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Investigation launched into fatal hydrogen sulfide leak that killed two US workers

THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into a hydrogen sulfide leak at a Texas refinery that killed two workers and injured more than a dozen others.

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UK chemical plants warned against ‘complacent’ safety standards as cold weather approaches

PLANTS handling hazardous chemicals should not be “complacent” to the risks associated with extreme cold weather, a safety expert has warned.

Type: News

Fig trees tell tales on illegal miners

FIG trees could give researchers the inside track on whether international efforts to prevent mercury emissions are working after it was discovered their rings can be used to monitor pollution from illegal gold mining.

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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

Where Next for AI in Drug Discovery?

Adrian Tombling explains why drug developers need AI

Type: Feature

Carbon: Feeling the Pinch

Raymond Tan and Dominic Foo explain how pinch analysis techniques can be used to optimise decarbonisation techniques

Type: Feature

Modelling with Excel Part 9: Digitising a Chart

Stephen Hall offers practical guidance on using Excel for project engineering

Type: Feature

Practical Process Control Part 2: Determining Process Dynamics

Myke King provides practical process control advice on how to bolster your processes

Type: Feature

How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin

Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic

Type: Feature

Get smarter with data

Restructuring risks valuable IP being lost

Type: News

Operation Ghoul hunts engineering industries

Cybercriminals use malware to access corporate data

Type: News

EPA finalises changes to mercury rule

THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised changes to a rule that requires coal and oil-fired plants to reduce emissions of mercury and hazardous air pollutants. It will no longer consider all the health benefits associated with reducing mercury emissions.

Type: News

Vale ordered to put aside US$1.47bn for dam collapse damages

BRAZILIAN mining company Vale has been ordered by a judge to put aside around R$7.93bn (US$1.47bn) for potential fines related to the fatal collapse of a mining waste dam last year, which killed at least 259 people.

Type: News

IChemE Fellows recognised with 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours

HER Majesty The Queen has awarded 2020 Birthday Honours to chemical engineers and IChemE Fellows Jane Atkinson and Nilay Shah for their outstanding contribution to chemical engineering.

Type: News

Cow-Free: A possible future for dairy

Arie Abo speaks to Amanda Jasi about using microorganisms as ‘cell factories’

Type: Feature

Update: Anochrome Ltd admits spilling toxic chemical into Walsall canal

ANOCHROME LTD, a company that provides electroplating and coatings, has said it is the source of a toxic sodium cyanide spill that has sparked a major incident in the UK.

Type: News

Contributions and Resolutions

Adam Duckett on why the COP failure is an opportunity for engineers

Type: Feature

After the spill: an introduction to the series

Adam Duckett, Editor of The Chemical Engineer, introduces a series looking at Deepwater Horizon on its ten-year anniversary

Type: Feature

Time for Change

Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products

Type: Feature