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Time for Change

Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products

Type: Feature

Volunteer Spotlight: John Campbell

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

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

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

After the spill: well incident response

Scott Powell and Scott Vickers look at how industry's emergency response measures have evolved in the years following Deepwater Horizon

Type: Feature

Deepwater Horizon: As it Happened

Geoff Maitland looks back on the Gulf of Mexico oilspill, ten years ago this month

Type: Feature

Cross-industry Learning from High Hazard Sectors

How we choose to learn can determine whether we will repeat similar situations, says Gabor Posta

Type: Feature

Learned Society Update

Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities

Type: Feature

The Lowdown on Blowdown

Chris Best addresses the role blowdown systems play in plant design and why they are essential in order to ensure process safety

Type: Feature

Engineering capability review raises safety concerns

FATALITIES and accidents at work are likely to increase, and a better understanding of engineering capacity and capability is needed for engineering to intervene, says a report from the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Type: News

Canada awards Lister for his contributions to nuclear and safety

DEREK LISTER has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to nuclear energy research and improvements to occupational safety.

Type: News

Vale to begin disposing of mining waste from fatal Brazil dam collapse

MINING giant Vale is to begin disposing of the mine tailings from the fatal collapse of one of its dams last year, which killed at least 259 people, into the extraction site. The move is expected to speed up the removal and final disposal process.

Type: News

Hydrogen as a Fuel for Gas Turbines

The journey towards developing a 100% hydrogen-fuelled Gas Turbine

Type: Feature

Solid States

You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says Grant Wellwood

Type: Feature

SMART Thinking

Ainslie Just provides an update on IChemE’s Programme SMART

Type: Feature

Waste Not Want Not

Vanda Jones discusses how you can cut your compressed air energy consumption

Type: Feature

Climate Crisis Explainer

Amanda Doyle discusses COP26 and why it is important

Type: Feature

Pure and Simple

Miguel Johansson Finguerut describes his work on community water projects in central Mexico

Type: Feature

Steve Rae to give Trevor Kletz lecture

PIPER Alpha survivor Steve Rae will share the story of how his survival has led to a lifelong drive to improve safety culture in the oil and gas industry in a lecture at the annual IChemE Hazards 30 conference.

Type: News

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maryam Farhanah

Yasmin Ali interviews Maryam Farhanah, Senior Process Engineer at Mott MacDonald.

Type: Feature