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UK's first industrial scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant to open
UK-based mining company Technology Minerals has said that its battery recycling business, Recyclus, has received final clearance and “approved battery treatment operator status” from the Environment Agency (EA) allowing it to open the UK's first industrial scale lithium-ion battery recycling plant in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
Type: News
Zheng congratulated by IChemE for insights into Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
ICHEME has congratulated Qingyuan Zheng for publishing a paper in Nature Catalysis based on research he completed during his IChemE Andrew Fellowship.
Type: News
BASF opens centre to research microplastics and biodegradation
BASF has opened a research facility in the US to help understand how plastics disintegrate and biodegrade.
Type: News
Rio Tinto announces manufacturing research lab in Australia as it charges ahead with batteries push
RIO TINTO is building a battery manufacturing laboratory at its research facility in Bundoora, Melbourne, the latest move in the company’s efforts to make headway in the global battery metals sector.
Type: News
Engineering at the Vanguard of Clean Power
Adam Duckett on the ever-evolving timescale for fusion power
Type: Feature
Engineering employers must support neurodivergent people to make sector more inclusive, report says
A REPORT published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) says that there is an urgent need to make engineering and technology more inclusive for neurodivergent people.
Type: News
IChemE Matters – September 2023
Nigel Hirst, Anousha Khan and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
Type: News
Harbour Energy agrees US$11.2bn deal for Wintershall Dea assets
UK OIL producer Harbour Energy has reached an agreement to acquire German rival Wintershall Dea for US$11.2bn in a move expected to transform the firm into one of the world’s largest independent oil and gas companies.
Type: News
Interactive Graph Resource for Chemical Engineering Design
Interactive graphs have the potential to provide students with a more dynamic and engaging learning experience. With that in mind, The University of Manchester’s Department of Chemical Engineering has produced an interactive set of graphs that can be easily embedded into any virtual learning environment
Type: Feature
Australia funds A$14m cleantech support centre
AUSTRALIA is funding a A$14m (US$9.2m) centre that will help companies manufacture and adopt renewable energy technologies. Following a slump in nickel prices that is rocking the country’s mining companies, the centre is seeking industry partners interested in sharing the risk of demonstrating cleantech.
Type: News
Student team’s potato mask wins inaugural John Davidson competition
A TEAM of school students who developed a biodegradable face mask made from potato starch have won an inaugural sustainability competition launched in memory of chemical engineer John Davidson.
Type: News
Internet of Things and its Implications for the Process Industries
Deaglan Gahan explains the basics of the internet of things (IoT) and puts the technology in context for chemical engineers
Type: Feature
US-designed natural gas reactor heats up alternative propylene production
US RESEARCHERS have designed a reactor that produces propylene from natural gas, potentially providing a sustainable pathway to meeting the growing global demand for the popular monomer.
Type: News
UK announces £16.6m funding to bolster semiconductor innovation for green technologies
THE UK’s semiconductor industry is set to benefit from a £16.6m (US$21m) cash injection that will give them access to new equipment to develop semiconductors for green technologies.
Type: News
Wizz and poo: airline signs US$1bn deal to buy jet fuel made from human waste
YOUR flight abroad could one day be powered by human waste after a UK company announced plans to build a world-first facility that turns sewage sludge into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
East Palestine train derailment: Norfolk Southern agrees to $600m payout
FREIGHT train operator Norfolk Southern (NS) has agreed to pay a settlement of US$600m to residents affected by last year’s train derailment on the outskirts of East Palestine, Ohio, US.
Type: News
TPC Group slapped with US$30m fine for Texas chemical blast
THE Texas Petrochemical Company (TPC) Group has been ordered to pay US$30m in criminal and civil fines over a chemical explosion at its Port Neches site which forced the evacuation of 50,000 people.
Type: News
UK’s Teesside University launches scholarships to support female engineers ahead of INWED
TEESSIDE University in the UK has today launched three £8,000 (US$10,108) scholarships to support first-year female engineers. Aimed at encouraging more women to study an engineering-related degree, they are expected to help increase the diversity of those seeking to work in current and future industries in Tees Valley.
Type: News
Moderna secures partial victory in Covid vaccine dispute with Pfizer and BioNTech
MODERNA has won part of its UK patent case against Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech over the technology that helped develop the Covid vaccines.
Type: News
BHP suspends Western Australia Nickel operations, affecting 3,000 jobs
AUSTRALIAN mining group BHP is suspending its Western Australia nickel operations, putting 3,300 jobs at risk.
Type: News
