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Paul Héroult and Charles Hall – Turning a Rarity into a Commodity
What’s the most valuable metal in the world? Today, it’s gold, the price of which has soared so much in recent years that it overtook platinum and rhodium as the most expensive metal in the world. Two hundred years ago, it was a metal that today is so cheap it’s become the ultimate disposable commodity: aluminium.
Type: Feature
Court finds Shell liable for Nigerian oil spills
A DUTCH appeals court has ruled that Shell is responsible for the consequences of oil spills in two Nigerian villages from its subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC). A decision regarding oil spills in a third village is yet to be made.
Type: News
Landmark court ruling will see Shell reduce emissions by 45% by 2030
IN A landmark ruling, the Netherlands’ District Court of The Hague has ordered international energy company Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 45% by 2030. Shell intends to appeal.
Type: News
Epilepsy drug created from greener catalytic process
A NEW method has been developed for drug production that avoids the use of expensive precious metals as catalysts.
Type: News
Novel process recovers high-value products from natural gas
LINDE has developed a novel process to recover high-value products, including helium, from natural gas that successfully combines leading BASF and Linde technologies.
Type: News
Australia chooses site for national nuclear waste facility
THE Australian Government has selected Napandee as the site for its National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (NRWMF), located near Kimba, South Australia (SA).
Type: News
Japanese inventor awarded 2022 QEPrize
MASATO Sagawa has won the 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for his work on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of the world’s most powerful permanent magnet, contributing to enabling cleaner, energy-saving technologies.
Type: News
UK sets up centre to advise on critical minerals, amid warnings of supply risks
THE UK has established a Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre in Nottingham to help the country and its industries secure the feedstocks needed to transition to net zero and boost business. Early reports have warned that the UK is particularly vulnerable to supplies of key minerals needed for green tech and heavy industry.
Type: News
A NEW study by researchers at UCL suggests that supplies of sulfuric acid, a vital ingredient used in the production of a wide variety of items could face a global shortage as industries turn to decarbonisation to fight climate change.
Type: News
Hydroponic technology could help us sustainably meet growing food demand
Type: Feature
A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line
In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Peter Swanson shares his experiences of getting schoolchildren into chemical engineering
Type: Feature
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focuses on the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance
A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regional prize for academic performance.
Type: News
Expansions to lithium plants in Australia on hold due to market downturn
CHINA-based Tianqi Lithium has halted work on the expansion of its lithium hydroxide refinery in the Kwinana Industrial Area in Australia, as well as an expansion on its Talison Lithium joint venture at the Greenbushes lithium mine.
Type: News
New evacuation a week after Texas chemical plant explosion
A WEEK after the explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, a voluntary evacuation order has been issued due to elevated levels of 1,3-Butadiene.
Type: News
