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Flixborough 50 Years On: Lessons for Managers and Engineers Today
Robin Turney says the lessons learned from the disaster are still as relevant now as they were in 1974
Type: Feature
David Gemmell discusses the evolution of continuous and intensified bioprocessing
Type: Feature
AI-driven discovery makes plastics four times tougher
US RESEARCHERS have used artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify additives that can improve the durability of plastics.
Type: News
The importance of materials efficiency in the fight against the climate crisis
Type: Feature
How to Assess Functional Safety
Achieve safer, more efficient and more transparent projects whilst reducing project cost and overrun
Type: Feature
Demystifying Engineering Projects Part 4: Construction & Commissioning
In the final part of his series, Steven King looks at construction and commissioning, the critical phases of project execution
Type: Feature
How Can We Help Address the Harmful, Enduring Legacy of Bhopal?
Last year, IChemE’s President Stephen Richardson took the unusual step of writing to India’s Prime Minister about the aftermath of the accident in Bhopal. Ken Patterson and Fiona Macleod discuss the background to the letter and ask for members’ help in bringing this tragedy to a final end
Type: Feature
CCUS report urges UK government to act now
THE carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) cost challenge taskforce has released a report setting out recommendations to the UK government and calling for a policy framework to be released early next year.
Type: News
US CSB calls for review to improve HF safety
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), has released a letter calling on the US Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to review and update its 1993 study of hydrofluoric acid (HF) to improve safety.
Type: News
Consortium aims to bring world-first PET recycling technology to market
PEPSICO, Nestlé Waters, and Suntory Beverage and Food Europe have joined a consortium to help bring the world’s first enzymatic plastic recycling technology to market on an industrial scale.
Type: News
World Bank launches first-ever mining fund
THE World Bank has launched a multi-donor fund, the Climate-Smart Mining Facility. The fund is the first-ever to be dedicated to promoting “climate-smart” and sustainable minerals mining.
Type: News
BP plans 1 GW hydrogen hub for Teesside
BP is planning to build a 1 GW hydrogen production project in Teesside, UK, that would meet 20% of the UK’s hydrogen targets and capture the emissions from the heating of 1 m homes.
Type: News
Sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate net-zero
LED by the University of Bath, UK, a major new collaboration between academia and industry seeks to use sustainable chemical technologies to accelerate the UK’s transition to net-zero carbon emissions.
Type: News
Three researchers awarded IChemE Andrew Fellowship
ICHEME has awarded three chemical engineering researchers the Andrew Fellowship to advance the field of catalysis.
Type: News
France and Sweden both launch ‘first of a kind’ hydrogen facilities
FRANCE has launched an offshore green hydrogen production platform at the country’s Port of Saint-Nazaire this week, along with its first offshore wind farm. The hydrogen plant, which its operators say is the world’s first facility of its type, coincides with the launch of another “first of its kind” facility in Sweden dedicated to storing hydrogen in an underground lined rock cavern (LRC)
Type: News
Chemical Engineering Matters in a time of Global Challenges
Alexandra Meldrum outlines coming updates to IChemE’s technical roadmap
Type: Feature
British Steel coke ovens closure threatens 260 jobs
BRITISH Steel has said it is closing the coking ovens at its Scunthorpe works, threatening 260 jobs amid concerns over an "unprecedented" rise in energy costs and demand for sustainability.
Type: News
GeoPura secures £36m investment to scale its green hydrogen business
GEOPURA has secured £36m (US$43m) of investment from big players in industry, manufacturing and finance to support the roll out of its containerised hydrogen power units (HPU), the firm said
Type: News
Two workers at Fukushima nuclear site hospitalised after being splashed with contaminated fluid
TWO contractors are under observation in hospital after they were exposed to contaminated liquid while cleaning pipes in the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) facility, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site.
Type: News
IChemE opens for entries to its 30th Global Awards
ENTRIES have opened for IChemE’s Global Awards, which feature three new categories for 2024.
Type: News
