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Xinhua | February 13, 2020

BASF is planning to construct a new production site for battery materials in the German state Brandenburg, the German chemical giant announced on Wednesday. The new factory will produce cathode active materials (CAM) with an initial capacity enabling the supply for about 400,000 fully electric vehicles per year, according to BASF. The production site in Brandenburg would use precursors from the BASF plant in Harjavalta, Finland. Startup of the two plants was planned for 2022, the German chemical...

Agilyx, Maire Tecnimont | March 16, 2021

Agilyx Corporation, a pioneer in the high level recycling of post-use plastics and Italy's NextChem, auxiliary of Maire Tecnimont Group, have gone into a consent to help the improvement of cutting edge chemical recycling offices all around the world. This arrangement consolidates Agilyx' s driving pyrolysis innovation with NextChem's aptitude, as an innovator in licensing, implementation, and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for plastics recycling solutions.<...

The guardian | June 18, 2020

US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to harm fetal brain development – in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency argued that the federal government, states and public water systems have already taken proactive steps to reduce perchlorate levels. Perchlorate is found in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks and other products. It can also be naturally occurring. The chemical disrupts the thyro...

Chemical Technology

KBC, Baker Hughes, C3.ai, Inc. | June 09, 2021

Today, Baker Hughes and C3 AI announced that KBC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, will deploy artificial intelligence (AI) technology from the BakerHughesC3.ai (BHC3) alliance to enhance KBC’s existing software portfolio for oil and gas process simulation, supply chain optimization, and energy management. KBC is a leading consultancy and software provider for energy, chemical, and offshore oil and gas operations. The company’s process simula...