Commodity chemicals, such as acids, alkalis, and salts, used as building blocks in various industries.
chemXplore tracks 457 projects in basic chemicals, of which 166 are active.
Of the active ones, 105 new construction, 41 expansion, 16 revamp / retrofit and 4 conversion / repurposing.
55 active projects carry no start-up date yet. The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.
Joint cross-validation used identical methodology, data and metrics to align footprints for ethylene, butadiene and EVA and support mutual recognition across the industry.
Industry investment and policy support sustain demonstrations across blast‑furnace retrofits, DRI–ESF, and electrochemical routes while economics and infrastructure shape deployment timing.
Robust operations and refining raised product volumes; large Spain-focused capex ramp-up for energy transition; net debt fell to €2.1bn; construction begun on Europe’s largest green hydrogen project.
A 1.2 Mt/yr PDH using Lummus CATOFIN highlights why scale, integration and proven technology matter for long-term polypropylene competitiveness despite a current propylene surplus.
ISOSIV paraffin unit resumes operation, restoring normal paraffin supply used for DETAL LAB and LAS and enabling Sasol to lift a prior force majeure on those products.
Profit rose year‑on‑year as upstream breakthroughs boosted oil and gas output, refining throughput and chemical sales across the industrial chain.
FEED study assesses urea liquor upgrade at Courtright, Ontario, which could add more than 400,000 short tons/year of diesel exhaust fluid capacity if FID is positive.
Revenue rose 5% to $2.0B and adjusted EBITDA increased 12% to $268M; backlog reached $23.1B. Spin-off of Mission Technology Solutions (Trinzic) targeted for Jan 4, 2027 with Investor Days in November.
Revenue rose to SEK 30.4bn and operating profit to SEK 5.4bn (SEK 4.9bn excl. PIR). Stable production; records at Kevitsa and Harjavalta; agreement to buy 64.68% of Nexa Resources.
Plans include renewable hydrogen, a renewable-fuel plant, pumped hydro expansion and a circular methanol facility; extends customer fuel discounts and launches a new €950m buyback.
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The 8 with the most active projects, of 51 countries.
