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Carbon-negative concrete wins inaugural CCUS prize
A CARBON-NEGATIVE form of concrete has won an inaugural prize that recognises the potential of using carbon dioxide as an industrial feedstock.
Type: News
Avantium commercialising PEF production
CHEMICALS company Avantium is commercialising production of polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% renewable and fully recyclable polymer.
Type: News
Woodside CEO: Browse project could get carbon capture from day one
WOODSIDE says it will add a carbon capture project to its Browse gas project off the coast of Western Australia in response to environmental concerns.
Type: News
First Cobalt repurposes idle plant to produce EV battery component
NORTH American cobalt company First Cobalt has announced a C$2.1m (US$1.6m) work programme as part of a project to repurpose its inactive cobalt refinery to produce about 25,000 t/y of cobalt sulfate, an essential component in electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacture. The facility would be the first in North America to produce cobalt sulfate.
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Heriot-Watt receives IChemE accreditation at three campuses
HERIOT-WATT University has had its chemical engineering programmes at its campuses in Dubai and Malaysia accredited by IChemE.
Type: News
Petrofac awarded contract for Acorn project
PETROFAC has been awarded a contract for engineering and project support for Pale Blue Dot Energy’s Acorn project, which aims to develop full-chain carbon capture and storage (CCS) in North East Scotland, UK.
Type: News
Ineos Styrolution reports polystyrene can be successfully recycled
INEOS Styrolution has reported the final results of research project ResolVe, showing that waste polystyrene can be chemically recycled to produce new products.
Type: News
UK announces nuclear waste competition winners
FOURTEEN companies have won contracts in a £3.9m (US$5.5m) competition aimed at developing a waste toolkit that will contribute to meeting the aims of the nation’s nuclear sector deal.
Type: News
GSK to close two UK antibiotics manufacturing sites
GSK is closing two UK antibiotics manufacturing operations, in Barnard Castle and Ulverston.
Type: News
TotalEnergies and Iraq sign agreements for US$27bn projects
TOTALENERGIES has signed an agreement with the Government of Iraq, and the country’s National Investment Commission (NIC), for oil, gas, and solar projects in the Basra region, worth US$27bn over 25 years.
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
Johnson Matthey will exit battery materials
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) is quitting its battery materials business after concluding the costs are too high and the chance of differentiation in the market too low.
Type: News
Woodside sells venture stake in push to expand Pluto LNG
WOODSIDE has sold a 49% stake in its venture to add a new LNG train to its Pluto plant in Western Australia, easing the way for investment in the Scarborough offshore gas field.
Type: News
ROYAL Dutch Shell (“Shell”) plans to move its headquarters to the UK as it seeks to simplify its structure – a move it says will help accelerate its push to become net zero.
Type: News
UKAEA signs two new deals to develop fusion
TWO multimillion-pound frameworks will see experts join the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to help realise its mission of leading delivery of sustainable fusion energy.
Type: News
UK awards energy storage competition winners
THE UK Government has awarded £6.7m (US$8.9m) to projects across the country that are developing innovative energy storage technologies, supporting the clean energy transition.
Type: News
Green investor partners with spinout for novel fluid flow characterisation technology
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham spinout Rheality and investment company Clean Engineering have partnered to commercialise a smart, AI-based system expected to optimise fluid production in chemical, fast-moving consumer goods, food, and oil and gas sectors.
Type: News
IAEA steps in to make Chernobyl safe
NUCLEAR experts have arrived at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant to help make it safe after Russian forces left.
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BP agrees to buy naphtha from Teesside circular plastics plant
BP has signed an agreement to purchase naphtha produced from a plant being built in Teesside, UK by Clean Planet Energy that will convert hard-to-recycle plastics into chemical feedstocks and fuels.
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Hinkley Point C costs rise again to £26bn
THE COST the UK’s Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has risen again, this time by £3bn (US$3.7bn), and startup will be delayed by a further 15 months. EDF has blamed Covid for the changes.
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