Molly Burgess

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will invest €20m ($23.2m) in its existing partial oxidation (POX) unit under a 12-year extended supply contract for synthesis gas and hydrogen with chemicals supplier OXEA in Germany.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed new legislation focused on the permitting of gas extraction projects, in a move set to benefit the state’s helium market.

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will build a nitrogen production unit in South Korea, worth nearly €200m ($232m), to supply memory chipmaker SK hynix under a newly signed long-term contract.

Robert Smith, President of Acquisitions and Business Development at B&J Welding Supply, speaks to Molly Burgess about the company’s approach to acquisitions, infrastructure, and technology-led growth

Air Products Membrane Solutions has made its largest-ever single-site investment at its manufacturing and logistics centre in Maryland Heights, St. Louis, Missouri.

Italian AI infrastructure speciality Energy Dome and electric and water utility Salt River Project (SRP) have agreed to deploy a 19MW carbon dioxide (CO2) battery system in Arizona.

Semiconductor components manufacturer Xycarb Technology has secured a $3.9m Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to expand its Georgetown production facility in Texas.

QatarEnergy has confirmed an internal explosion during the restart of the Ras Laffan liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Sunday evening (21 June).

The internal explosion at QatarEnergy’s Barzan gas processing facility, which supplies one of its helium sites, is now being better understood.

Nippon Sanso Matheson has started up a new air separation unit (AS) in Irwindale, expanding its industrial gas production capacity in Southern California.