John O’Shea, 1947-2023
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Solvay will use rice husks for greener tyre chemicals
SOLVAY said it will open a new unit at a chemicals plant in Italy that will halve the carbon foot...
UK government fails to support technology that could be key to combatting plastic waste
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recyclin...
Ineos buys former BASF concrete chemicals business
INEOS is buying MBCC’s admixture business from Sika, acquiring manufacturing sites in the US, Can...
IChemE calls for nominations for Trustee and Congress vacancies
MEMBERS of IChemE are being invited to put themselves forward for vacancies on its Board of Trust...
Dow and 3M cut thousands of jobs
3M and Dow have announced they are cutting thousands of roles from their global workforces in res...
Industry
Solvay will use rice husks for greener tyre chemicals
SOLVAY said it will open a new unit at a chemicals plant in Italy that will halve the carbon foot...
Ineos buys former BASF concrete chemicals business
INEOS is buying MBCC’s admixture business from Sika, acquiring manufacturing sites in the US, Can...
Dow and 3M cut thousands of jobs
3M and Dow have announced they are cutting thousands of roles from their global workforces in res...
Process
Carbon-neutral Steelanol plant to start production within weeks
ARCELORMITTAL, BHP, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) have signed a funding ag...
Electrification of steam cracking: BASF demo set to operate in 2023
BASF, SABIC and Linde have begun electrifying a steam cracker at the huge Ludwigshafen chemicals ...
Short on sulfur: Is a potential resource crisis about to threaten food security and stifle green technology?
A NEW study by researchers at UCL suggests that supplies of sulfuric acid, a vital ingredient use...
IChemE
IChemE calls for nominations for Trustee and Congress vacancies
MEMBERS of IChemE are being invited to put themselves forward for vacancies on its Board of Trust...
Yvonne Baker appointed IChemE CEO
YVONNE BAKER has been appointed the new CEO of IChemE and will join the institution in April.
Sellafield digital twin project clinches top IChemE award
SELLAFIELD and the National Nuclear Laboratory were awarded IChemE’s Outstanding Achievement in C...
Research & Development
Chemical engineers explore upcycling microfibres released from washing clothes
UNIVERSITY of Surrey and UK-based washing technology group, Xeros Technology, have teamed up to a...
Competition launched to advance low-emission foods
INNOVATE UK and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have jointly launc...
New integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and produces ethylene
FOCUSED on integrating technologies that capture and use CO2 in a closed loop carbon cycle, engin...
Policy
UK government fails to support technology that could be key to combatting plastic waste
THE UK government has been criticised for dismissing recommendations to support chemical recyclin...
UK government formally establishes ARIA as an independent body
THE UK government has announced the formal establishment of the Advanced Research and Invention A...
Australia’s biggest polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year from July
A REFORM to Australia’s climate safeguard mechanism means that more than 200 of the country’s hea...
Risk & Safety
CSB identifies six key safety issues that led to 2018 Superior refinery explosion
FAILURE to learn from a similar incident investigation released less than a year prior is among s...
Company fined £800,000 for near-fatal 2020 explosion
COATINGS company International Paint has been fined £800,000 (US$976,512) for a near-fatal 2020 e...
Fire at Chinese plant kills 38
A FIRE which broke out yesterday at a goods factory in China has killed 38 people and injured two...
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