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Liveris to leave Dow for battery firm Novonix
ANDREW Liveris will take a board position at an Australian battery company when he steps down from his roles at Dow Chemical Company and DowDuPont.
Type: News
AN IN-DEPTH investigation has been launched by the EU Commission into German chemical giant Bayer’s US$66bn acquisition of US agriculture company Monsanto.
Type: News
Fire extinguished at US chemicals depot
AFTER three days fighting a fire that was spreading through a chemicals storage depot in Texas, US, the blaze has now been extinguished.
Type: News
RESEARCH projects led by the universities of Strathclyde and Sheffield in the UK are receiving a share of almost £1m (US$1.2m) to develop technologies to detect and process radioactive waste. The research strives to support decommissioning of the UK’s Sellafield nuclear plant and radioactive debris removal at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident site.
Type: News
Sinopec buys Chevron downstream Africa assets
Pays US$900m for assets in South Africa and Botswana
Type: News
OSHA says worker death at factory in Massachusetts, US, could have been prevented
AN EXPLOSION that killed a worker at a pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport, Massachusetts, US, could have been prevented, the US’ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have concluded.
Type: News
IChemE allows free access to 25 new books
ICHEME members can now access 25 additional technical textbooks through Knovel, with titles added in 2021 including new publications on digitalisation, major hazard management, and clean energy.
Type: News
Engineers plotted onto iconic London Underground map for National Engineering Day
You can now travel from Dame Julia Higgins to Nigel Hirst via Dame Judith Hackitt thanks to a reimagined London underground map charting the contributions made by engineers, including several IChemE members, in shaping the world.
Type: News
IChemE Congress: Giving IChemE Members a Voice on the Issues that Matter
Lisa Julian is a regional representative for New Zealand in IChemE Congress. Here, she explains the role of IChemE Congress in shaping Strategy28+, helping chemical engineers navigate a changing landscape, and the personal benefits of being involved
Type: Feature
New method weeds out flipping drugs
A NEW method has been developed to help drug developers weed out compounds that could potentially transform into harmful versions of themselves once inside the human body. One pharmaceutical major is already working to implement the tool.
Type: News
200 gather to celebrate engineering excellence in the Northwest of England
MORE than 200 engineers gathered in Manchester, UK, earlier this month to celebrate excellence in engineering.
Type: News
Dame Judith Hackitt awarded 2024 President’s Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering
DAME JUDITH HACKITT, safety expert and a former president of IChemE, is the 2024 recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s President’s Medal in recognition of her enormous contribution to its work.
Type: News
Very strong plant-inspired graphene aerogel
A NEW form of graphene aerogel, inspired by the structure of a plant stem, is exceptionally strong and resilient, and could be used in flexible electronics.
Type: News
UK government publishes additional REACH guidance in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has published additional documentation on how the UK will manage chemical regulation if it is no longer part of the EU REACH legislation.
Type: News
Nanogirl and Transpower CEO top Chemeca 2018 bill
MICHELLE “NANOGIRL” DICKINSON from the University of Auckland and Transpower CEO Alison Andrew will be plenary speakers at leading Australasian chemical engineering conference Chemeca in 2018.
Type: News
IChemE’s new interactive case study to improve student laboratory safety
THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) has produced a new free interactive case study to help chemical engineering students conduct laboratory experiments more safely.
Type: News
UK Government warned that no-deal Brexit REACH plans are ‘vague and insufficient’
THE UK Government has published draft legislation for chemical registration in the event of a no-deal Brexit, but the proposed plans have come under criticism from the chemicals industry and from the House of Lords.
Type: News
Brainstorming: Maximise the Quantity and Quality of Your Ideas
Focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, we push further into the realms of creativity with a look at brainstorming.
Type: Feature
Safety is my job: Sophie Horne
Robin Turney speaks to Sophie Horne about her role in the water industry
Type: Feature
Solids Flow: Prevent the Problem
Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray explain how to identify and mitigate bulk solids flow risks
Type: Feature
