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Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp sign definitive agreement for merger
TATA Steel and Thyssenkrupp have announced that the companies will merge, after being in negotiations for more than a year.
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Membrane filters out antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater
A TECHNIQUE has been developed combining a photocatalytic membrane and UV light to remove most antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes from wastewater.
Type: News
Carbon capture studies to go ahead at Norwegian waste incineration plant
NORWAY’s ministry of petroleum and energy has announced that it will fund FEED studies on CO2 capture at Fortum Oslo Varme’s waste-to-energy facility at Klemetsrud in Oslo.
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Major new refinery proposed for Canada
INDIGENOUS communities and Chinese companies are planning to build a 167,000 bbl/d refinery in Alberta, Canada.
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Total announces major gas discovery
TOTAL, the world’s fourth-largest oil and gas company, has announced a major gas discovery on the Glendronach prospect, off the coast of the Shetland Islands, UK. It is the largest discovery of oil and gas made in the UK in a decade.
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Drax in talks to acquire Scottish Power assets
DRAX, the UK power company, has entered talks to discuss acquiring Scottish Power energy assets from Iberdrola, Scottish Power’s parent company. The potential purchase of a portfolio of UK energy assets is another step Drax has taken as it moves away from coal.
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Explosion shuts down Canada’s largest refinery
AN explosion has shut down Canada’s largest refinery, operated by Irving Oil in Saint Paul, New Brunswick.
Type: News
Call for young engineers to design trophy for Queen Elizabeth Prize
A competition has been launched for young designers and engineers to design the trophy for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
Type: News
UK and Canada sign agreement for civil nuclear cooperation
THE UK and Canada have signed a bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (NCA) which will ensure that international cooperation will still apply after the UK leaves the EU.
Type: News
Shell commits to stricter targets on cutting emissions
SHELL has given in to pressure from investors to commit to specific goals in limiting climate change.
Type: News
Bacton terminal begins receiving gas from Clipper South
OIL and gas major Shell has started to supply energy from the Clipper South gas field into the UK network via the Bacton gas terminal.
Type: News
Update: Number killed in Brazil dam breach reaches 99
AFTER the fatal collapse of a Vale mine tailings dam in Brazil, 99 people have been reported dead, 57 of whom have been identified. 257 people remain missing. The collapse occurred on 25 January.
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Update: 157 confirmed dead after dam breach in Brazil
TWO weeks after the collapse of a Vale tailings dam 157 people have been confirmed dead, 134 of whom have been identified. 182 people are still missing. The incident occurred in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Update: 165 people confirmed dead after Brazil dam breach
165 people have now been confirmed dead following the collapse of a Vale mine tailings dam in Brazil on 25 January. 158 of the dead have been identified. Another 158 people remain missing following the incident which occurred in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Drax declares world-first carbon capture at biomass power plant
THE UK’s DRAX power station has begun capturing carbon, and has described the development as the first time CO2 has been captured from the combustion of a 100% biomass feedstock.
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India to move planned refinery
WESTERN Indian state Maharashtra, is to relocate a planned Saudi Aramco refinery due to protest by farmers, says Reuters.
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Catalyst firm Haldor Topsøe sells 30% stake to Temasek
DANISH engineering firm Haldor Topsøe is selling a 30% stake in its business to Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings in a bid for growth in Asia and other emerging markets.
Type: News
Norsk Hydro hit by cyber attack
NORSK Hydro, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of aluminium, has been hit by a ransomware attack.
Type: News
UK launches new CCUS Advisory Group
THE Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has formed a new CCUS Advisory Group to help deliver the UK Government’s CCUS action plan and accelerate the development of CCUS technologies.
Type: News
Removing oil from produced water
A PROCESS has been developed that can remove nearly all traces of oil in produced water.
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