Tag: Solutions

Nextchem, part of MAIRE, has licensed its proprietary NX Circular™ high‑temperature gasification technology to SUSTAERO GP Inc. for a biomass‑to‑syngas unit feeding a new SAF plant in Canada.

Santa Cruz, California headquartered Peregrine Hydrogen has been named overall winner of the International Fertilizer Association’s (IFA) Cultivate Challenge for its low energy hydrogen and acid technology, as the association also unveiled a new global line up of fertilizer startups for the competition’s second edition.

Metso launches Cu POX leaching process for copper extraction industry - solution maximises copper recovery while reducing environmental impact

NextChem (Maire) is awarded a three-year engineering and technology services contract by Satorp in Saudi Arabia to improve energy efficiency and carbon footprint

Carbon Recycling International (CRI), which operates a geothermally powered green methanol plant at Svartsengi, 40km southwest of Reykjavik, had to evacuate its site in late November when a 3km fissure opened in the earth a few kilometres away and lava began spilling across adjacent land. Satellite photos of the area taken on November 24 show a large field of molten and cooled lava to the north, west, and south of Svartsengi, though the plant itself remained undamaged. CRI’s Iceland facility runs on CO2 , water, and renewable electricity from the Svartsengi geothermal power station. CRI says the low-carbon energy source allows it to produce 4,000 t/a of methanol with a greenhouse gas footprint just 10–20% that of conventional methanol.

Sachin Nijhawan has been appointed as the new CEO of thyssenkrupp nucera US, and Juergen Grasinger was named Chief Operating Officer to advance the company’s international growth strategy and expand its global leadership in the manufacturing and supply of hydrogen production technology. Based out of the thyssenkrupp’s Houston office, Nijhawan will be responsible for the business activities of the US operations.

Methanex Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OCI Global’s international methanol business for $2.05 billion. The transaction includes OCI’s interest in two world-scale methanol facilities in Beaumont, Texas, one of which also produces ammonia. The transaction also includes a low-carbon methanol production and marketing business and a currently idled methanol facility in the Netherlands.

The ‘golden batch’ refers to stable periods at production plants that consistently generate high quality NPK products at high output. Yara’s Golden Batch digital tool digitises and stores past data from optimal production runs, making these easy to retrieve and implement again in future. Yara’s Marianne Ytterbø provides an overview of this novel digital tool, explains how it was developed, and highlights key benefits.

In a major milestone, Yara officially opened its renewable hydrogen plant at Herøya Industrial Park, Porsgrunn, Norway, in June.

We highlight recent production advances and innovations in nitrogen fertilizer production from Casale and Stamicarbon, two global leaders in process technology.