The global helium business is in a period of flux, with the balance of power starting to shift away from the industrial gas majors, giving the tier-two and tier-three players a stronger hand.
Noble Helium has identified eight additional potential shallow-free gas helium targets within the Western Rukwa Upper Lake Beds Zone in southwestern Tanzania, within the Rukwa Rift Basin.
Industrial gas giant Air Products has unveiled plans to build two new air separation units (ASUs) at its existing Conyers, Georgia, and Reidsville, North Carolina, locations.
Air Products has appointed Eric Guter as Vice-President of Investor Relations, effective 30th September 2024.
GlobalWafers is set to receive up to $400m in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the opening of two new US-based manufacturing sites for semiconductor wafer production.
Saudi Arabian energy and chemicals giant Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 50% stake in Air Products Quadra’s (APQ’s) blue hydrogen industrial gases business.
SIAD Americas has announced a new contract that will see its affiliate company, SIAD Engineering (Hangzhou), supply an air separation unit (ASU) to a Canadian firm.
Air Liquide will supply its large-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) liquefaction technology to a Stockholm-based plant that aims to liquefy and store around eight million tonnes of biogenic CO2 over the first 10 years of operation.
Leak testing device and instrument manufacturer INFICON AG has teamed up with a UK-based product design and innovation consultancy to develop a helium microdispensing tool for vacuum leak testing within the semiconductor sector.
Westfalen Group has signed a deal to supply an electrolyser to ArcelorMittal’s steelwork site in Florange, France, in support of hydrogen-based steelmaking.
