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Bayer pays US$10bn to settle Roundup cancer lawsuits
BAYER has announced a US$10bn settlement for thousands of lawsuits claiming that that its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer.
Type: News
Norilsk Nickel fined US$2.1bn for Arctic oil spill
NORILSK Nickel has been fined US$2.1bn by Russian environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor for the damage done to waterways and soil following an oil spill in May.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows Ding, Edwards and Matar elected to RAEng
THREE ICHEME Fellows – Yulong Ding, David Edwards and Omar Matar – have been elected as Fellows of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
Type: News
Affordable carbon capture for the cement industry
CEMEX has signed an agreement with carbon capture tech company Carbon Clean that will see them jointly develop industrial-scale technology for the cement industry to capture CO2 for less than US$30/t.
Type: News
LyondellBasell sets ambitious plastics sustainability target
LYONDELLBASELL has released its 2020 Sustainability Report in which it sets the target of producing and marketing 2m t/y of recycled and renewable-based polymer by 2030, one of the most ambitious goals of the industry, the company claims.
Type: News
IChemE awards engineers who 3D print reactors
ENGINEERS from Air Liquide who are 3D printing reactors for the purpose of process intensification have been awarded IChemE’s Hanson Medal.
Type: News
INEOS donates £100m to antimicrobial research
CHEMICAL company INEOS has donated £100m (US$136.8m) to the University of Oxford, UK for a new, state-of-the-art institute that will conduct antimicrobial research to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial drug resistance.
Type: News
IChemE sets out priority topics to 2024
ICHEME has identified three priority topics and published Learned Society Priority Topics to 2024, which sets out how the Institution will address these focus areas over the coming years.
Type: News
Safer and more efficient alkylation process now at commercial scale
CHEVRON and Honeywell have started commercial operation of a new alkylation process using an ionic liquid catalyst that is safer and more efficient than traditional methods.
Type: News
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Type: Feature
Book Review: Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change
Dieter Helm; ISBN: 9780008404468; William Collins; 2020; £20
Type: Feature
IChemE allows free access to 25 new books
ICHEME members can now access 25 additional technical textbooks through Knovel, with titles added in 2021 including new publications on digitalisation, major hazard management, and clean energy.
Type: News
Fire at Leamington Spa plastics facility
A FIRE and subsequent explosions occurred at a plastics facility in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK on 27 August. One worker is still unaccounted for.
Type: News
Improving Cost Estimating for Maintenance Turnarounds
We must do better, says Gordon Lawrence
Type: Feature
World still on track for 2.7C of warming, UN report warns
THE UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has released its annual Emissions Gap Report, saying that current pledges under the Paris Agreement are nowhere near enough to limit warming to 1.5C.
Type: News
New £20m facility to strengthen South Wales steel and metals industry
A NEW £20m (US$27.6m) facility has been launched in South Wales, which is expected to set the region up to build on its strength and expertise in steel and metals and help industry achieve a low carbon future.
Type: News
Controlling Your Maintenance Turnaround Scope, from Kick-Off to Closeout
Gordon Lawrence discusses the need to keep scope to a manageable size and avoid excessive scope growth.
Type: Feature
COP26 summit closes with compromises made on climate deal
Negotiators finally agreed on the Glasgow Climate Pact late on Saturday evening, with a compromise made that more ambitious pledges need to be made next year to limit warming to 1.5C.
Type: News
