UK to get first graphite recycling plant for battery materials
Fujifilm to close Derbyshire electronic materials site by December
Making Room for Carbon
May 2026Issue 1019
JAPANESE conglomerate Fujifilm is set to close its electronic materials manufacturing plant in Alfreton, Derbyshire by the end of the year, putting its entire workforce at risk of redundancy.
GOVERNMENT progress in supporting the UK’s declining chemicals sector has been praised by industry figures, although one senior representative has warned of “scary” messaging from some camps expected to challenge the prime minister’s leadership.
THE UK will align its chemicals regulation with EU rules unless “very exceptional circumstances” require otherwise, government officials have said.
Equinor has struck a deal with Dutch-owned Eneco to supply natural gas from the Norwegian continental shelf to the German grid.
Martin Pitt describes how clay transformed human history
AS IChemE continues to evolve and grow, the TCE team found ourselves reflecting on what the magazine has meant to members over the years and how it has informed, entertained and developed.
Refrigerants are essential for the modern food industry. Aniqah Majid looks at the substances keeping food cool – and their climate impact
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
