Ineos to close world’s second largest phenol plant, blaming European energy costs and carbon tax
INEOS has announced it intends to close its phenol and acetone manufacturing plant in Gladbeck, G...
News
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IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia
THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing p...
UK bioethanol plant closure delayed ten days after government talks
VIVERGO Fuels has extended the deadline to close its bioethanol plant in Hull, UK, pending govern...
UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland
THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) o...
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design ga...
Multiscale ambition: Ocone outlines plans to strengthen diversity and the status of the profession in IChemE presidential address
RAFFAELLA OCONE has said she will use her IChemE presidency to diversify the chemical engineering...
Industry
Ineos to close world’s second largest phenol plant, blaming European energy costs and carbon tax
INEOS has announced it intends to close its phenol and acetone manufacturing plant in Gladbeck, G...
UK bioethanol plant closure delayed ten days after government talks
VIVERGO Fuels has extended the deadline to close its bioethanol plant in Hull, UK, pending govern...
UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland
THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) o...
Process
UK project starts sucking CO2 from the sea
A PILOT plant that sucks CO2 from the sea has started operating at the Sea Life Centre in Weymout...
US researchers find new route for tyres that have reached the end of the road
USED tyres could one day be recycled to produce epoxy resins according to researchers exploring c...
UEL to use River Thames to power campus
NATURAL heat from the River Thames will be used by the University of East London (UEL) to power i...
IChemE
IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia
THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing p...
Multiscale ambition: Ocone outlines plans to strengthen diversity and the status of the profession in IChemE presidential address
RAFFAELLA OCONE has said she will use her IChemE presidency to diversify the chemical engineering...
Vaccine refrigeration and sewage treatment among winning projects in IChemE YEAIS
A SOLAR-POWERED refrigerator to make vaccines more accessible and a process to reduce the environ...
Research & Development
Robot-built solar satellites poised to beam constant power from space
THE UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) has shown that remotely operated robots could build gigawatt-...
University of Surrey researchers develop ‘breathing’ batteries
SCIENTISTS at the University of Surrey have developed “breathing” batteries that use novel cataly...
BioNTech to invest £1bn in UK life sciences
VACCINE pioneer BioNTech has agreed to invest up to £1bn (US$1.3bn) in the UK where it will build...
Policy
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...
Engineers call for smaller electric car batteries and ban on vapes
USING smaller electric car batteries and stripping materials out of old wind turbines for use in ...
Risk & Safety
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...
Investigation launched into fatal hydrogen sulfide leak that killed two US workers
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into a ...
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