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AkzoNobel plans upgrade to chlor-alkali plant
AkzoNobel will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to include a new production line for chlorine and caustic soda.
Type: News
THYSSENKRUPP has announced that it will separate its industrials and materials divisions into two separate companies.
Type: News
ADNOC sells refining stake to European partners
THE Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sold off a 35% stake in its refining business to Italy’s Eni and Austria’s OMV as it seeks to increase efficiencies and diversify downstream.
Type: News
New evacuation a week after Texas chemical plant explosion
A WEEK after the explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, a voluntary evacuation order has been issued due to elevated levels of 1,3-Butadiene.
Type: News
Ineos to build world-scale styrene plant in China
INEOS Styrolution, a global styrenics supplier, is to build a 600,000 t/y greenfield acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.
Type: News
Fire occurs at Marathon Petroleum refinery in California
A LARGE fire has been reported at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California, following an explosion.
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
Sanofi to support 200m Covid vaccines
SUPPORTING global supply demand, Sanofi will help Moderna manufacture up to 200m doses of the biotechnology company’s Covid-19 vaccine in the US, starting in September.
Type: News
Fire at Chinese plant kills 38
A FIRE which broke out yesterday at a goods factory in China has killed 38 people and injured two others. The New York Times called it “one of the most deadly fires in the country in recent years”.
Type: News
Crystals cause microbes to produce more methane
More methane could reduce need for new coal seams
Type: News
£250m City Deal will benefit North Sea oil
Aberdeen boost includes support for ailing industry
Type: News
SIP says UK safety engineers in short supply
Report highlights skills shortfall in STEM by 2025
Type: News
Book Review: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer – Inexpensive Demonstrations and Laboratory Exercises
Edited by William Roy Penney & Edgar C Clausen; ISBN: 9780815374312; CRC Press; 2018; £55.99 (paperback), £48.59 (eBook)
Type: Feature
Shire recommends Takeda takeover offer
SHIRE has opened the door to a £46bn (US$64bn) takeover bid from Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical.
Type: News
Fire extinguished at US chemicals depot
AFTER three days fighting a fire that was spreading through a chemicals storage depot in Texas, US, the blaze has now been extinguished.
Type: News
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Adam Duckett on the calls for rapid investment in technology
Type: Feature
MIT retains top university ranking for chemical engineering
MIT has retained its position as the best university for studying chemical engineering, according to the latest QS World Rankings.
Type: News
