The environment

A new catalytic solution from Haldor Topsoe promises to remove hydrogen sulfide in lean off gases from viscose production, seeking to challenge traditional scrubbers on cost.

Haldor Topsoe, a provider of high-performance catalysts and proprietary technology for the chemical and refining industries, has released their sustainability report for the 2018 financial year.

Marc Garneau, Canandian Minister of Transport, has announced amendments to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, updating regulations on dangerous goods tank cars.

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the NewFoodSystems innovation initiative with a total of up to 20 million over a period of five years.

Gujarat State Fertilizer and Chemicals’ (GSFC) new 40 000 tpy melamine plant in Vadodara, India, has now reached its design capacity.

EU UAN complainant industry welcomes commission’s provisional anti-dumping regulation on imports from Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the US.

Nexant has announced its continued membership with the Climate Registry (TCR), marking decade of partnership.

The agronomy and farm supply sector will be stressed through 2019, and profitability for ag retailers could face a multi-pronged threat.

Wood has been given a contract by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative Climate Investments to provide conceptual engineering for its gas power and industrial carbon capture conceptual design work.

Microbial technology developed by Kiwa Bio-Tech has been selected by the Guangdong provincial government for an Aquaculture project in Guangdong, China.

Growing demand for micronutrient fertilizers is driving market growth.

The Canadian government is investing up to US$2.7 million to help ZooShare Biogas add new digester technology to its existing biogas plant in Toronto.

A new research project is exploring ammonia’s potential as a sustainable fuel and a good solution for “storing” green power from wind turbines and solar cells.

The study by Filkin and Co. concluded that polyhalite mined at ICL Boulby in the UK has a smaller carbon footprint than other fertilizers.

BASF are pursuing an ambitious Carbon Management programme, with R&D activities opening up new possibilities. The Research Press Conference presents four groundbreaking projects for CO2-reduced future production processes.