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Volunteer Spotlight: Eleni Routoula AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Compressed air users urged to stop wasting energy
THE British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has launched a campaign to help companies cut their compressed air energy usage by 10%, in a bid to save £147.5m (US$192.6m) in waste electricity costs.
Type: News
Arkema sets fire to remaining chemicals stocks at flooded site
All nine chemical containers have ignited at the flooded Arkema plant in Crosby, outside Houston, US.
Type: News
Celebrating 100 years of chemical engineering at the University of Queensland
Type: Feature
IChemE journals celebrate impact increase
FBP & ChERD in top 40 chemical engineering journals
Type: News
A Low-Temperature Heat Highway to Zero Carbon
In the first in a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Mike Haines shares a study he has carried out for his local council on the promise of greener heating
Type: Feature
Norway cuts budget for full-chain CCS project by 94%
THE Norwegian government has, in its 2018 budget, proposed cutting the funding for its flagship full-chain CCS project by 94%, from NOK360m (US$45.3m) to just NOK20m.
Type: News
Southampton University: “We’re shaping the future”
Amanda Jasi reports from the official opening of the chemical engineering programme at Southampton University
Type: Feature
Worker dies in Melbourne chemicals plant blast
A MAN has died in an explosion at a chemical plant in Melbourne, Australia.
Type: News
Book Review: People, Planet, Profit: Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Businesses
Kit Oung; ISBN: 9781637421819; Business Expert Press; 2022; US$17.99
Type: Feature
Former IChemE President’s donation will help promote sustainability
FORMER IChemE President Ian Shott has announced a £200,000 (US$279,000) donation to IChemE to be used to promote the role that chemical engineers have in addressing societal challenges.
Type: News
New Interim Director appointed at Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center
STEWART Behie has been appointed as the Interim Director at the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) in Texas, US.
Type: News
Obituary of David Wood, international statesman of the chemical engineering profession and first President of the World Chemical Engineering Council
Type: News
New safety video from CSB highlights tank fill dangers
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video about a 2016 incident in Kansas in which a chemical delivery driver connected his truck to the wrong fill line, resulting in a large release of toxic chlorine gas.
Type: News
ChemChina, Saudi Aramco, NICDP sign MoU
Deal to explore chemical investments in Saudi Arabia
Type: News
IChemE dramatically expands its Knowledge Hub
ICHEME has increased the number of resources available on its Knowledge Hub from 10,000 to almost 23,000 and is encouraging members to make use of it.
Type: News
UK government’s targeted approach proposal for UK REACH, ‘a step in the right direction’
THE UK government is planning to introduce an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) to ease the transition of chemical registrations from EU REACH to UK REACH, the UK’s equivalent chemical regulatory system established after Brexit.
Type: News
CSB releases final report on fatal 2020 explosion at Optima Belle
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has released its final report on the fatal 2020 explosion at the Optima Belle facility in West Virginia, US, finding that it was caused by over-pressure of a rotary dryer due to a “runaway” chemical reaction.
Type: News
