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Toyota magnet cuts need for rare earth elements
TOYOTA has developed a new magnet for electric car motors that requires less neodymium than conventional magnets.
Type: News
Fire at chemical plant on Stanlow refinery site
A fire broke out yesterday at a chemical plant on the same site as the Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire, England.
Type: News
Industry joins RSC taskforce to chart a greener path for PLFs
UNILEVER, Croda and Crown Paints have joined a taskforce convened by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to help recycle polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) – a waste stream measured in millions of tonnes.
Type: News
BOC becomes Bronze Corporate Partner
BOC HAS been awarded IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner Award status, in recognition of its professional development and mentoring.
Type: News
Six people missing following blast at Chinese pesticide site
At least eight people are injured, and six others are missing after an explosion at a chemical factory in the city of Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, according to Chinese media sources.
Type: News
The age of industry using carbon dioxide as a resource begins
COVESTRO’S Dream Production project achieved a key milestone in June as it started commercial production of plastics using ‘waste’ CO2 captured from a nearby chemical plant in Germany.
Type: Feature
Covestro uses captured CO2 to produce plastics
Dream Production begins after decades of R&D
Type: News
Researchers source and develop PPE to protect surgeons
RESEARCHERS at Imperial College London, UK, have sourced and developed personal respirator equipment to help address a shortage and protect surgeons and medics in the UK during operations on coronavirus patients. The equipment has been successfully used for high-risk surgeries procedures at NHS hospitals.
Type: News
INEOS has closed its Forties oil pipeline, which transports 40% of the UK’s oil production, around 450,000 bbl/d, after a routine inspection discovered a hairline crack at Red Moss, south of Aberdeen.
Type: News
French bill banning fossil fuel exploration passes in parliament
A BILL banning new fossil fuel exploration licences in France immediately and all fossil fuel extraction in the country by 2040 has cleared its final hurdle, after being approved by the French parliament.
Type: News
DuPont and ADM launch bioplastic pilot plant
DUPONT and ADM have announced the opening of a pilot plant in that will be the world’s first production facility for bio-based furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME), which can be used to make a lightweight plastic.
Type: News
Demonstration plant for ground-breaking chemicals technology
PHOTANOL, a platform renewable chemicals company, is building a demonstration plant for what it claims is a “ground-breaking” chemicals technology which produces chemical building blocks from sunlight and CO2. The facility will be located at a site in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, owned by partnering chemicals company Nouryon.
Type: News
175 countries commit to create historic global plastics treaty
ONE HUNDRED and seventy-five nations have agreed to create a global treaty to end plastics pollution and bring about a circular economy, in a move described as the most ambitious environmental action since the 1989 international agreement to halt the use of CFCs.
Type: News
Centenary Themes: Sustainability
At-a-glance information on what's in the first of our centenary theme specials
Type: Feature
PFAS inquiry launched by UK MPs
UK MPs have launched an inquiry into PFAS and are inviting expert input on whether enough is being done to understand and manage the risks around thousands of persistent chemicals.
Type: News
Making iron without coal or carbon dioxide
Industry partners seek to split and emit water
Type: News
Diamond battery made from nuclear waste
Team seeks to scale up method to harness carbon-14
Type: News
Industry leaders want UK to remain in EU
CEOs sign letter saying both will be weaker alone
Type: News
We Must Go Round in the Right Circles
Adam Duckett on the need to go around in the right circles
Type: Feature
