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US Steel to be bought by Japan's Nippon in US$15bn deal
NIPPON, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, has agreed to buy US Steel for US$14.9bn. The acquisition would create one of the world's biggest steel companies outside of China, and would end the independence of one of America’s oldest industrial enterprises.
Type: News
Snapshot: Eco-Friendly Fashion
US biotechnology company MycoWorks makes fashion eco-friendly with its patented Fine Mycelium technology
Type: Feature
Dame Judith Hackitt awarded 2024 President’s Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering
DAME JUDITH HACKITT, safety expert and a former president of IChemE, is the 2024 recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s President’s Medal in recognition of her enormous contribution to its work.
Type: News
Wood to design US$40m plastic food packaging plant in Singapore
JAPANESE chemicals manufacturer Kuraray has appointed Wood to design a packaging production plant for its fully recyclable plastic in a deal worth US$40m.
Type: News
‘Nobody got Fired for Buying IBM’ – But Many Should Have!
In the first in a series of viewpoints from Nigel Hirst, the IChemE past president says bigger is not necessarily better when it comes to project management
Type: Feature
Low-carbon cement production to begin at new Welsh plant
A UK STARTUP has opened a low-carbon cement production facility in North Wales which it claims will result in a 65% reduction in emissions compared to traditional Portland cement production.
Type: News
Kellogg’s fuels your breakfast with hydrogen
A KELLOGG’S factory has successfully demonstrated that hydrogen fuel can be used to toast cereals.
Type: News
Government takes control of UK’s third-largest steelworks amid spiralling debts
THE UK’s third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control after efforts to secure financial backing for its mounting debts failed.
Type: News
Book Review: The Chemical Reaction
Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 9781786077578; Point Blank; an imprint of Oneworld; 2020, £14.99
Type: Feature
Qatar to boost LNG production by 30%
QATAR PETROLEUM has announced that it will ramp up its LNG production by 30% over the next five to seven years, from 77m t/y to 100m t/y.
Type: News
Sadara JV commissions last plant
SAUDI-based Sadara Chemical Company has commissioned the last of 26 plants at its US$20bn petrochemicals complex in Jubail, the largest ever built in a single phase.
Type: News
Rice solves mystery of asphaltene clearance in oil pipes
ASPHALTENE, the cholesterol of the oil industry, clogs pipelines and interrupts flow, but dispersants can often seem to worsen the problem before it improves. Engineers at Rice University, US, now think they know why.
Type: News
Shell sells further stake in Woodside for US$1.7bn
Shell has sold two-thirds of its remaining stake in Woodside Petroleum to two unnamed investment banks for US$1.7bn.
Type: News
INEOS expands North Sea oil and gas operations
INEOS will move into deep water oil and gas exploration, after agreeing to buy a majority stake in two Northern Gas Fields exploration licences.
Type: News
UCL, Tufts find new catalyst to turn shale gas into fuel
A NEW platinum and copper alloy catalyst developed at University College London, UK, and Tufts University, US, can convert shale gas methane into liquid fuels more efficiently than conventional catalysts.
Type: News
Steel furnace reignited after two years
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, has formally restarted an idle furnace at a Liberty Steel plant in Rotherham, UK.
Type: News
LEGO has announced that plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane will be used in pieces such as leaves, bushes, and trees.
Type: News
200 GW: Saudi Arabia plans world’s largest solar development
SAUDI ARABIA and Japan’s Softbank have agreed to build the world’s largest solar power project, with plans to spend US$200bn by 2030.
Type: News
Motiva joins forces with UOP and TechnipFMC to fuel push into petrochemicals
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES has signed MoUs with UOP and TechnipFMC worth as much as US$10bn to explore using their technologies to branch out into petrochemicals production, with plans for a complex in the US.
Type: News
Invista brings latest ADN technology to China
INVISTA Intermediates is to build a 300,000 t/y, world-scale adiponitrile (ADN) plant in China, at an estimated cost of more than US$1bn. Construction is targeted for 2020, and production is hoped to begin in 2023.
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