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IChemE training gains official CPD recognition from Board of Engineers Malaysia
THE BOARD of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has approved eight IChemE training courses for continuing professional development (CPD) hours.
Type: News
UK government commits £200m for Acorn CCS cluster in Scotland
THE ACORN carbon capture and storage (CCS) cluster across Scotland will receive £200m (US$271m) of state funding, the UK government confirmed yesterday following this week’s spending review.
Type: News
Wood awarded US$100m contract to reduce gas flaring in Iraqi oil fields
OIL AND GAS engineering consultancy Wood has been awarded US$100m worth of contracts to design gas flaring reduction systems for oil extraction sites in Iraq.
Type: News
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 5: A Ruptured Hose
Chapter 5 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Sellafield failing to address ‘intolerable risks’, damning parliamentary report warns
MANAGEMENT of the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, UK is not responding quickly enough to “intolerable risks” at the site posed by ageing assets, a damning new report has warned.
Type: News
Phosphate Rocks Chapter 4: Sulphur
Chapter 4 in the serialisation of Fiona Erskine's novel Phosphate Rocks, a compelling mystery set in the world of industry
Type: Feature
Preventing the Next Battery Incident: Rethinking Battery Energy Storage Safety
As battery energy storage systems expand, recent fires and explosions prove compliance isn’t enough. James Close and Edric Bulan say only a layered, system-wide safety approach can meet the risks of thermal runaway and real-world failure
Type: Feature
The Politics of Chemicals: How a Lithium Plant Won Over a Community
Adam Duckett speaks to John McKay, a ward councillor using his engineering experience to help the Basingstoke residents he serves understand the risks of a chemicals plant being built close to their homes
Type: Feature
Sustainability in Action: Three Years of the IChemE Sustainability Hub
Programme director Trish Melton explains how, with IChemE’s support, chemical engineers are building the skills needed for a sustainable future
Type: Feature
Starting Out: A New Age of Nuclear and Fusion
The first in a series from the IChemE National Early Careers Group profiling early career opportunities in different sectors
Type: Feature
Helping Students make the most of IChemE Resources
Chemical engineering students Deborah Olowu and Sofiya Hajaludin spent a year with IChemE working as interns. Here, they share their experiences and outline the wealth of resources available to student members of IChemE
Type: Feature
How Soap was Born: From Mud and Urine to Modern Detergents
Martin Pitt comes clean about the history of soap
Type: Feature
Space Odyssey: From Rocket Engines to Hair Dryers and Back Again
Lolan Naicker explains his unconventional career path to Adam Duckett, from daydreaming in lectures to a £150k win for a lunar water system
Type: Feature
IChemE Virtual Work Experience Already Having a Positive Impact
Victoria Speed looks back on six months of inspiring young people through IChemE’s virtual Engineering a Sustainable World programme
Type: Feature
Inside the Alcohol-free Beer Revolution
With the increase of low- and no-alcohol drinkers in the UK, Aniqah Majid investigates how 0% beer is made and whether you can taste the difference
Type: Feature
Equinor resumes construction of 2.1 GW wind project after Trump ban
NORWEGIAN energy giant Equinor has resumed construction of its 2.1 GW wind project in New York after work was suspended by the US government.
Type: News
Climeworks to cut 10% of staff amid slowdown in cleantech confidence
SWISS direct air capture (DAC) startup Climeworks is cutting 106 jobs, including 78 in Switzerland, due to “macroeconomic uncertainty”.
Type: News
Harbour Energy to cut 250 jobs in Aberdeen and review CCS
THE UK’s largest oil and gas producer is cutting 250 jobs in Aberdeen and reviewing its support for the Viking CCS project, blaming the government’s fiscal rules and regulations.
Type: News
The National Expo for Chemical and Process Engineers Returns this May at the NEC
The Process & Chemical Engineering Show, running as part of the CHEMUK 2025 ‘Group of Events’, returns this May.
Type: Feature
US and Ukraine sign minerals deal set to reduce China’s rare earths dominance
AFTER months of negotiations, the US and Ukraine have reached an agreement to equally share profits from the future sale of Ukraine’s mineral, oil, and gas reserves.
Type: News
