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Negotiators agree on rulebook for Paris Agreement at United Nations meeting
A SET of rules for enacting the Paris Agreement to limit climate change was agreed by 196 countries at the UN’s 24th Conference of Parties climate summit (COP24). However the final rulebook has sparked criticism over vague language and a lack of serious commitments.
Type: News
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s national workplace health and safety regulator, has fed back to industry on its hydrocarbon release (HCR) challenge.
Type: News
Scepticism over the UK bioeconomy strategy
INDUSTRY has expressed mixed reactions towards the recently-released UK Bioeconomy Strategy. The strategy outlines how the UK might boost growth in the bioeconomy sector and become a global leader in developing bio-based solutions.
Type: News
Speeding up Development with Data Analytics
Constant pressure to innovate? Boost development productivity with data analytics
Type: Feature
UK government publishes additional REACH guidance in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has published additional documentation on how the UK will manage chemical regulation if it is no longer part of the EU REACH legislation.
Type: News
IChemE members on location, explaining chemical engineering to a unicorn, trainee Jedi knights and a caveman’s little helper
Type: Feature
Bayer to sell businesses and cut 12,000 jobs
BAYER, the German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has announced plans to sell businesses and cut approximately 12,000 jobs. This follows the recent US$66bn acquisition of agricultural giant Monsanto.
Type: News
Novel particles for photocatalytic water treatment
RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed novel micrometre-sized, titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles that can trap and degrade bisphenol A (BPA). Further development could lead to a novel water treatment.
Type: News
UK moving forward with CCUS plans
THE UK government has unveiled an action plan for developing carbon, capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects at the Accelerating CCUS summit in Edinburgh.
Type: News
Albemarle signs agreement for lithium mining JV
ALBEMARLE, the global specialty chemicals company, has signed an exclusivity agreement with Minerals Resources (MRL) for a potential joint venture (JV) to own and operate a lithium mine in Western Australia. The companies would ultimately develop an integrated lithium hydroxide operation at the site.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Cooke
A profile of Rachel Cooke, central programs engineering manager for Amazon in Europe, based in Luxembourg.
Type: Feature
INEOS in talks to buy ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets
INEOS is in talks with ConocoPhillips to acquire its North Sea oil and gas fields.
Type: News
Process Hengineering, You Say?
How a team of process engineers turned waste calcium hydroxide into valuable animal feed
Type: Feature
INEOS buys Ashland’s Composites business for US$1.1bn
INEOS has announced that it will buy the Composites business from Ashland Global Holdings, including a butanediol facility in Germany.
Type: News
Air Products to buy General Electric’s gasification business
AIR Products has agreed to buy General Electric’s gasification business, which will expand Air Products’ syngas business.
Type: News
Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global threat posed by current unsustainable practices it is important that industry takes action. The Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit brought together global business experts to discuss how they are embracing change towards a more sustainable future.
Type: News
New MOF makes plastic manufacturing more energy efficient
RESEARCHERS have developed a metal-organic framework (MOF) containing iron-peroxo (Fe2(O2)) sites which could reduce the amount of energy required for extracting ethylene, the key ingredient in polyethylene plastic.
Type: News
Carbon Capture and Storage: Are We There Yet?
Amanda Doyle travels to Norway on a CCS safari
Type: Feature
First apprenticeship survey released
SCIENCE Industry Partnership (SIP), a membership organisation for employers across the UK’s science industries, has released its first ever Apprenticeship Survey. The survey offers the first opportunity to analyse information on apprenticeships across the science industries, which are strategic centres of the UK’s economy.
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