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Solvay

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[sol-vey, sawl-vey] / ˈsɒl veɪ, sɔlˈveɪ /

noun

  1. Ernest 1838–1922, Belgian chemist.


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The rare-earth oxides are produced at a facility in Ontario, and Cyclic has a deal to supply oxides to Belgian chemicals company Solvay, which has a rare-earth processing facility in France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Solvay also has rare earth operations in China, and Mr Kehren says "there are solutions to do it in a very responsible way without polluting".

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

At the 1927 Solvay Conference, as great thinkers debated quantum mechanics and its implications, Ehrenfest, in Labatut's formulation, felt that the world had become less solid.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2023

Solvay currently dumps 250,000 metric tons a year into the Mediterranean, a practice that has transformed the coastline, a stretch that has been dubbed the White Beaches, or Spiagge Bianche.

From Reuters • Aug. 21, 2023

The October 1933 conference, which was devoted specifically to “the structure and properties of the atomic nucleus,” was the seventh in the series founded by the Belgian chemist and industrialist Ernest Solvay in 1911.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik