Basic Chemicals

EU funds first commercial plant converting mixed plastic waste into renewable BTX aromatics; plant will process 20,000 t/yr, produce 10,000 t/yr and cut 72% GHG vs fossil route.

A new CA‑EDC plant will cut import reliance and save foreign exchange; planned output 400 KTA caustic soda and 500 KTA EDC; ~80% complete (Sep 2026); commercial start in 2027.

Plans would cut four polycarbonate lines to one, end local BPA production, and could affect up to 260 of ~970 employees; aniline investment and most site activities will continue.

Upstream work finished at a 4,000 m Argentina site, raising commercial carbonate output to 48,000 t/year and enabling a 50,000 t/year lithium hydroxide system when linked to a 2027 downstream plant.

Licence and engineering deal for synthesis-gas-to-methanol technology; Delfzijl plant to produce 220,000 tonnes/year; standardised Blueprint converts waste wood and organic residues into biomethanol.

Sitra aromatics complex will produce ~1.2M t/yr paraxylene and 0.5M t/yr benzene using naphtha hydrotreating, CCR platforming and LDPX aromatics processes.

First load of pyrolysis bio-oil delivered to FrieslandCampina for co-firing in industrial steam boilers, partially replacing natural gas.

New purification unit at Carling cuts energy use by 25% and site carbon intensity by 20%; nearly €150m investment, partly funded by France 2030 and NextGenerationEU.

Automated sensor- and x‑ray-equipped plant to pre-process metal-bearing intermediates, improving valuation, safety and routing within the smelter network; due late 2028.

On‑schedule first production (30 Sept 2026) of 450 MTD weak nitric acid; 12‑hour start‑up, initial 100 t run, ~1,000 t produced and steam export started.