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Three more Brazil dams at critical alert
VALE has put three more of its Brazilian mine tailings dams on the highest level of alert – level 3 – bringing the total to four. Brazil’s Mining and Energy Secretary said that a level 3 alert means “a rupture is imminent or already happening,” reports The Guardian.
Type: News
First Australian plant to deliver hydrogen blended gas across a city
AUSTRALIAN Gas Networks (AGN), which owns distribution networks across the country, is to construct a facility in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, which will be the first in Australia capable of delivering up to 10% blended hydrogen across the city. The project will cost A$4.2m (US$2.6m).
Type: News
Chemical engineers join Biden advisory panel
TWO chemical engineers – Frances Arnold and Paula Hammond – will advise US President Joe Biden as part of an independent panel of science and technology advisors.
Type: News
Waste processing and disposal resumes at Chernobyl
AFTER the departure of Russian troops from the site, radioactive waste processing and disposal activities have resumed at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The first batch of waste for disposal was transferred from the site on 21 August.
Type: News
Mill owner accused of wilful violation of safety standards following worker’s death
THE US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has accused a mill owner of wilful violation of safety standards after a 36-year-old sheet machine worker was electrocuted at a paper mill in Maplesville, Alabama.
Type: News
IChemE Safety Centre celebrates 50th company member
THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) celebrated a key milestone this month as it welcomed fire engineering consultancy Jensen Hughes as its 50th company member.
Type: News
UK government to fund almost 5,000 STEM postgraduates
THE NEXT generation of UK scientists and engineers will receive a £500m (US$637m) funding boost from the government, which has committed to backing 4,700 postgraduate students.
Type: News
UK green Energy Skills Passport launched to support industrial heartlands
UK OIL AND GAS workers now have a streamlined path to green jobs with the launch of the government-backed Energy Skills Passport, designed to support the transition to renewable energy careers.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Dominic Foo
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Liberty Steel begins pipeline production for transporting captured CO2 in Teesside
LIBERTY Steel has begun producing pipelines to transport captured CO2 from a future gas-fired power station in Teesside, UK.
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
What really matters in engineering education, and why aren't we doing more of it?
Type: Feature
British Steel enters insolvency, putting thousands of jobs at risk
THOUSANDS of jobs are at risk at British Steel after rescue talks with the UK Government broke down, and the company has now entered insolvency.
Type: News
Engineers from Severn Trent and AtkinsRealis explain how applying novel process engineering technologies could significantly reduce emissions of CO2, nitrous oxide, and methane, creating a blueprint for the world’s first net zero hub for wastewater treatment
Type: Feature
Interreg FCE – Funding Cross-Channel Collaboration
Funding up for grabs for Anglo-French projects
Type: Feature
David Bogle looks at trends for developing chemical engineers in Europe
Type: Feature
Richard Cousins reviews the key lessons from a member CPD sampling exercise, and what comes next
Type: Feature
What should we do to prevent the next process safety catastophe?
Type: Feature
Tomio Wada – My Grandad the Pocket Calculator
Claudia Flavell-While explores the surprising ancestry of modern electronic gadgets, and how a chemical engineer called Tomio Wada made it all happen
Type: Feature
