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STEM Outreach: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Ioulia Bykova shares the positive experiences of giving back and inspiring the younger generation
Type: Feature
Safety: Protecting Plants Against the Environment
Adam Duckett speaks to Steven Fitzgibbon about natural hazard risk reduction
Type: Feature
Takeovers – How Not to Ruin Your Company!
Not all company takeovers end badly but Nigel Hirst says for them to succeed you need to do due diligence, navigate culture clashes and most importantly of all, spot hidden liabilities
Type: Feature
Bunge buys 70% of IOI Loders Croklaan for US$946m
AGRIBUSINESS and food giant Bunge has bought a 70% controlling stake in IOI Loders Croklaan from Malaysian palm oil giant IOI Corporation for US$946m.
Type: News
Fuelling the World with Biomass
Our reliance on gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel shows little sign of declining despite the push to net zero. Could replacing crude oil in hydrocarbon liquids with cellulosic biomass feedstocks provide the solution?
Type: Feature
Raffaella Ocone on welcoming the next generation, Duncan Lugton on strategic thinking and more
Type: News
LG Chem invests US$53m to triple nanotube production
LG CHEM is more than tripling its production of carbon nanotubes for the burgeoning electric vehicle market with a US$53m expansion of its Yeosu plant in South Korea.
Type: News
Shell and ExxonMobil sell offshore North Sea assets in US$246m deal
SHELL and ExxonMobil have agreed to sell their joint Dutch North Sea venture to Canadian company Tenaz Energy in a deal worth US$246m, further distancing themselves from the shrinking Netherlands gas market.
Type: News
Entering the Metaverse to Make Giant Leaps in Engineering
Industry needs to take risks on supercomputing, Rob Akers tells Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
After ten years of promoting carbon capture and storage in the UK, the technology is still in 'suspended animation'
Type: Feature
Dermot Manning and colleagues at ICI – Plastic Fantastic
The commercial success of PE starts with Reginald Gibson, Eric Fawcett, Michael Perrin and Dermot Manning at ICI. Claudia Flavell-While tells their story
Type: Feature
Jacobs awarded more than US$25m in fusion contracts
JACOBS has been awarded several contracts in fusion power, with an estimated value of more than US$25m, by Fusion for Energy (F4E), ITER Organization, and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
Type: News
HENRICUS ‘Hans’ Michels passed away peacefully on 8 March at the age of 85.
Type: News
Clean energy wins at IChemE Global Awards
ICHEME’s Global Awards saw The University of Birmingham’s Centre for Energy Storage, together with Chinese firm Jinhe Energy, triumph with their technology that can use surplus wind power.
Type: News
Synthetic biology touted for specialty chemicals production
SYNTHETIC biology will develop over the next decade from creating niche, environmentally friendly products to creating new molecules not achievable with current technology, says Lux Research in its new report Strategy for Synbio Success. Additionally, it notes that specialty chemicals could benefit from the technology now.
Type: News
Photocatalytic microreactors for ‘green’ hydrogen
RESEACHERS at the University of Southampton, UK have developed photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy.
Type: News
UK REACH chemicals registration deadline extended
THE UK Government has extended the deadline for UK chemicals companies to register their products with the new system that will come into place following the Brexit transition period. Companies will now have up to six years to complete registrations, up from two years.
Type: News
Sugar beet could kickstart Scottish bioeconomy
GROWING sugar beet in Scotland and processing it at a new biorefinery could help the country become self-sufficient in bioethanol production, creating new jobs and safeguarding existing ones in the chemicals sectors, according to a new economic analysis.
Type: News
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainable future
Type: Feature
