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The Cornwall Lithium Revival Powering UK’s Green Future
Mining is making a comeback in Cornwall. Aniqah Majid visits the region to see how the promise of critical minerals is breathing new life into the industrial heartland
Type: Feature
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
ChemEng Culture: Sparks and Science
Can Fire and Fun Ignite a Love of STEM? A visit to the Magna Science Adventure Centre shows that interactive exhibits may grab kids – but it’s passionate people (and a few flames) that truly light the spark, writes Paul Okey
Type: Feature
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
Gheewala named Frontiers Planet Prize champion for rice warning research
SHABBIR GHEEWALA is in the running to win a US$1m prize to advance his systems thinking research after being named a national champion by the Frontiers Planet Prize for a paper he published in an IChemE journal.
Type: News
UK TiO2 producer accused of ‘betrayal’ as 270 jobs lost days after China deal
UK TITANIUM dioxide (TiO2) producer Venator Materials has cut more than 270 jobs after placing the business into administration. The news comes just days after a deal was struck to sell one of its idle plants in northeast England to Chinese TiO2 producer LB Group.
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
