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IChemE opens member consultation on climate change position
ICHEME has launched a draft climate change position statement for members to comment on.
Type: News
NSW gives greenlight to Santos’ controversial coal seam gas project
AUSTRALIA’S New South Wales government has backed Santos’ A$3.6bn (US$2.54bn) Narrabri gas development project, which could see 850 coal seam gas wells drilled in a push to boost the state’s energy security.
Type: News
Chevron sells Australian LNG stake
CHEVRON is selling its stake in Australia’s North West Shelf, the county’s biggest liquified natural gas (LNG) project.
Type: News
Jimmy Hunter looks at the dark side of oxygen and how it can be a powerful workhorse in the chemical industry
Type: Feature
Bayer pays US$10bn to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits
BAYER has announced a US$10bn settlement for thousands of lawsuits claiming that that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
Type: News
INWED: Female chemical engineers recognised for green leadership
AS celebrations get underway for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we caught up with the six chemical engineers who today were announced as winners of the Top 50 Women in Engineering, for their work on sustainability.
Type: Feature
UKAEA signs framework agreement to develop fusion energy
THE UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has signed a four-year, multimillion-pound framework agreement with nine companies to support the development of fusion energy.
Type: News
IChemE can help to increase availability of Covid-19 treatment drugs
THE IChemE Covid-19 Response Team is supporting efforts to increase the availability of drugs that can help treat the disease and make it less deadly. Preventative vaccines are not expected to be widely available before 2021, making small-molecule drugs important for treating the disease in the meantime.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Judy Raper
Yasmin Ali speaks to Judy Raper, Dean and CEO of TEDI-London, a startup providing engineering higher education in London.
Type: Feature
AstraZeneca to begin manufacturing coronavirus vaccine candidate immediately
ASTRAZENECA is beginning to manufacture a coronavirus vaccine candidate, following a commitment from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) to provide up to US$383m in funding. The partnership aims to produce 300m doses of the candidate, AZD1222, by mid-2021.
Type: News
How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin
Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic
Type: Feature
Vale ordered to put aside US$1.47bn for dam collapse damages
BRAZILIAN mining company Vale has been ordered by a judge to put aside around R$7.93bn (US$1.47bn) for potential fines related to the fatal collapse of a mining waste dam last year, which killed at least 259 people.
Type: News
Researchers source and develop PPE to protect surgeons
RESEARCHERS at Imperial College London, UK, have sourced and developed personal respirator equipment to help address a shortage and protect surgeons and medics in the UK during operations on coronavirus patients. The equipment has been successfully used for high-risk surgeries procedures at NHS hospitals.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Lina Aglén
Yasmin Ali interviews Lina Aglén, Lead Engineer at FairHeat
Type: Feature
HyNet: Demonstrating an Integrated Hydrogen Economy
HyNet North West will make hydrogen for heat a reality
Type: Feature
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus
Type: Feature
Bulk Solids Flow: Know What you’re Dealing With
A look at what should go into a proper Basis of Design document for a solids handling system
Type: Feature
H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society
The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia
Type: Feature
Zeb Ahmed and Nick Geary talk to Adam Duckett about the projects they are facilitating to help fight Covid-19
Type: Feature
How enzyme technology could make the industry greener and more efficient
Type: Feature
