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New Indonesia Office Opens

ST. LOUIS, USA, Elessent Clean Technologies (Elessent), global leader in sulfuric acid technologies, announces the opening of a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new office will be a core maintenance and reliability (M&R) solutions provider for sulfuric acid plants in the region, as well as provide a full scope of technical services to customers. Elessent’s Jakartan subsidiary name is PT MECS MandR Solution, and its official establishment date was December 7, 2022.

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ioneer Awards Sulphuric Acid Plant Contract to DuPont Clean Technologies

ioneer Ltd (‘ioneer’ or ‘the Company’) (ASX: INR), an emerging lithium-boron supplier, is pleased to announce it has awarded DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) a contract for the license, engineering, and supply of proprietary equipment for the planned sulphuric acid plant (Plant)…

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PVS Chemicals Belgium N.V. Produces Carbon-Free Energy and Improves Capacity

PVS Chemicals Belgium recently marked its one-year anniversary producing sulfuric acid using upgraded SO2 conversion and heat recovery systems. In February of 2021, the company’s sulfuric acid operation started up with a new four-pass converter and steam generation equipment. Since that…

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DuPont Clean Technologies Increases Global MECS® Catalyst Prices

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug 3, 2021 – DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) has announced a global price increase of $0.30 / liter for its MECS® sulfuric acid catalyst products. Subject to the terms of applicable contracts, the new pricing will take effect immediately. The sulfuric acid industry has been relying on high-performance MECS® Catalyst products since 1915 to convert sulfur dioxide (SO2) to sulfuric trioxide (SO3) reliably and economically. As a world leader in sulfuric acid process technologies and catalyst production, DuPont supports the sulfuric acid producers around the world with high-quality catalysts that boost plant capacity, improve efficiency and, at the same time, reduce SO2 emissions.

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DuPont Clean Technologies Avon Plant Awarded American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care® Certificate Of Excellence

WILMINGTON, Del. – The DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) Avon plant in Martinez, CA, has been awarded the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Responsible Care® Certificate of Excellence in recognition of its prevention of occupational injuries and illnesses in 2019. The site manufactures MECS® catalyst for the sulfuric acid industry which has been in production at this site since 1970.

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Abu Zaabal Revives Old Sulfuric Acid Plant

Helping customers produce, optimize or separate essential elements every day

Elessent Clean Technologies is a global leader in process technologies to drive sustainability and carbon neutrality in the metals, fertilizer, chemicals and oil refining industries.

From metals, fertilizer to refining, chemicals, and beyond…our mission is to deliver the technology and tailored solutions our customers need to more efficiently produce cleaner products for the world. From the production of carbonless energy to the production of sulfuric acid for the metals and fertilizer industries, and from removal of sulfur from refined oil products to air pollution control, Elessent creates clean alternatives to traditional industrial processes to minimize the impact on the environment while enabling our customers to produce essential elements critical to everyday life.

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MECS® Advanced Catalysts Help Manage and Reduce Sulphuric Acid Plant Emissions

Catalyst is at the heart of all sulphuric acid plants and plays a critical role
in plant performance. This article provides an overview of the specific design
features of two new types of MECS® sulphuric acid catalyst developed by DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont), XLP-310 and SuperGEAR™, and explains how these more advanced catalyst types can be applied to reduce emissions or increase the capacity of a sulphuric acid plant.

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