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US seeks global critical minerals alliance to curb China dominance
February 2026Issue 1016
PHARMACEUTICAL giant AstraZeneca has announced plans to invest US$15bn in China, deepening its presence in the country’s manufacturing and research ecosystem and citing China’s growing “scientific excellence”.
THE US has launched a global initiative with more than a dozen countries to ramp up critical mineral production and reduce reliance on China.
RESEARCHERS at the University of Sydney have developed a photothermal method for producing hydrogen from freshwater and seawater using liquid gallium, with the potential for circular operation through metal regeneration
Welcome to The Chemical Engineer's live coverage of Frank Morton 2026 at the University of Nottingham. Here you can relive a day that saw 19 universities (and one team representing industry) battle it out across 12 sports. Edited by Aniqah Majid and Sam Baker.
Martin Pitt looks at how once-discarded byproducts fuelled revolutions in fuels, antiseptics, plastics and road building
TCE talks to Orla Douds, a process engineer for Assystem, about the importance of soft skills and the future of nuclear
Continuing the IChemE National Early Careers Group series profiling early career opportunities in different sectors
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.
Trevor Kletz, the father of inherent safety, explains his remarkable career
Claudia Flavell-While explores the contribution of separation scientist Csaba Horváth