sMitsui Chemicals has recently acquired for new ISCC PLUS certifications, an international certification system for sustainable products. This is part of the company’s move to continue acquiring such certifications with the aim to expand social implementation of biomass products based on the mass balance method. Products for which ISCC PLUS certification will be newly available: Product: Ammonia, Product name: Ammonia, Main applications:...
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Mitsui Chemicals to Produce Chemical Recycled Polyethylene Derived from Waste Plastic
Mitsui Chemicals has concluded a basic purchase agreement with Shell Eastern Petroleum regarding the procurement of ethylene derived from waste plastics. Following this agreement, Prime Evolue Singapore, a subsidiary of Mitsui Chemicals group company Prime Polymer, will begin efforts to produce chemical-recycled polyethylene derived from waste plastics. Shell’s waste plastic-derived ethylene has obtained ISCC Plus Certification (International Sustainability and Carbon...
Mitsui Chemicals Invests in Apeiron Bioenergy
Mitsui Chemicals has in June this year invested in Apeiron AgroCommodities, which is also known under the brand of Apeiron Bioenergy, one of the largest collectors and marketers of waste cooking oil in Southeast Asia and China. Waste cooking oil is a raw material for biomass chemicals and plastics. With this investment, Mitsui Chemicals will expand procurement of biomass feedstock...
Mitsui Chemicals to Sell Singaporean Phenol Subsidiary to Ineos
Mitsui Chemicals will transfer all shares of its consolidated subsidiary Mitsui Phenols Singapore (MPS) to Ineos effective March 1, 2023. MPS will be excluded from the scope of consolidation of Mitsui Chemicals as a result of the share transfer. MPS has been developing its phenol business – including phenol, acetone, bisphenol A, and α-methylstyrene – in Singapore since its establishment...
Mitsui Chemicals Launches Services for Distributed Solar Power Generation Businesses
Chemicals company Mitsui Chemicals this month launches technical due diligence services aimed mainly at distributed solar power generation companies that are operating or planning to operate at multiple solar power generation sites. The company has started its solar power generation diagnostic business in 2014. The new service is part of an online diagnostic service it has been developing since August...
EPDM Rubber Trends: Mitsui Chemicals
Mitsui Chemicals’ ethylene-propylene rubber (EPDM) plant operations remained at a high level in fiscal 2021. In the first half of the year, from April to September, the supply-demand situation remained tight. Sales remained steady, however, in the second half from October to March, despite being affected to a small extent by the shortage of semiconductors and reduced car production. The...