Maersk investment group funding €1.5bn plant making fossil-free plastics from methanol
THE MAERSK shipping family are funding a new company producing fossil-free plastics from green me...
News
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UK invests £22bn in CCS clusters and hydrogen projects
THE UK is investing almost £22bn (US$28.8bn) in carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects ...
Australia’s coal mine expansions ‘disastrous’ say environmental bodies
ENVIRONMENTAL and economic bodies have condemned the Australian government’s decision to approve ...
Microsoft strike US$3bn deal to source AI power from retired nuclear plant
MICROSOFT has struck a 20-year deal worth US$3bn with American energy company Constellation to so...
HSE fines Scottish solvents manufacturer for Walkerburn explosion
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined solvents manufacturer Rathburn Chemicals £40,000 ...
Adnoc to acquire German chemicals giant Covestro for €15.9bn
THE Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is set for a €15.9bn (US$18bn) takeover of German chem...
Industry
Maersk investment group funding €1.5bn plant making fossil-free plastics from methanol
THE MAERSK shipping family are funding a new company producing fossil-free plastics from green me...
UK invests £22bn in CCS clusters and hydrogen projects
THE UK is investing almost £22bn (US$28.8bn) in carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects ...
Australia’s coal mine expansions ‘disastrous’ say environmental bodies
ENVIRONMENTAL and economic bodies have condemned the Australian government’s decision to approve ...
Process
Australian researchers use liquid metal catalysts to develop low-carbon ammonia
RESEARCHERS from a Melbourne university have developed a low-carbon method of making ammonia usin...
Kraft pulping cleantech secures €1m for lignin separation technology
CHEMICAL pulping cleantech LignEasy has secured €1m (US$1.1m) to scale up its innovative separati...
German DAC startup opens lab to develop ‘high quality’ carbon capture sorbents
GERMAN-BASED startup NeoCarbon has opened a chemical laboratory at its Berlin site to test out th...
IChemE
IChemE Matters – October 2024
Why IChemE’s Member Engagement Committee offers a world of opportunities
Rolls-Royce and Johnson Matthey among IChemE Global Awards finalists
THE finalists for IChemE’s 2024 Global Awards have been announced, with more than 75 organisation...
Applications open for IChemE’s revamped catalysis fellowship
ICHEME is inviting applications for the Andrew Fellowship which has switched its focus to very ea...
Research & Development
World-first as UKAEA deploy autonomous robot to operate at JET
AN AUTONOMOUS robot has carried out maintenance works at the Joint European Torus (JET), marking ...
INEOS cross-border CCS storage project completes ‘successful’ pilot phase
INEOS has completed the pilot phase of its European cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
Evonik targets €1.5bn sales boost with sustainable research strategy
GERMAN specialty chemicals firm Evonik expects to generate an additional €1.5bn (US$1.7bn) in sal...
Policy
UK climate efforts ‘not enough’ says CCC in new report
THE UK is set to miss its 2030 net zero targets despite meeting all previous ones, according to t...
IChemE urges next UK government to sustainably transform energy and industry
ICHEME has drawn on its new technical challenge report to set out a vision for how the next gover...
G7 countries enact coal exit plan but Greenpeace label it ‘too little, too late’
THE days of coal-fired electricity are numbered after G7 nations agreed to phase out production o...
Risk & Safety
HSE fines Scottish solvents manufacturer for Walkerburn explosion
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined solvents manufacturer Rathburn Chemicals £40,000 ...
TEPCO restarts removal of radioactive debris from Fukushima
SMALL-SCALE removal of radioactive debris has restarted at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site, ac...
Update: Anochrome Ltd admits spilling toxic chemical into Walsall canal
ANOCHROME LTD, a company that provides electroplating and coatings, has said it is the source of ...
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