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Asahi to acquire Carlton and United Breweries for US$10.8bn
BELGIAN brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) has agreed to sell its Australian subsidiary, Carlton and United Breweries (CUB), to Asahi Group Holdings for A$16bn (US$10.8bn).
Type: News
Finalists announced for IChemE Awards 2017
ICHEME has announced a total of almost 200 finalists for its 2017 Global, Singapore and Malaysia awards ceremonies.
Type: News
Open-access reaction optimisation
FREELY-available software which is hoped will provide an easy-to-use tool for automated reaction optimisation has been released by Imperial College London researchers.
Type: News
Explosion at Chinese chemicals facility kills three
AN explosion at a chemicals facility in the Xinjiang region in China has killed three people and injured six.
Type: News
Unilever joins Nouryon’s Imagine Chemistry
NOURYON has launched the 3rd edition of Imagine Chemistry, a collaborative challenge which aims to accelerate innovation in chemistry. The chemicals company has also expanded the scheme’s partnership to include Unilever and other organisations.
Type: News
New Zealand’s Mercury boss appointed as chair of business council
FRASER Whineray, CEO of state-owned energy company Mercury, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the New Zealand Government’s Business Advisory Council.
Type: News
Solenis closes on acquisition of paper specialty chemicals business
SPECIALTY chemicals producer Solenis has closed on its acquisition of ChemSystems’ paper business, following an agreement signed in February.
Type: News
Partners join forces to supply turnkey biotech plants
SIEMENS has formed a partnership with process plant designer Exyte to quickly deliver turnkey biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants.
Type: News
At-a-glance information on what's in the second of our centenary theme specials
Type: Feature
IChemE proposes new rules allowing non-chartered Fellows and extending votes to the wider membership
ICHEME has proposed changes to its Royal Charter and by-laws that will decouple Fellows from having to be chartered and extend voting rights to associate and technician members.
Type: News
AI and sustainable materials dominate Royal Academy of Engineering awards
BIOTECHNOLOGY, energy, and sustainable materials took centre stage at the Royal Academy of Engineering’s annual awards dinner, with Google DeepMind scooping the £50,000 MacRobert Award gold medal for its AI weather forecasting technology, GraphCast.
Type: News
TotalEnergies and Iraq sign agreements for US$27bn projects
TOTALENERGIES has signed an agreement with the Government of Iraq, and the country’s National Investment Commission (NIC), for oil, gas, and solar projects in the Basra region, worth US$27bn over 25 years.
Type: News
Zainuddin Manan describes routes to increasing graduates’ employability
Type: Feature
Carbon capture company receives US$16m investment
CARBON capture technology company Carbon Clean Solutions (CCSL) has announced the completion of a US$16m equity investment from three global investors: WAVE Equity Partners, Chevron Technology Ventures, and Marubeni.
Type: News
New Nigerian spill damages claims for Shell
Ogale Community and Bille Kingdom sue in London
Type: News
UK and US partner up to bolster global nuclear power
THE UK and the US have forged a new partnership to speed-up the deployment of nuclear technology for decarbonisation and energy security.
Type: News
Process Hengineering, You Say?
How a team of process engineers turned waste calcium hydroxide into valuable animal feed
Type: Feature
US$130trn investment needed for carbon neutrality by 2060
A US$130trn investment to 2050 could help to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2060, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA’s) inaugural Global Renewables Outlook.
Type: News
Rio Tinto will spend US$1bn on reducing emissions
RIO Tinto has announced that it will spend US$1bn over the next five years to reduce its carbon footprint as part of plans to get to net zero by 2050.
Type: News
Is Spider-Man Just a Big Gecko?
How introducing a biomimetic engineering course at the University of Canterbury led to unexpected research on the ‘existence’ of Spider-Man
Type: Feature
