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LevertonHelm opens £35m lithium chloride plant
LEVERTONHELM has opened a new £30m (US$40m) lithium chloride production plant in Basingstoke, UK which it says will help improve supplies of a key precursor for electric vehicle batteries.
Type: News
BP Skills Refinery goes global
BP, a leading graduate recruiter, announced today the 2019 global launch of its Skills Refinery, an online portal and community which aims to improve student employability and, in a rapidly-changing world, prepare them for the jobs of the future.
Type: News
IChemE co-creates chemical engineering TV programme
ICHEME and ITN Productions’ Industry News are working to co-create Serving Society, a unique, news-style programme to improve understanding of global issues and raise awareness of the vital role of chemical engineers in delivering responsible solutions to benefit society.
Type: News
The route from coffee waste to biofuel: Dickon Posnett, Argent Energy Director of Corporate Affairs speaks to Neil Clark
Type: Feature
Greenlight for construction of world’s first fusion power plant
FUSION energy startup Longview Fusion Energy Systems has officially contracted EPC firm Fluor to construct its world-first commercial laser fusion power plant.
Type: News
Consultants & Contractors Guide 2023: How to Source Expertise
Grant Wellwood offers up a method for selecting how you source subject matter experts
Type: Feature
Living solar panel printed on paper
BIO-SOLAR panels have been printed to resemble wallpaper, and could lead to new types of electrical devices.
Type: News
Coronavirus could lead to packaging material shortage, warns Recycling Association
THE UK risks a shortage in material for vital packaging needed to protect food and medical supplies, if councils cut recycling collection as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The UK’s Recycling Association has sent a letter to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), urging it to ensure that collections are maintained.
Type: News
CCC says UK policy is failing climate action
DESPITE historic climate commitments, the UK Government has been too slow to follow these with delivery. The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) said this as it announced progress reports appraising the “twin climate challenges” of cutting emissions to net zero and adapting to climate risks facing the country.
Type: News
Potential new processing route for nickel
HUGH Morgan, owner of Comet Minerals, has announced a new process which could be used to extract the company’s nickel deposits in Nigeria.
Type: News
12 Steps to a Green Chemicals Score
Merck's free-to-all method for product sustainability scoring
Type: Feature
New plastic can be recycled repeatedly
SCIENTISTS at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) have developed a next-generation plastic that can be recycled repeatedly without loss of performance or quality.
Type: News
Funding Available for Sellafield Cleanup Innovators
Sellafield Ltd is seeking game-changing solutions from chemical and process engineers to address the challenges of post operational clean out of nuclear plants.
Type: Feature
Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat: world’s first plant opens in Germany
THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the technology’s developer Synhelion plans to use its process to produce greener fuel for planes, ships and cars, and even low-carbon cement.
Type: News
CO2 leaks: engineers join forces to understand the threat posed by greater use of CCS
ENGINEERING consultancy Ricardo has joined a partnership investigating what would happen if a large pipeline carrying captured CO2 were to fail. Known as Project Skylark, the research will help emergency responders prepare for leaks, and improve models used by industry.
Type: News
UK government lays out national vision for engineering biology industry
THE UK government has said it will invest £2bn (US$2.5bn) over the next ten years in engineering biology disciplines as part of a national vision to develop and commercialise opportunities within the sector. However, some experts say that while the announcement is encouraging, the vision lacks quantitative measures, and the funding is on par with what is already spent by government.
Type: News
Amanda Doyle visits SaMI to learn about the next steps for steel research
Type: Feature
Report finds gender bias in chemical sciences publishing
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has released a report showing that a number of subtle biases against women exist throughout each stage of the publishing process.
Type: News
