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Lithium promotes hot plasma edge for fusion
LITHIUM could hold the key to improving the confinement of plasma in fusion reactors, and ensuring the walls of the device survive bombardment by energetic particles.
Type: News
Applications open for Australia’s A$2bn green hydrogen scale-up programme
APPLICATIONS have opened for the Australian government’s A$2bn (US$1.3bn) Hydrogen Headstart programme as it aims to make the nation a global hydrogen leader.
Type: News
Birmingham precious metal experts to work together in 3D printing
UNIVERSITY of Birmingham researchers are teaming up with Cooksongold Additive Manufacturing to develop precious metal alloys for additive manufacturing, as part of a drive by the UK’s Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to boost economic growth and showcase the breadth of research and innovation across the country.
Type: News
Chemical spill injures five at Western Australian alumina refinery
TWO PEOPLE were hospitalised, and three others also injured, after a spill of caustic solution at aluminium major Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery in Western Australia.
Type: News
IChemE and ITN launch “Engineering a Sustainable World” programme
ICHEME has produced a programme with ITN showing the roles that chemical and process engineers play in addressing climate change, the importance of collaboration between industry and academia, and why it’s important to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Type: News
LyondellBasell to build industrial-scale advanced recycling plant in Germany
MULTINATIONAL LyondellBasell is set to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration plant at its Wesseling, Germany site, using the firm’s MoReTec technology.
Type: News
ScottishPower plans £5.4bn investment in green UK energy infrastructure
SCOTTISHPOWER has unveiled £5.4bn (US$6.8bn) worth of contract opportunities covering the next ten years that will support electricity network ambitions and a net zero future.
Type: News
Hayward welcomed as new chair of NEPIC
Dai Hayward has been appointed chair of the North East of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
Type: News
Arch and CONSOL merge to create US$5.2bn global coal giant
NORTH AMERICAN coal companies Arch Resources and CONSOL Energy are combining in an all-stock merger to form a US$5.2bn mining giant.
Type: News
MIT researchers develop mineral to prevent cracks in fusion reactors
FUSION reactors’ lifespans could be extended by more than ten years thanks to researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who have developed a mineral-based solution to stop cracks forming in vacuum vessels.
Type: News
Shell to cut 20% of exploration jobs as it transitions away from fossil fuels
SHELL is slashing around 20% of jobs in its integrated gas and upstream business as part of restructuring aimed at scaling back oil and gas production.
Type: News
World-first as UKAEA deploy autonomous robot to operate at JET
AN AUTONOMOUS robot has carried out maintenance works at the Joint European Torus (JET), marking a world-first for the use of robotics in fusion power operations.
Type: News
Microsoft strikes US$3bn deal to source AI power from retired nuclear plant
MICROSOFT has struck a 20-year deal worth US$3bn with American energy company Constellation to source power from its retired nuclear plant in Pennsylvania, bringing it back online after a five-year shutdown.
Type: News
UK government launches lab in Gateshead to research heating from flooded mines
THE UK government has opened a lab in Gateshead in northeast England to research how heat can be extracted from water inside former coal mines.
Type: News
Korean energy firm hunts for gas off Australia’s East Coast
SOUTH KOREA’S state-owned energy company has partnered with ConocoPhillips in a new offshore gas drilling campaign off Australia’s East Coast.
Type: News
Liberty Steel UK debts put 1,450 jobs at risk
A SOUTH YORKSHIRE steelworks operated by international manufacturer Liberty Steel is at risk of closure, putting 1,450 jobs in jeopardy as the company struggles to repay its debts.
Type: News
Arla Foods and DMK Group secure board approval for dairy merger
DAIRY cooperatives Arla Foods and DMK Group have had their proposed merger approved by both boards of representatives.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Cooke
A profile of Rachel Cooke, central programs engineering manager for Amazon in Europe, based in Luxembourg.
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett visits the workshop of Nik Spencer to understand more about a pyrolysis unit that allows homes and businesses to process waste into gas for heating
Type: Feature
