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Climeworks pioneering air-captured CO2 for drinks carbonation
COCA-COLA HBC Switzerland has teamed up with Climeworks to pioneer the use of air-captured carbon dioxide (CO2) use in the beverage industry.
Type: News
Sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate net-zero
LED by the University of Bath, UK, a major new collaboration between academia and industry seeks to use sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
Type: News
Chemical campaigners warn against lagging UK restrictions
CONCERNS of a widening gap between the EU and UK on hazardous chemical regulation have emerged following the publication earlier this month of UK REACH's priorities for the upcoming financial year.
Type: News
UK government’s targeted approach proposal for UK REACH, ‘a step in the right direction’
THE UK government is planning to introduce an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) to ease the transition of chemical registrations from EU REACH to UK REACH, the UK’s equivalent chemical regulatory system established after Brexit.
Type: News
3M to pay water companies up to US$12.5bn over PFAS contamination
3M will pay US public water companies up to US$12.5bn to tackle PFAS, after a district court gave final approval to a previously announced settlement agreement.
Type: News
QEPrize launches podcast to explore engineering and its impact
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has launched a new podcast series, Create the Future, which explores the “skill, creativity, and innovation that comprises engineering”, and highlights how engineers impact everyday lives.
Type: News
Green glycidol pilot plant in the UK
Green Lizard Technologies (GLT) will use dimethyl carbonate and unpurified waste glycerol for environmentally friendly production of glycidol. The spin-out company from Queen’s University Belfast has chosen the Wilton Centre in Teesside as the site for the pilot plant.
Type: News
Who owns what, what risks can arise, and how to protect your business.
Type: Feature
Air Separation: Cryogenic or Not?
Separating air into oxygen and nitrogen using non-cryogenic and cryogenic processes
Type: Feature
A look at how the Loss Prevention Bulletin and its Editorial Panel operate
Type: Feature
The Rise and Evolution of the Connected Worker
Connected technologies offer the potential to achieve a step change for industrial markets akin to Amazon’s transformation of the retail sector
Type: Feature
IChemE members honoured at Chemeca 2017
MEMBERS of IChemE were presented with awards of excellence at Chemeca 2017, to celebrate their contributions to the chemical engineering community in Australia and New Zealand.
Type: News
Extracting lithium from water using synthetic membranes
A metal-organic framework (MOF) has been developed that can extract lithium from water, which could be used to meet the increasing global demand for lithium batteries.
Type: News
Green amino acid production incorporates carbon dioxide
L-METHIONINE is an amino acid that is typically produced using toxic hydrogen cyanide. Researchers have now devised an environmentally friendly way to produce the amino acid, while also providing a new industrial use for CO2.
Type: News
Sizewell C looks at capturing CO2 from the atmosphere using nuclear heat
SIZEWELL C, in the UK, is developing plans to demonstrate how heat from a nuclear plant could be used to power direct air capture (DAC) technology to suck CO2 emissions from the atmosphere.
Type: News
Exxon and CF Industries partner on large-scale CCS project
EXXONMOBIL and CF Industries have teamed up to capture and permanently store up to 2m t/y of CO2 emissions at facilities in Louisiana, US, the equivalent to replacing approximately 700,000 petrol cars with electric vehicles, according to the partnership.
Type: News
Steelmaker successfully trials e-coke that could reduce emissions by up to 30%
LIBERTY Steel UK, the nation’s third largest steel manufacturer, has successfully completed trials of e-coke, a new raw material that can replace anthracite in electrical steelmaking, reducing emissions by as much as 30%.
Type: News
Tees Valley £123m Budget boost
UK CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond announced in his 2017 budget on Wednesday an investment of £123m (US$163.7m) for the Tees Valley’s former SSI steelworks site.
Type: News
Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group to partner on Matalco aluminium recycling venture
RIO TINTO and Giampaolo Group, one of North America's largest fully-integrated metal management businesses, are teaming up to manufacture and market recycled aluminium products as part of a joint venture to meet the increasing demand for low-carbon aluminium.
Type: News
