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Long-term solutions and strategic thinking promoted at Shell’s NXplorers Pro event at IChemE HQ
SHELL hosted its two-day NXplorers Pro programme for chemical engineering students at IChemE’s headquarters in Rugby, UK this week, delivering workshops and team challenges designed to build systems-thinking skills and long-term strategic awareness.
Type: News
Students Get Hands-on with ChemEng at DiscoverChemEngLIVE Event
Aniqah Majid reports on IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE, introducing around 400 secondary school students to the fundamentals of the profession – one cookie at a time
Type: Feature
IChemE Matters – December 2025/January 2026
Raffaella Ocone reflects on 30 years of AIChE meetings, Duncan Lugton talks policy and IChemE 2025 in numbers
Type: News
ChemEng Culture: From Hieroglyphics to Hydraulics
The latest art history exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK is a fascinating look at ancient Egyptian craftwork – and explores how their spiritual beliefs helped develop some of the most fundamental principles of chemical engineering, writes Sam Baker
Type: Feature
Old King Coal Part 4: Coal Colours
Martin Pitt continues his series on coal, exploring how tar gave rise to the world’s first synthetic dyes and a global chemical industry
Type: Feature
Veolia unveils £1bn pipeline of low-carbon heat networks for the UK
FRENCH utilities giant Veolia is developing a £1bn (US$1.3bn) pipeline of low-carbon heat network projects it aims to deliver across the UK by 2030.
Type: News
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 29: The Blinding
Chapter 29 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Students get hands-on with chemical engineering at IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE event
CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERS from industry and academia gathered in Rugby for IChemE’s DiscoverChemEngLIVE event, introducing around 400 secondary school students to the fundamentals of the profession – one cookie at a time.
Type: News
US commits US$100m to modernise ageing coal plants amid rising power demand
THE US government has announced a US$100m investment to refurbish and modernise the country’s existing coal plants, as part of a wider effort to “reinvigorate” the nation’s coal industry.
Type: News
South Korea power station collapse kills three
THREE workers have died following the collapse of a boiler tower at an end-of-life power station in South Korea.
Type: News
ExxonMobil fined £176,000 for ‘preventable’ flaring at Mossmorran in 2019
EXXONMOBIL has been fined £176,000 (US$232m) over a “preventable and unacceptable” week-long period of continuous flaring at its Mossmorran plant in Scotland in 2019.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Rhodri Hawkins
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Continuing the IChemE National Early Careers Group series profiling early career opportunities in different sectors
Type: Feature
Old King Coal Part 3: Coal Chemicals
Martin Pitt looks at how once-discarded byproducts fuelled revolutions in fuels, antiseptics, plastics and road building
Type: Feature
Is AI a ‘Ghost in the Machine’?
John Challenger explores how IChemE is addressing the risks of artificial intelligence in contracts and practice, balancing opportunity with the ethical and legal safeguards engineers cannot afford to ignore
Type: Feature
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 25: Phosphoric Acid
Chapter 25 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in the Amazon
BRAZIL’s state-owned energy company Petrobras is set to begin offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, following a deal that environmentalists have condemned as “an act of sabotage” to the country’s climate goals.
Type: News
TCE is reporting live in Manchester for the Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industries Conference 2025. The two-day conference will cover all matters related to digitalisation in engineering and process industries, from cybersecurity, to process automation.
Type: News
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 23: Nutmeg Grater
Chapter 23 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Scottish Highlands freeport secures £25m investment to become global clean energy hub
A GREEN freeport in the Scottish Highlands has reached a “historic milestone” – positioning itself as a global hub for renewable energy with £25m (US$33m) in government-backed investment and a long-term vision to create over 11,000 clean energy jobs.
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