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Nylon 6,6 from muconic acid, Vulcan Energy’s geothermal lithium hydroxide plant, and Shell’s new pyrolysis pre-treatment unit.
Covestro's board approved ADNOC's takeover, Clariant is recycling airplane deicing fluids, and Citroniq's corn-to-polypropylene plans.
Better caustic soda, making use of lithium in the Smackover, and trying to commercialize cleaner iron.
Solugen's new funding, Ambercycle's latest deal, petrochemical problems in Australia.
Trillium's bio-based acrylonitrile, Covestro's investment in BioBTX, and Oxy's DLE deal.
Fulcrum Bioenergy’s demise, DuPont is splitting into pieces, and a standalone ethylene-to-alky unit.
A new PO process, recycling PVC, making CO2 free cement, and converting naphtha into ethane and propane.
A bio-based 1,3 propanediol expansion, less BASF in Ludwigshafen, Equinor bought into Standard Lithium, Ashland is selling its nutraceutical biz.
Origin's cap business, SK Geocentric’s better PLA process, Ex-Solvay and Orbia broke ground, and Potassium formate from CO2.
Encina isn’t going to Pennsylvania, Anellotech and Technip signed a deal, Standard Lithium started up its demo-scale DLE plant, and SK Capital sold Foremark after 7 years.
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