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Rio Tinto announces manufacturing research lab in Australia as it charges ahead with batteries push
RIO TINTO is building a battery manufacturing laboratory at its research facility in Bundoora, Melbourne, the latest move in the company’s efforts to make headway in the global battery metals sector.
Type: News
Ashok Kumar Fellowship awarded to Sheffield PhD student
THIS year’s Ashok Kumar Fellowship has been awarded to Amber Keegan, a PhD student in chemical engineering and chemistry at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Type: News
TPC Group slapped with US$30m fine for Texas chemical blast
THE Texas Petrochemical Company (TPC) Group has been ordered to pay US$30m in criminal and civil fines over a chemical explosion at its Port Neches site which forced the evacuation of 50,000 people.
Type: News
Mars trials gene editing to boost climate resilience in cacao crops
US CONFECTIONARY giant Mars is using novel gene-editing tools to research how to future-proof cacao production.
Type: News
After ten years of promoting carbon capture and storage in the UK, the technology is still in 'suspended animation'
Type: Feature
PREDICTIONS about the downfall of the UK oil and gas industry have abounded in recent years, as existing, easy-to-access reserves have become depleted, and the oil price has collapsed, meaning that many remaining reserves are becoming less economical to exploit. Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost, and there’s little doubt that the industry is struggling, particularly in the North Sea.
Type: Feature
Personal perspective from Sam Ash, a young technician working offshore
Type: Feature
NNPC signs JV deals with Chevron, Shell
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed financing agreements with its joint venture partners to develop the Sonam and Santolina projects.
Type: News
Bunge buys 70% of IOI Loders Croklaan for US$946m
AGRIBUSINESS and food giant Bunge has bought a 70% controlling stake in IOI Loders Croklaan from Malaysian palm oil giant IOI Corporation for US$946m.
Type: News
UK and US sign science agreement
A SCIENCE and technology agreement between the UK and US was signed yesterday, which is the first such commitment to collaboration between the two countries.
Type: News
BASF to enter seeds business with €5.9bn Bayer deal
BAYER has agreed to sell some of its crop science businesses to BASF for €5.9bn (US$7bn), as it seeks to address regulatory concerns for its US$66bn takeover of Monsanto.
Type: News
Bioinspired polymers self-assemble like proteins
RESEARCHERS in the US have worked out how to make polymer chains self-assemble into a desired structure in a similar way to biological molecules like proteins, by tuning the electrostatic charges.
Type: News
Mystery ruthenium-106 cloud over Europe
ROSATOM, the Russian state nuclear company, has denied that a radioactive cloud of ruthenium-106 detected over Europe in September came from any of its facilities.
Type: News
BASF and LetterOne to merge oil and gas units
BASF and LetterOne have signed a letter of intent to merge their oil and gas subsidiaries, Wintershall and DEA, to create one of Europe’s largest independent exploration and production companies.
Type: News
New oil and gas exploration licences issued for North Sea
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has granted oil and gas exploration licences to 61 companies in its 30th offshore round, bouncing back after an oil-price crash in 2014.
Type: News
Explosion at chemical plant in Ohio
AN explosion and fire occurred at the Emerald Performance Materials chemical plant in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday 18 July at around 13:00 local time, with no serious injuries reported.
Type: News
Six killed in Chinese chemicals plant explosion
FOLLOWING an explosion at a Tianjiayi chemicals plant in Yancheng, eastern China, six people are confirmed dead, and 30 have been seriously injured.
Type: News
Worker killed in Texas chemicals plant fire
ONE worker has been killed and two seriously injured in a chemicals plant fire in Texas, US.
Type: News
Workers start to remove Fukushima fuel rods
TEPCO has begun work to remove 566 highly-radioactive fuel rod assemblies from reactor building number 3 of its devastated Fukushima Daaichi nuclear power plant.
Type: News
Two injured following Tata Steel explosion
IN the early hours of today, two people were injured at an explosion at the Tata steelworks plant in Port Talbot, UK. The explosion occurred shortly after 03:30 local time.
Type: News
