IChemE medals - apply now!
Nominations for IChemE’s 2027 medals and prizes are open for another three weeks, with a refreshed portfolio designed to recognise excellence across the chemical engineering community.
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The Chemical Engineer
News, views and jobs from the chemical, biochemical and process engineering sectors.
September 2026 Issue 1023
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Government moves closer towards UK phaseout of CO2 to stun pigs
The UK government has moved a step closer towards phasing out the use of CO2 to stun and slaughter pigs, owing to long-understood animal welfare concerns.
UK’s largest solar thermal farm to heat manufacturing research centre
A leading manufacturing research centre in Coventry has invested £1.3m ($1.75m) to install nearly 2,000 solar thermal collectors, which will become the largest such installation in the UK.
BP completes Deepwater Horizon settlement with Louisiana amid ‘gushing’ profits
British oil and gas major BP has brought forward its final payments to the State of Louisiana as part of a settlement to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, as its latest quarterly results show “gushing” profits.
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