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Chemical Management

LanzaTech Inc. | May 27, 2022

A consortium, including LanzaTech and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, which is a key building block for polyethylene terephthalate, resin, fibers and bottles. The technology converts carbon emissions from steel mills or gasified waste biomass directly into MEG. The carbon capture technology uses a proprietary engineered bacterium to convert carbon emissions directly into MEG through fermentation, bypassing the need for an ethanol intermediate, and simpli...

Products and Technologies

Navigator CO2 , OCI N.V. | November 29, 2021

Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC (”Navigator”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with OCI N.V.’s wholly-owned Iowa Fertilizer Company facility (“OCI”) to provide CO2 transportation and storage services on its carbon capture and storage system, the Heartland Greenway. The project is backed by BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III, which invests in essential, long-term infrastructure assets, and is commerciall...

Chemical Technology

Johnson Matthey | July 18, 2022

Johnson Matthey a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces that it is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, UK, to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to be the "market leader in performance components for fuel cells and electrolysers," targeting more than £200 million sales in Hydrogen Technologies by end of 2024/25. The gig...

Chemical Technology

Origin Materials, Inc. | February 07, 2022

Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and the Green Chemistry Division of the Minafin Group a global specialty chemical company, are entering into a strategic partnership to industrialize high-value specialty materials based on Origin’s carbon-negative materials. The partnership includes multiple collaboration areas and is an important milestone for br...