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Book Review: Credibility Crisis: Brumadinho and the Politics of Mining Industry Reform
Andrew Hopkins and Deanna Kemp; ISBN: 9781922509048; Wolters Kluwer; 2021; US$65
Type: Feature
Engineering X outlines strategy for the profession to lead on safety in complex systems
FACED with an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) wants to cement the engineering profession as recognised leaders on safety in complex systems, which can support other professions and help shape the global agenda.
Type: News
Trial successfully produces glass using hydrogen power
A TRIAL has shown that a glass furnace can successfully be powered with hydrogen instead of natural gas.
Type: News
Five Questions for Kwasi Kwarteng about the UK's Hydrogen Strategy
Tom Baxter asks five questions about the UK Government's new Hydrogen Strategy.
Type: Feature
Industry majors discuss using Houston as major CCS hub
ELEVEN chemicals, energy, and power companies – including Chevron, Dow, ExxonMobil, and Ineos – are considering large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) that could capture nearly 75m t/y of CO2 in the US, by 2040.
Type: News
Martin Killcross; ISBN: 9780128240496; Butterworth-Heinemann; 2021; £99
Type: Feature
Sabic invests £850m in UK cracker restart and conversion
SABIC is investing £850m (US$1.16bn) to restart its hydrocarbon cracker in Wilton, Teesside, UK, and convert it to run on hydrogen.
Type: News
Fire destroys UK plastics factory
A PLASTICS factory near Hull in the UK has been destroyed by a fire.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Jansen
Yasmin Ali speaks to Worley's Chris Jansen about his work in robotics strategies development, helping the business get the most out of robotics across the energy, chemicals and resources sectors.
Type: Feature
IChemE elections open in January
Type: News
ICHEME is celebrating its centenary with a programme of activities throughout 2022 to honour the work of past and present chemical engineers, as well as present innovations in development that will meet challenges of the future.
Type: News
BP and Oman partner on renewable energy and hydrogen
BP has formed a strategic partnership with Oman for a ‘multiple gigawatt’ renewable energy and hydrogen development.
Type: News
Croda to expand UK lipids output for vaccine production
CRODA has been awarded £15.9m (US$20.8m) by the UK Government to increase the output of its plant in Leek that manufactures lipids used in Covid-19 vaccines.
Type: News
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in process safety that are being undertaken by chemical engineers across a range of industries.
Type: Feature
WBCSD and Engie join forces to develop industrial decarbonisation principles
THE World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and sustainability consultancy Engie Impact are developing principles to decarbonise manufacturing.
Type: News
BP partners with Abu Dhabi energy firms to develop Teesside hydrogen plants
BP has joined forces with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the country’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to engineer its hydrogen projects in Teesside, UK.
Type: News
Six people missing following blast at Chinese pesticide site
At least eight people are injured, and six others are missing after an explosion at a chemical factory in the city of Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, according to Chinese media sources.
Type: News
Largest industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant opens in UK
An industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant has been opened by Tata Chemicals Europe in Northwich, Cheshire, UK, with an aim to capture CO2 and turn it into sodium bicarbonate.
Type: News
Wood wins contract to engineer Ineos’ huge European chemicals project
WOOD has won a contract worth more than US$100m to help engineer a chemicals facility in Belgium for Ineos which is designed to have the lowest carbon footprint in Europe.
Type: News
UK set to host rare earths processing hub in push for cleantech security
THE UK is set to host a new US$195m rare earth processing hub that Pensana is building at the Saltend chemicals park on Humberside. It will become one of only three such facilities operating outside of China and comes as the UK has launched a new strategy to shore up supplies of the critical materials needed for the energy transition.
Type: News
