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Solvay starts rare earths production but future expansion relies on manufacturers buying local
SOLVAY has expanded production of European rare earths and said customers must now buy local before it invests any further to help the EU reduce its reliance on China
Type: News
Wood Group signals willingness to accept £242m takeover bid from Sidara
WOOD GROUP has said it is open to a £242m (US$318m) takeover bid from UAE’s Sidara – nearly 85% lower than last year’s offer – as the engineering business grapples with mounting debt and the fallout from cultural failings.
Type: News
Martin Pitt considers the chemical engineering history of common salt
Type: Feature
What we have Learned from our Mentor/Mentee Journey
Chemical engineering graduates Rory Foster and mentee Fred Barrett share insights into their mentorship journey at RPS Consulting Services, where new graduates are paired with experienced mentors to support career development and chartership goals
Type: Feature
How to Perform a First Pass Water System Sustainability Analysis
Stephen Hall and Sarah Kutz examine strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of water purification systems, including membrane-based water for injection generation and optimised flow rates, while exploring sustainability approaches and alternative designs
Type: Feature
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how real-time data and dynamic insights can drive sustainable change
Type: Feature
Elsevier launches new AI service designed to speed up R&D
ICHEME’s journals publisher Elsevier has launched a new AI tool to help engineers extract, summarise, and compare information from millions of peer-reviewed papers and book chapters to speed up their R&D.
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 9C: Strategy Options for our Future Energy System
David Simmonds continues his mini-series by looking at some of the unintentional consequences of strategy decisions, and recommends hybrids as a long-duration DSR measure.
Type: Feature
The Engineering Mindset Part 5: Complex or Complicated? Practical principles or prescriptive targets
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how an approach focused on direction and principles, rather than numerical targets and specific policies, fosters new opportunities and solutions, providing a framework everyone can use to guide their actions
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 20: Regression Analysis
Inferential properties, or soft sensors, are key to modern process control. Myke King explains regression analysis as a precursor to their design
Type: Feature
Closing the Loop: A Circular Economy Approach to Critical Mineral Sustainability
Michael Akindeju explores key circular economy strategies to reduce reliance on virgin resource extraction, and focuses on recovering gallium from electronics
Type: Feature
Burst water main ‘probable’ cause of Surrey sinkhole, geologists say
GEOLOGISTS have said a burst water main is the “probable” cause of a sinkhole that led to the collapse of a road in a village in Surrey, southeast England.
Type: News
Digitalisation in the Process Industries
Zaid Rawi reviews the process engineering applications set to be reshaped by digitalisation technologies
Type: Feature
Useful Data Needs More Diagrams Not More Data
Grant Wellwood explains how consultants with process empathy hold the key to unlocking value from data and how a simple graphic device can enable you to participate in the growing data economy
Type: Feature
How to Design a Biological Wastewater Treatment Process
Davide Dionisi’s worked example demonstrates how sustainable wastewater treatment design can balance environmental protection, energy efficiency, and operating costs
Type: Feature
Viewpoint: Take the Guesswork out of Chemical Engineering
Tim Duignan looks at how AI accelerated simulation will transform chemical engineering, freeing chemical engineers up to tackle more complex challenges
Type: Feature
Drax to expand US business with deal to supply wood pellets to Texas SAF startup
BRITISH-based power generator Drax has agreed the terms of a deal to supply wood pellets to a US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup.
Type: News
EU prepares ban on PFAS in consumer products as industry seeks exemptions
THE EUROPEAN Union will push ahead with proposals to ban PFAS in consumer products, the EU’s environment commissioner Jessika Roswall told Reuters this week.
Type: News
Aviation emissions predicted to rise until 2040s, despite increasing sustainable fuel alternatives
EMISSIONS from the aviation industry are projected to continue rising despite increased uptake of sustainable fuel alternatives, a new report has found.
Type: News
EPA considers reclassifying vinyl chloride as a high priority substance
THE US Environmental Protection Agency has announced a formal review of how it classifies five toxic chemicals, including vinyl chloride.
Type: News
