UK chemical plants warned against ‘complacent’ safety standards as cold weather approaches
PLANTS handling hazardous chemicals should not be “complacent” to the risks associated with extre...
News - Industry
‘Birth’ of commercial nuclear fusion declared as plans for grid-scale Virginia plant announced
COMMERCIAL nuclear fusion moved a step closer after a US company announced plans to build a plant...
Low-carbon cement production to begin at new Welsh plant
A UK STARTUP has opened a low-carbon cement production facility in North Wales which it claims wi...
Rio Tinto to invest US$2.5bn in Argentina lithium mine
RIO TINTO has announced plans for a 20-fold expansion of lithium extraction at a mine in northwes...
Rio Tinto agrees deal to build Western Australia copper mine with Japanese partner
MINING giant Rio Tinto has reached an agreement with Japanese company Sumitomo to build a copper ...
Report calls for greater alignment between EU and US toxic chemical waste regulation
TOXIC chemical waste regulations in the EU and US should be more aligned to improve transparency,...
£4bn of contracts awarded for construction of UK CCS projects
ENGINEERING firms, including Costain and Wood, have been awarded contracts worth £4bn (US$5bn) to...
Equinor search for potential hydrogen customers months after scrapping pipeline to Germany
OIL AND gas giant Equinor has pushed ahead with plans to market hydrogen in Europe, issuing a cal...
Hinkley Point welcomes UK’s first nuclear reactor in over 30 years
CONSTRUCTION at the Hinkley Point C power plant in Somerset has reached an important milestone wi...
‘Major win’ for UK energy as four nuclear power plants granted extensions
EDF’S decision to extend the life of four nuclear power plants has been hailed as “a major win” f...
UK government launches nuclear cybersecurity centre months after Sellafield fine for data breaches
THE UK NUCLEAR Decommissioning Authority has launched a cybersecurity centre near the Sellafield ...
Heidelberg Materials takes over historic US cement company in US$600m deal
BUILDING conglomerate Heidelberg Materials has acquired US legacy cement producer Giant Cement Co...
Glasgow research centre will extend life of industrial equipment
A NEW £5.5m (US$7m) research centre in Scotland will focus on how industrial equipment can be reu...
Neste and Technip join forces for ‘copy and paste’ liquefaction for plastics recycling
IN A BID to reduce the upfront costs for the chemical recycling of plastics, Neste, Alterra and T...
Rolls-Royce sells stake in SMR business to fund nuclear expansion
ROLLS-ROYCE has sold a stake of its small modular reactor (SMR) subsidiary to legacy partner ČEZ ...
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