Research chemists Gerard Parkin and Aaron Sattler from Columbia University (NY) say they have developed an organic compound containing tungsten that is able to break strong carbon-carbon bonds. The unusual activity of the compound could lead to new methods for...
Catalysts and process technology firm Haldor Topsøe (Lyngby, Denmark) says it has signed a deal with PetroPeru to supply technologies for three new plants in Peru. The contract includes licensing fees, basic engineering and process design for the...
Novozymes (Copenhagen), an enzymes technology firm, says its operating profit for fourth quarter 2009 increased 16% to DKr 431 million ($81 million), compared to the year-ago period, with corresponding sales up 7% to DKr 2.2 billion. Operating profit margin...
Axens (Paris), a petrochemicals technology provider, and Headwaters (South Jordan, UT), a materials technology firm, say they have created a joint venture company Alliance DCL, to provide solutions for producing clean transport fuels via direct coal...
W.R. Grace says it has completed the sale of a 5% stake in Advanced Refining Technologies (ART), a hydroprocessing catalysts joint venture with Chevron Products, to Chevron on November 30, 2009, and as a result, Grace has reduced its interest in ART from 55%...
A team of researchers, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO;Den Haag, the Netherlands) has identified that building blocks of crystals that form zeolite catalysts are irregular and so can lead to significant inefficiencies of...
The process can be used in coal-to-chemical plants....
Specialty chemicals company Dorf Ketal Chemicals (Mumbai) says it has acquired the specialty catalysts business, comprising of organometallic titanates, zirconates and specialty additives, of DuPont. The acquisition includes titanates and zirconates and...
Researchers at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunication (Varennes, PQ) say they are developing fuel cell catalysts based on iron instead of platinum. Commercial fuel cells based on...
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