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Scaling Up Experience

Adam Duckett on how we can inspire chemical engineers of the future

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters: Introducing IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability

IChemE are launching a trio of awards to showcase how young engineers are supporting the Institution’s vision of a more sustainable world

Type: Feature

Australian minerals and hydrogen research gets A$59m funding boost

A FLOATING device that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen from wastewater and a leaching process aimed at boosting the value of low-grade iron ores are among a series of engineering projects that Australia is funding to boost its key industries.

Type: News

Raffaella Ocone set to be 84th president of IChemE

RAFFAELLA OCONE, professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University, will take up the presidency of IChemE next year after being nominated to serve as deputy from June.

Type: News

UK to rival Russia with £196m advanced nuclear fuels plant at Urenco site in Cheshire

THE UK government is awarding £196m (US$244m) to Urenco to build a uranium enrichment facility in Cheshire that will help produce fuel for advanced nuclear reactors in a bid to ease security concerns about supplies from Russia.

Type: News

UK selects Wylfa as preferred site for third nuclear power station

THE UK government has selected Wylfa in Anglesey as its preferred site for the nation’s third large-scale nuclear power station. It brings the UK a step closer to its ambition of quadrupling nuclear power capacity to 24 GW by 2050.

Type: News

CSB releases final report on fatal bp-Husky Toledo refinery explosion

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report identifying the “critical” safety issues leading to an explosion that caused the death of two brothers at a former bp-owned refinery in Oregon, Ohio.

Type: News

Creating a Winning Final Year Design Project

Glen McClea and Campbell Tiffin were part of the team that won the 2023 IChemE Australia and New Zealand Student Design Prize. Here, they provide a comprehensive guide to undergraduates on how to create a successful final year project

Type: Feature

Equinor to use world’s first ammonia-powered supply ship

NORWEGIAN oil major Equinor has given the greenlight for one of its supply vessels to become the first in the world converted to run on ammonia fuel, in a push for cleaner shipping.

Type: News

Evonik targets €1.5bn sales boost with sustainable research strategy

GERMAN specialty chemicals firm Evonik expects to generate an additional €1.5bn (US$1.7bn) in sales by 2032 with the launch of three research areas focused on sustainability.

Type: News

Report calls for greater alignment between EU and US toxic chemical waste regulation

TOXIC chemical waste regulations in the EU and US should be more aligned to improve transparency, according to a new report.

Type: News

UK government backs Cornwall's tin mining revival with £28.6m investment

TIN MINING’s return to Cornwall after nearly three decades received a boost last week with a £28.6m (US$35.4m) investment from the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF).

Type: News

Transitioning Away from PFAS is a Profound Opportunity for Chemical Engineers

Pradeep Shukla, guest editor of a special series on PFAS, brings together a team of experts to explore how scientists and engineers are tackling this ongoing global challenge

Type: Feature

Covestro scraps energy usage targets in favour of improved efficiency

GERMAN chemicals manufacturer Covestro has scrapped sustainability targets to reduce energy consumption and replaced them with production efficiency goals.

Type: News

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

Built on Strong Foundations

Adam Duckett on the rich opportunities open to those with a chemical engineering education

Type: Feature

Researchers inject vegetables with melatonin using microneedles to extend shelf life

RESEARCHERS from the US and Singapore have developed a method to extend the shelf life of vegetables by injecting them with biodegradable microneedles containing the hormone melatonin.

Type: News

MIT researchers develop membrane that can fractionate crude oil without heating

RESEARCHERS at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a membrane they believe could replace energy-intensive distillation processes to fractionate crude oil in refineries.

Type: News

East Palestine train derailment causing PTSD and major depression in residents

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) and major depression have been found in residents of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as direct effects of the 2023 East Palestine train derailment, a new study has shown.

Type: News

STAX Engineering brings Californian capture and control technology to UK ports

CALIFORNIA cleantech STAX Engineering is set to bring its innovative emissions control and capture technology for maritime vessels to the UK, following a £1.1m (US$1.5m) government grant.

Type: News