08:18 AM EST, 01/23/2025 (MT Newswires) -- PyroGenesis ( PYRGF ) on Thursday said it has been granted a European patent that covers its process for the efficient destruction of ozone depleting substances with a high-power steam plasma torch system.

This patent complements a U.S. patent that was granted in 2021.

Separately, PyroGenesis ( PYRGF ) said it signed a $234,000 contract with a European research center that is developing a process to convert hydrocarbons, including methane, into other high value chemicals. PyroGenesis ( PYRGF ) will manufacture and design a 50-kW methane plasma torch as the next step to the system that was previously purchased by the same customer in 2022.