Circa and Oqema sign a supply and capacity reservation agreement for the sale of green solvent Cyrene

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Circa Group AS and OQEMA AG have signed a supply and capacity reservation agreement for the sale of Cyrene™ into Europe. The agreement is for the market development and supply of several thousand tonnes of Cyrene™ per annum. This brings reservation commitments for Cyrene™ volumes to over 5,000 tonnes per annum, which will be supplied by Circa’s ReSolute™ plant, and the following FC6 plant, now at planning stage.

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