An advanced solvent for post-combustion carbon capture developed through a partnership involving The University of Texas at Austin and Honeywell is set for engineering-scale testing at the Technology Centre Mongstad, the world’s largest carbon capture test facility located in western Norway.
Wolfspeed is set to receive $750 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to help build a North Carolina semiconductor plant and expand its New York facility. The projects are part of Wolfspeed’s growing silicon carbide 200-mm device and wafer manufacturing capacity.
Air Liquide will invest around $150 million to expand its production capacity and pipeline network in Tennessee, in the context of a new long-term contract with LG Chem. Supplying oxygen to LG Chem’s future cathode active material plant, the Air Liquide will be supporting the growth of the battery ecosystem in the United States.
KCC inaugurated a $258 million flat glass manufacturing facility in Batang Integrated Industrial Zone, Central Java, Indonesia. The KCC Glass Indonesia facility will have a capacity to produce 1,200 tons of sheet glass a day. This facility marks the first time a Korean glass manufacturer has established a production base overseas.
Parglass and Pavisa have formed a partnership to develop a greenfield glass facility in Paraguay. The $75 million facility is set to open in the first quarter of 2026 and will produce glass from a 100% renewable electric source.
Berlin-based xolo, a pioneer in volumetric 3D printing, formed a partnership with Swarovski, the famed Austrian glass and crystal company, to develop a volumetric 3D printing method for crystal glass.
Glaston Corporation, the founder of the Glass Performance Days conference, and Messe Düsseldorf, the organizer of glasstec, the world’s leading international trade fair for the glass industry, are collaborating to advance continuous knowledge sharing, networking, and the latest glass industry solutions.
Şişecam CEO Görkem Elverici called for future collaboration in the soda ash industry at a conference in early October. He also outlined the future potential of the soda ash industry and presented the company’s strategy for steering the sector toward sustainable growth.
Austrian company Lithoz recently launched the Ceramic 3D Factory, which aims to make ceramic additive manufacturing more scalable and accessible through a global network of service bureaus using Lithoz’s lithography-based ceramic manufacturing technology.
At a seminar on critical minerals, hosted by the U.K. Department for Business and Trade and the Embassy of Brazil, Kathryn Goodenough, principal geologist and international lead at the British Geological Survey, emphasized that Brazil’s progress in mining could inform U.K. policies.
As the government grapples with regulating artificial intelligence, researchers are experimenting with their own validation methods, as outlined in an FYI article.
Egypt revised its renewable energy target for 2040 down to 40% from a previous goal of 58%. Before hosting the COP27 climate summit in 2022, Egypt pledged to raise renewable energy production to 42% of its energy mix by 2035, later advancing that target to 2030. In June 2024, the country announced an ambitious plan to reach 58% by 2040, a target now abandoned.
Malaysia’s ambition to exploit its rare earths reserves worth around $50 billion is at a crossroads as plans to establish a domestic supply chain for its minerals hit a snag on the need for Chinese technology and risks of a U.S. boycott due to geopolitical factors.
