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Whitehaven Coal says it will survive lower-carbon future

WHITEHAVEN Coal, Australia’s largest independent coal producer, expects to survive a range of lower-carbon policy scenarios, according to findings in its inaugural holistic sustainability report.

Type: News

Keep it All In: How to Bund with Confidence

Kevin Wheeler explains bunding’s vital role and offers a practical summary of issues to consider in bund specification for the water industry

Type: Feature

The Next Best Thing

Ruby Ray and Fabio Ruggeri describe an innovative process to produce substitute natural gas – a solution for low carbon energy

Type: Feature

Automatic for the People

Sean Loughney asks how safety in the offshore industry might be improved via automation

Type: Feature

Policy Perspective

Samson Yosef explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Type: Feature

Cuadrilla fracking suspended until further notice

FRACKING at Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Lancashire, UK, will remain suspended until a full investigation is undertaken regarding the magnitude 2.9 tremor that occurred in August.

Type: News

New edition of IChemE’s Pink Book

ICHEME has published a new edition of its arbitration rules Pink Book, which offers the latest in arbitration practice and standards for anyone managing an engineering project contract.

Type: News

New Zealand’s Mercury boss appointed as chair of business council

FRASER Whineray, CEO of state-owned energy company Mercury, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the New Zealand Government’s Business Advisory Council.

Type: News

Behold the Plastic Age: synthetic fibres found in fossil record

GEOLOGISTS could one day determine the age of rocks by measuring the amount of plastic found in sediments, after researchers discovered rising volumes of waste are being preserved in the fossil record.

Type: News

Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges

What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?

Type: Feature

UK plastic-to-hydrogen plant set for operation next year

A CONSORTIUM has announced it could invest up to £130m (US$160m) building 11 waste-to-hydrogen plants across the UK, with the first set for operation in Cheshire next year.

Type: News

Policy Perspective

Nooryesha Choudhury explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Type: Feature

Where Next for AI in Drug Discovery?

Adrian Tombling explains why drug developers need AI

Type: Feature

Go With the Flow

Gordon Varney and Lydia Gaunt explain how to select pumps in the water, wastewater and sewage industry

Type: Feature

Blast at Indian pharmaceutical plant injures 16

A REACTOR exploded at a pharmaceutical plant in India injuring 16 workers, according to reports.

Type: News

Go Digital for Efficient Shift Handovers

How digital systems can make shift handover processes more efficient, and safer

Type: Feature

UK students to tackle engineering challenges

FIVE UK student teams are to compete against counterparts from the US and China as part of a special Collaboration Lab competition in London, on 12–16 September. The competition will take place ahead of the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 (GGCS2019).

Type: News

Partnership aims to build large-scale hydrogen storage systems

FRAMES Group, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies (HLT), and MAN Energy Solutions (MES) have entered a partnership for storing hydrogen at a large scale.

Type: News

No-deal Brexit could close two UK refineries, leaked report warns

TWO UK refineries could close if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, a leaked government report has warned.

Type: News

What to do About Waste?

Conclusions from the Royal Society of Chemistry’s summit on future waste science policy.

Type: Feature