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Periodic Videos on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry win
YOUTUBE star and chemist Martyn Poliakoff has published a video looking at lithium-ion batteries, after the technology’s developers scooped a Nobel Prize last week.
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Malaysia PM: Petronas could be sold to pay down debt
STAKES in state-energy firm Petronas could be sold to Malaysia’s oil-producing states to raise money for the Government, Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad has told Reuters.
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Prince William launches Earthshot Prize to repair the planet
PRINCE WILLIAM has launched a new initiative, billed as the world’s most prestigious environmental prize, that seeks to inspire a decade of action to repair our planet.
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IChemE calls on members to plan centenary
ICHEME is looking for enthusiastic members to help plan and prepare for its centenary in 2022.
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IChemE Trustee appointed CEO of C-Capture
TOM White, Vice President Regions on IChemE’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed CEO of clean energy technology company C-Capture.
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BASF joins forces to plan electric car battery recycling cluster
BASF, Fortum and Nornickel are planning a recycling centre in Finland that would recover metals from electric car batteries.
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Engineering company increases ventilator component production
IMI Precision Engineering, a pneumatic motion and fluid control technology company, has rapidly adapted its Switzerland-based manufacturing capability of an essential valve component, to help meet increasing and urgent demand for ventilator units.
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BP protects jobs for three months
BP has announced that it will not be cutting any jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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OPEC agrees to cut global oil by 10% but there are fears it is not enough
OPEC has agreed to cut global oil output by around 10% in response to the coronavirus pandemic, ending the oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia that has halved the value of crude.
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RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making, for schoolchildren aged 7–14 across the UK. The academy is looking for budding engineers to take on the challenges and show off their creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.
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Call for evidence on the economic recovery benefits of hydrogen
THE UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen has called for submissions to inform an inquiry it has launched to understand how hydrogen could support recovery of the UK economy, which has been seriously impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
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BP reveals strategy to reach net zero
FOLLOWING its announcement in February to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, BP has revealed its net zero strategy. The plan includes many shorter-term objectives, including cutting oil and gas production by 40% by 2030.
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Partnership offers decision-making platform to the mining industry
BASF and industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company IntelliSense.io have announced the joint offering of an open, real-time, decision-making platform for mining which aims to make operations more efficient, sustainable, and safe.
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SHELL will cut 7,000 – 9,000 jobs as the company is reorganised to transition to a lower-carbon business.
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New produced water recycling facility constructed in Permian Basin
BREAKWATER Energy Partners, which supplies water supply chain solutions to oilfields, has announced that it has completed construction a new produced water recycling facility which is the largest in the Permian Basin.
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UK government will host Brexit webinars to advise chemicals industry
CHEMICALS companies are being urged to get going on key actions as the UK counts down to its new trading relationship with the EU after 31 December.
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Denmark to end oil and gas production
THE Danish Government has agreed to end all oil and gas exploration and extraction in the North Sea by 2050.
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Total leaves the American Petroleum Institute
TOTAL has become the first oil major to leave the American Petroleum Institute (API), a trade association and lobby group, citing differences in climate policy.
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New hydrogen hub in Australia gets funding
SWINBURNE University of Technology in Australia has received A$10m (US$7.8m) from the Victorian Government to build a new hydrogen hub.
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Plastic Energy joins forces with ExxonMobil on plastic waste
PLASTIC ENERGY has agreed another partnership with an industry heavyweight – this time ExxonMobil – to build a plant that will turn waste plastic into chemicals feedstock.
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