UK’s Hynet carbon capture pipeline given the greenlight
A PIPELINE that will transport industrial CO2 for storage beneath Liverpool Bay has been approved...
News - Industry
UK ammonia cracking plant takes first steps in push towards hydrogen economy
AN AMMONIA cracking system has started operations at the Tyseley Energy Park in the UK, as develo...
Unilever cutting 7,500 jobs and splitting off ice cream division
BEN & JERRY’S and Marmite owner Unilever is set to split off its ice cream division and axe 7,500...
Ineos proposes closure of Grangemouth ethanol plant
INEOS is looking to close its ethanol plant at the Grangemouth petrochemicals complex in the UK a...
Tata Steel to close Port Talbot coke ovens over ‘worsened’ condition
TATA STEEL’S beleaguered Port Talbot steelworks in Wales has suffered a further operational blow ...
Sarawak signs deal with Gentari to build hydrogen production hub
MALAYSIA’S Sarawak state is gearing up to develop a world-scale hydrogen production hub following...
UK government’s energy market reforms overshadowed by call to build new gas power stations
ENGINEERS are pushing the UK government to do more to support CCUS and hydrogen following its hig...
Water companies’ £180m sewerage investment must target ‘those responsible for the largest polluting flows’
WATER expert Tom Stephenson says it is vital that water companies target the worst polluting rele...
NatPower plans to deliver £10bn worth of battery storage projects to the UK
RENEWABLES project developer NatPower has promised to invest £10bn (US$12.8bn) to deliver the UK’...
ExxonMobil arbitration could stop US$53bn Chevron/Hess merger
EXXONMOBIL has filed for arbitration in a bid to stop Chevron from getting Hess’s 30% stake in th...
Mondi agrees £5bn deal for DS Smith in bid to create packaging heavyweight
MONDI has agreed to buy rival DS Smith for £5.1bn (US$6.5bn) in a deal which will create one of t...
Evonik to slash 2,000 jobs in cost-cutting overhaul
GERMAN chemical company Evonik plans to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide after it reported a net loss of ...
Aluminium producer Alcoa agrees US$2.2bn deal to acquire Alumina
Alcoa is set to secure its position as one of the world’s largest alumina and bauxite producers w...
Further job losses expected as BASF announces more cost cutting at its Ludwigshafen site
BASF has announced further measures to cut costs at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. It aims to ...
Southern Water fined £330,000 after stream pollution killed 2,000 fish
A UK court has fined Southern Water £330,000 (US$416,748) for a raw sewage leak in July 2019 that...
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