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Loughborough student wins Food SIG prize
Ramsey developed better way to pasteurise beer yeast
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BP Bight proposal rejected for second time
Drilling plan does not meet regulatory requirements
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Plans for nuclear waste facility in South Australia scrapped after traditional owners' court win
BARNGARLA traditional owners who fought to stop a nuclear waste facility planned for a site in Napandee near Kimba in South Australia, have won their fight in court. Madeleine King, minister for resources, said the government did not intend to appeal the judge’s decision.
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£500m for Port Talbot electric arc furnace, with 2,500 jobs still set to go
THE UK government has agreed to give a £500m (US$651m) grant to Tata Steel to build an electric arc furnace at Port Talbot, though 2,500 jobs will still be lost as the firm presses ahead with plans to shut down the site’s only remaining blast furnace.
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UK announces new fast-track visa for world-leading researchers
THE UK Government has announced the details of a new fast-track visa scheme to attract overseas researchers, that is set to come into force in February.
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Victor Mills – A 'Pampered' Career
Claudia Flavell-While charts the contribution of P&G’s Victor Mills
Type: Feature
Lord Cullen: Piper Alpha Investigator
Lord Cullen of Whitekirk gave this speech at the opening of Oil & Gas UK’s Safety 30 Conference in Aberdeen on 5 June. The conference marked the anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which Lord Cullen investigated on behalf of the government. The 106 recommendations made in his landmark 1990 report reshaped offshore safety culture
Type: Feature
Destroying PFAS… and environmental anxiety
Luke Henderson talks to Adam Duckett about his work scaling up a plasma torch system to destroy PFAS
Type: Feature
IChemE announces the nominees to take up trustee positions in 2018
ICHEME has announced the final nominees for its 2018 trustee vacancies. Eighteen nominations from the wider IChemE membership will stand for five trustee roles – deputy president, vice president (international), and three ordinary members. An honorary treasurer has also been appointed.
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Natural gas emissions threaten EU carbon budget
METHANE emissions from natural gas have been underestimated by governments, and the “bridging fuel” should be phased out alongside coal and oil to meet 2035 Paris Agreement targets, according to a new study.
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A Booster for the Covid Vaccine Rollout
Ranna Eardley-Patel discusses her career path through consumer goods, nanotechnology, biopharmaceuticals – and most recently, vaccine development for Covid-19.
Type: Feature
Zero emissions by 2050: government’s climate experts urge action
THE UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said the country could feasibly emit no emissions by 2050 if the government takes urgent action on the implementation of CCS and hydrogen for heating.
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A Project to Develop and Protect
Matthew Duchars and John Challenger describe the plans to design and build a facility that the UK would use for emergency vaccine production
Type: Feature
UOP, Chevron use ionic liquids in refineries
New alkylation technology gives same yield of octane
Type: News
Nigel Hirst and Keith Plumb have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
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Gazprom Neft and Repsol form Russian JV
RUSSIAN oil firm Gazprom Neft has formed a joint venture with Spain’s Repsol, taking a 25.02% stake in Repsol’s Moscow-based subsidiary Evrotek-Yugra.
Type: News
MPs: chemical industry needs clarity on REACH
Committee warns investment and jobs are at risk
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