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Houstonchronicle | May 04, 2020

British petrochemical giant Ineos plans to do in Texas what it can’t do back home in the United Kingdom - horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. As part of an unpublicized deal, Ineos bought tens of thousands of acres of Austin Chalk leases from Houston oil company Crawford Hughes in August 2019, Railroad Commission of Texas records show. Over the past month, Ineos has filed for a pair of drilling permits to develop two horizontal wells targeting the Giddings field of the Austin Cha...

Chemical Technology, Chemical Management

Carbios | January 17, 2023

Carbios, a leading green chemistry firm, and Novozymes, a global leader in biological solutions, have recently announced an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership. This agreement ensures the long-term production and supply of Carbios' patented PET-degrading enzymes on a commercial scale for the first biological PET-recycling plant in the world, which is scheduled to begin production in 2025 in Longlaville, France, as well as Carbios' future licensee customers. ...

Chemical Management

H&M Foundation | June 13, 2022

Together with an ecosystem of partners the non-profit H&M Foundation launched a first of its kind USD 11 million initiative in 2020, to address the gaps in the system that keep Bengaluru waste pickers in poverty and exclusion. Now, plastic waste collected by informal waste pickers is becoming a valued resource in the fashion and textile industry, providing a higher income and recognition as an integral part of the circular value chain. Buttons partly made from the plastic waste are now featu...

Chemical Technology

Albemarle Corporation | September 06, 2022

Albemarle Corporation a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry announced that it will realign its Bromine and Lithium global business units (GBU) into a new corporate structure designed to better meet customer needs and foster talent required to deliver in a competitive global environment. The move follows the recent announcement of the company's decision to reorganize Catalyst under a to-be-named, wholly owned subsidiary. Albemarle's two core global business un...