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Agreement for £230m UK waste-to-energy plant

MAJOR port group PD Port and Wentworth Clean Power (WCP) have entered an agreement for a project to develop a £230m (US$307.7m) waste-to-energy plant in Teesside, UK.

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Lonza and Moderna enter agreement to increase vaccine production

LONZA has entered a new agreement with Moderna to double production for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine at its site in Switzerland.

Type: News

Industry joins RSC taskforce to chart a greener path for PLFs

UNILEVER, Croda and Crown Paints have joined a taskforce convened by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to help recycle polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) – a waste stream measured in millions of tonnes.

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Siemens and BioNTech commit to accelerate Covid-19 vaccine scale-out, starting in Singapore

SIEMENS and BioNTech say they will build a Covid-19 vaccine facility in Singapore, as part of efforts to rapidly expand worldwide production.

Type: News

Sanofi invests in mRNA vaccine centre

SANOFI will invest about €400m (US$472m) annually in a first-of-its-kind vaccines mRNA Center of Excellence, to help accelerate end-to-end vaccine R&D.

Type: News

Consortium to develop solid-state battery technology

SEVEN UK-based organisations including Johnson Matthey have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop prototype solid-state battery technology for automotive applications.

Type: News

Partnership to produce polypropylene from CO2

BIOTECHNOLOGY company LanzaTech and clean technology company Twelve – formerly Opus 12 – have joined forces to produce polypropylene from captured CO2.

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Partnership to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology

JOHNSON Matthey has teamed up with waste-to-chemical technologies company MyRechemical to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology, with the aim of contributing to sustainability.

Type: News

Research could see fish waste used for nylon production

SCOTTISH researchers are exploring a new bio-based process for more environmentally-friendly and circular production of adipic acid – a key component used to produce nylon – using fish waste.

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IChemE celebrates 100 years

ICHEME is celebrating its centenary with a programme of activities throughout 2022 to honour the work of past and present chemical engineers, as well as present innovations in development that will meet challenges of the future.

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Project for biomanufacturing with carbon capture gets £1.3m in funding

A PROJECT that aims to be the UK’s first-of-a-kind zero carbon loss biomanufacturing system has been awarded over £1.3m (US$1.8m) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

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BP acquires 30% of UK biofuels company

BP has acquired 30% of Green Biofuels (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels.

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BioNTech and Matinas collaborate on mRNA vaccines

BIONTECH has signed a collaboration agreement with Matinas BioPharma to advance formulations for mRNA vaccines, including a potential method for the oral administration of vaccines.

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GSK to buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax

GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) has announced it will buy biopharmaceutical company Affinivax, in a deal worth approximately US$3.3bn

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DAC partners announce global deployment approach

CCUS platform 1PointFive and technology company Carbon Engineering have announced a deployment approach that could achieve high numbers of direct air capture (DAC) projects around the world.

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Reverend Richard Coles to host IChemE Global Awards 2022

Radio presenter, and Strictly Come Dancing TV show presenter Reverend Richard Coles has been signed up to host the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards 2022 that will be held in Manchester, UK, on 17 November.

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IChemE 2022 Global Awards finalists announced

IChemE has announced more than 100 finalist projects from 15 different countries that are in the running for its 2022 Global Awards, to be held in Manchester, UK, on 17 November.

Type: News

Lindsay Mallen, 1931–2022

ARTHUR Lindsay Mallen, a keen mentor to both young and not-so-young professionals and a longstanding and highly respected volunteer for IChemE in Australia, has died aged 91.

Type: News

UK and Canada forge ties to strengthen critical minerals supplies

THE UK and Canada have agreed to cooperate on critical minerals including research to bolster the security of the supply of materials crucial to green technologies.

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Claire Adjiman elected to the US National Academy of Engineering

CLAIRE ADJIMAN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as an international member.

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