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Lummus Technology, LLC; Chevron Lummus Global | December 23, 2021

Lummus Technology's Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global announced the integration of multiple technologies from their portfolios for application in the circular economy. The partners will use a combination of the Lummus New Hope Energy plastic pyrolysis technology, CLG's ISOCONVERSION technology and Lummus' steam cracking technology to provide operators the ability to produce steam cracker products in large quantities from hydroprocessed mixed-waste plastic pyrolysis oil. <...

Chemical Week | April 03, 2020

Following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Nova Chemicals has implemented several safety measures within its sites, including major cuts in construction activities. “We’re keeping our site-critical workers safe with enhanced protocols, and we’ve reduced all our construction activities [by] 90%, to only those most essential, says Todd Karran, CEO. The chemical industry has been designated an essential critical infrastructure in the US and an esse...

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American Chemistry Council | July 15, 2021

A major industry group is urging Congress to enact a national recycled plastic standard, as well as to allow for the “rapid scaling” of the chemical recycling sector. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) released an outline of five steps it thinks Congress should take to improve plastics recovery on July 13. It follows ACC's decision last autumn to endorse packaging taxes to enhance the United States' recycling infrastructure. By 2030, at least 30% of th...

The Chemical Engineer | March 31, 2020

INEOS has completed construction of two new hand sanitiser production plants in the UK and Germany, meeting its target to start production within ten days. The chemicals firm announced seven days ago that it would build two plants each capable of producing 1m bottles of hand sanitiser per month, and has since confirmed it will build a third plant in France. There is a shortage of sanitiser, which helps prevent the spread of coronavirus. Ineos announced today that its new UK plant in Newton Aycli...