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UK chemical plants warned against ‘complacent’ safety standards as cold weather approaches
PLANTS handling hazardous chemicals should not be “complacent” to the risks associated with extreme cold weather, a safety expert has warned.
Type: News
Fig trees tell tales on illegal miners
FIG trees could give researchers the inside track on whether international efforts to prevent mercury emissions are working after it was discovered their rings can be used to monitor pollution from illegal gold mining.
Type: News
Ruby Ray and Fabio Ruggeri describe an innovative process to produce substitute natural gas – a solution for low carbon energy
Type: Feature
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
Where Next for AI in Drug Discovery?
Adrian Tombling explains why drug developers need AI
Type: Feature
Raymond Tan and Dominic Foo explain how pinch analysis techniques can be used to optimise decarbonisation techniques
Type: Feature
Modelling with Excel Part 9: Digitising a Chart
Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 2: Determining Process Dynamics
Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes
Type: Feature
How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin
Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic
Type: Feature
Operation Ghoul hunts engineering industries
Cybercriminals use malware to access corporate data
Type: News
BASF has described how digitalisation is affecting all areas of its business, from product development to safety.
Type: News
Solar reactor uses storage to produce fuel day and night
A SOLAR reactor has been developed that can store thermal energy to produce fuel around the clock. The reactor could potentially be used to produce hydrogen for fuel cells, without any carbon emissions.
Type: News
EPA finalises changes to mercury rule
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised changes to a rule that requires coal and oil-fired plants to reduce emissions of mercury and hazardous air pollutants. It will no longer consider all the health benefits associated with reducing mercury emissions.
Type: News
Vale ordered to put aside US$1.47bn for dam collapse damages
BRAZILIAN mining company Vale has been ordered by a judge to put aside around R$7.93bn (US$1.47bn) for potential fines related to the fatal collapse of a mining waste dam last year, which killed at least 259 people.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows recognised with 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded 2020 Birthday Honours to chemical engineers and IChemE Fellows Jane Atkinson and Nilay Shah for their outstanding contribution to chemical engineering.
Type: News
Update: Anochrome Ltd admits spilling toxic chemical into Walsall canal
ANOCHROME LTD, a company that provides electroplating and coatings, has said it is the source of a toxic sodium cyanide spill that has sparked a major incident in the UK.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on why the COP failure is an opportunity for engineers
Type: Feature
After the spill: an introduction to the series
Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon on its ten-year anniversary
Type: Feature
