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The potential of algae to recover valuable resources from waste could transform the traditional waste management sector
Type: Feature
Wendy Wilson, Joseph Agnew and Tom White report on the 2019 IChemE Member Engagement survey results
Type: Feature
Fire at US speciality chemicals plant
A CHEMICAL plant in Louisiana, US, has caught fire, with no injuries reported.
Type: News
Trump declares national emergency over threat to power system
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over threats to the country’s power system and ordered the government to ban equipment from foreign adversaries and audit equipment already installed.
Type: News
Singapore pharma innovation programme launched
A MEMORANDUM of understanding between three industry giants and Singapore’s public sector was signed today, which aims to develop the country’s pharmaceutical manufacturing centre.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded birthday honours to IChemE Fellow Katherine Hirschfeld and Honorary Fellow Andrew Hopkins. Honours were also awarded to resigned Fellow, Mark Toner, and Kathryn Fagg, who is not an IChemE member, but is a chemical engineer who is set to speak at this year’s Chemeca.
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
Italian blast seriously injures two workers
ON 15 May, an explosion at a chemicals plant in an industrial zone in Venice, Italy seriously burned two workers and sent clouds of smoke and flames into the sky, reports Reuters.
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
Norwegian Government funds full-scale CCS project
THE Norwegian Government has committed 16.8bn NOK (US$1.8bn) to the full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project which has been named Longship.
Type: News
Worker dies in US chemical plant explosion
AN explosion at a chemical facility in Belle, West Virginia, US has killed one worker and injured three people.
Type: News
Phosphorus atoms help stabilise chromium catalyst
Catalyst could also help with solar energy storage
Type: News
Nanorods ooze water in high humidity
Discovery made accidently during nanowire experiment
Type: News
EXXONMOBIL is suing the US Treasury in response to a US$2m fine, which was imposed yesterday for “reckless disregard” of US sanctions on Russia in 2014.
Type: News
AkzoNobel plans upgrade to chlor-alkali plant
AkzoNobel will upgrade its Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant to include a new production line for chlorine and caustic soda.
Type: News
Call for evidence on CCS ahead of UK spending review
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for carbon capture and storage has issued a call for evidence on carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) ahead of the UK Government’s spending review.
Type: News
Hurricane Energy produces first oil at fractured basement field
HURRICANE Energy has produced first oil from the UK’s first fractured basement field in the North Sea.
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
EnergyX partners with ProfMOF to improve lithium extraction technology
ENERGY Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) has announced a partnership with ProfMOF to further enhance technology for reducing the impact of lithium mining.
Type: News
