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‘The sooner the better’: UK village welcomes approval of new lithium extraction plant
PLANS for a lithium extraction plant on the site of a former cement works in County Durham, northeast England, were approved this week.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Oatley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Johnson Matthey will exit battery materials
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) is quitting its battery materials business after concluding the costs are too high and the chance of differentiation in the market too low.
Type: News
New technology extracts more lithium from mining waste
Scientists at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) together with Lithium Australia have developed a new technology that is able to extract up to 95% of the lithium locked up in spodumene ore – the rocks that the metal is extracted from before it is processed into batteries.
Type: News
Woodside sells US$5.7bn stake in its first US LNG plant
AUSTRALIAN energy major Woodside has sold a 40% stake in its Louisiana LNG project to private equity firm Stonepeak for US$5.7bn as it seeks a foothold in the burgeoning US gas export market.
Type: News
Woodside greenlights US$17.5bn Louisiana LNG project
AUSTRALIAN energy giant Woodside has finally secured the funding to see through its mammoth Louisiana LNG project, furthering its goal to become a “global LNG powerhouse”.
Type: News
European Commission to spend €8bn on hydrogen projects
IN A BID to structurally transform its energy system, while ending its dependency on Russian fossil fuels, the European Commission (EC) is planning on investing more than €8bn (US$7.7bn) on various hydrogen projects, including the creation of a new European Hydrogen Bank.
Type: News
Martin Pitt explores the 19th century inventors of the symbols and calculations upon which modern science-based chemical engineering depends
Type: Feature
The Royal Mint’s Tony Baker and Julian Cox explain to Adam Duckett how a solution in a beaker was transformed into a world-first chemical plant
Type: Feature
Key challenges in catalysis and a need for cross-discipline collaboration
Type: Feature
Adapting Hazard Studies for Extreme Weather
The original HAZOP methodology developed by ICI has been expanded over time. Mike McKay and George Watson believe the eight study stages provide the perfect blueprint to identifying potential Natechs
Type: Feature
UPDATE: Explosion at Texas chemicals facility
A SECOND major explosion at a chemicals facility in Port Neches, Texas, has resulted in the evacuation of 50,000 people.
Type: News
UK invests £22bn in CCS clusters and hydrogen projects
THE UK is investing almost £22bn (US$28.8bn) in carbon capture and storage and hydrogen projects as the government seeks to take a lead in greener technologies.
Type: News
TEPCO proposes methods to dispose of treated water stored at Fukushima
TEPCO, Japan’s largest power company group, has released a report which outlines two potential methods for disposing of water treated with multi-nuclide removal equipment, that is currently being stored at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Type: News
RENEWABLE hydrogen producer Lhyfe and eight partners have been awarded a €20m (US$22.5m) grant by the European Commission (EC) for a 10 MW project that the collaborators expect to be the first offshore hydrogen project to achieve implementation, with production, export, and distribution expected to begin in 2026.
Type: News
Chemical engineers are ideally placed to turn the words in the Paris Agreement into actions on climate change
Type: Feature
Transforming the workforce with digital technologies
Automation execs share thoughts on how to help workers adapt
Type: News
US industry risking lives due to lack of remote isolation equipment, CSB warns
US CHEMICAL facilities are putting lives at risk by failing to heed lessons learned from loss of containments, says the country’s Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). It recommends industry adopt the use of remote isolation equipment which can quickly stop the release of hazardous materials, preventing accidents from escalating and killing people.
Type: News
