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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.
Type: News
Forms of Contract: Amend at Your Peril
The risks of modifying general conditions of IChemE's model Forms of Contract.
Type: Feature
How 3D printing of reactors can help chemical engineers with process intensification
Type: Feature
NOVARTIS, the pharmaceuticals group, has announced plans to cut more than 2,000 jobs in the UK and Switzerland. The decision was made as part of a global programme to lower production costs and increase profitability.
Type: News
Spontaneous Combustion of Tortilla Chip Waste: an Unknown Known?
A analysis of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion of food waste at a factory in Texas.
Type: Feature
Brainstorming: Maximise the Quantity and Quality of Your Ideas
Focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, we push further into the realms of creativity with a look at brainstorming.
Type: Feature
Trump administration scraps methane emission laws
THE Trump administration has rolled back two Obama-era laws on reducing methane emissions in the oil and gas industry.
Type: News
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process facilities. It recently hired Chartered Chemical Engineer Adrian La Porta. I met with him to discuss what a chemical engineer can contribute to the construction industry and how Bryden Wood is leading change in the industry.
Type: Feature
