Government fuels green skills drive for Aberdeenshire’s oil and gas workers
AROUND 200 oil and gas workers in Aberdeenshire, Scotland will receive “tailored” skills training...
News
Latest News
UK government announce first ten projects in £2bn hydrogen programme
TEN commercial-scale green hydrogen projects have gotten the green light for construction, paving...
‘No credible offers’ forces Lindsey refinery to close
THE UK will see one third of its refineries close in just four months after the government announ...
McVitie’s owner invests £68m to reduce CO2 emissions
SNACK giant Pladis, which owns some of the UK’s most popular food brands, including McVitie’s and...
IChemE’s Advances digitalisation conference opens for registrations
REGISTRATIONS are open for IChemE’s conference on Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process I...
Seaweed farm grown between North Sea wind turbines collects first harvest
A FLOATING seaweed farm wedged between offshore wind turbines in the North Sea has reaped its fir...
Industry
‘No credible offers’ forces Lindsey refinery to close
THE UK will see one third of its refineries close in just four months after the government announ...
AstraZeneca to spend US$50bn on US drug manufacturing
ASTRAZENECA plans to spend US$50bn building manufacturing and research facilities in the US, foll...
Hull industry figures back UK bioethanol plant’s call for government support
INDUSTRY figures in Hull, UK have issued a joint statement backing Vivergo Fuels’ pleas for gover...
Process
McVitie’s owner invests £68m to reduce CO2 emissions
SNACK giant Pladis, which owns some of the UK’s most popular food brands, including McVitie’s and...
Tata begins construction of Port Talbot electric arc furnace
TATA Steel today began construction of its first electric arc furnace (EAF) at the Port Talbot st...
Siemens and EnPot join forces to power China’s aluminium industry using renewables
SIEMENS has signed a deal with EnPot, developer of a novel heat exchange technology, to help Chin...
IChemE
IChemE’s Advances digitalisation conference opens for registrations
REGISTRATIONS are open for IChemE’s conference on Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process I...
IChemE launches early careers groups in Australia and South East Asia
TWO new regional National Early Careers Groups have been launched by IChemE to support and connec...
Young engineers call for more industry support at the 2025 YEAIS
From hydrogen production to vaccine cooling systems, attendees of the YEAIS explored cutting-edge...
Research & Development
Australian researchers develop software to design chemical-free pest killers
RESEARCHERS at the University of Queensland in Australia have developed and tested a software pac...
Edinburgh researchers use bacteria to turn waste plastic into paracetamol
RESEARCHERS at the University of Edinburgh have developed a method to convert waste plastic bottl...
MIT researchers develop membrane that can fractionate crude oil without heating
RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a membrane they believe...
Policy
UK sets out 300-year nuclear waste strategy
THE UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has relaunched its clean-up strategy for the count...
UK spending review boosts CCS and R&D funding but industry awaits industrial strategy details
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) and research and development (R&D) received fresh funding commit...
Safe AI innovation needs robust regulation, warns IChemE roundtable
Industry leaders come together for a roundtable discussion on AI’s use in plant operation and the...
Risk & Safety
US Chemical Safety Board to close this year
THE Trump administration plans to close the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (US...
Blast at Iranian port kills at least 65
INVESTIGATIONS are underway into an explosion at a port in Iran that killed at least 65 people an...
New UK lab will connect industry with emerging tech developers to boost worker safety
A NEW initiative has been launched to accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies that could...
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