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EU lawmakers adopt position on Net-Zero Industry Act
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to boost Europe's manufacturing output for decarbonisation technologies.
Type: News
Making Wind Power More Sustainable
Designed to withstand decades of strong winds and harsh weather conditions, wind turbine blades are built to last – a problem when it comes to recycling. Kerry Hebden spoke to two innovative companies with contrasting solutions
Type: Feature
Obituary of John O'Shea, a devoted volunteer, mentor and teacher, whose dedication to the profession significantly contributed to shaping chemical engineering in Ireland and throughout IChemE’s global community
Type: News
BHP and Vale ordered to pay US$9.6bn in damages over fatal Samarco dam collapse
A BRAZILIAN federal judge has ordered mining majors BHP and Vale, along with their joint venture Samarco, to pay R$47.6bn (US$9.6bn) in collective moral damages for the impact of a fatal 2015 tailings dam accident. BHP said the decision is related to a R$155bn prosecution claim, and the companies could still face additional damage payments.
Type: News
Adam Duckett on how we can inspire chemical engineers of the future
Type: Feature
Drax plans carbon removal business as auditor airs biomass sustainability concerns
DRAX is launching a new business focused on building power plants that burn biomass, capture the emissions (BECCS), and then sell the resulting carbon removal credits. The launch follows hot on the heels of the UK government approving the use of CCS at two biomass-burning units at Drax’s massive Selby plant in Yorkshire but comes alongside doubts from the national auditor whether burning biomass is sustainable.
Type: News
Calling All Students: Help us Revive Frank Morton Sports Day!
Martyna Cepaite and Paul Jenkinson call on students to help ensure a great sporting tradition thrives
Type: Feature
Enginuity calls for UK engineering and manufacturing stakeholders to help close skills gaps
UK ENGINEERING and manufacturing skills charity Enginuity says employers, training providers, and policymakers can help the sector thrive by pledging support to its Manifesto for Change. Calling for upskilling and reskilling, improved recruitment, and funding support, it outlines actions to close skills gaps and empower a workforce that can meet the opportunities and challenges of the evolving sector.
Type: News
The Novelist Looking for a Chemical Engineering Reaction
Aniqah Majid finds out how a workshop promoting literacy to chemistry students is aiming to fuel a surge of highly communicative chemical engineers
Type: Feature
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
ConocoPhillips to acquire Marathon Oil in US$17.1bn deal
CONOCOPHILLIPS has agreed to acquire exploration and production company Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal worth US$17.1bn, enhancing its leading position in unconventional resource production. It marks the latest in a series of consolidating transactions in the prospering oil and gas sector.
Type: News
C-Capture uses ‘next generation’ carbon capture tech for UK hard-to-abate industries
UK-BASED startup C-Capture has developed an alternative to traditional carbon capture methods which could be a game-changer for decarbonising hard-to-abate industries like glass and cement.
Type: News
IChemE’s 83rd president Mark Apsey MBE calls on chemical engineers to ‘transform our industries’
The climate took centre stage as Mark Apsey MBE used his presidential address as a rallying call to chemical engineers to “transform our industries”.
Type: News
AI could impact almost half of chemical engineering jobs, report says
CHEMICAL engineers’ workloads will be transformed by generative AI, allowing workers more time for “complex judgemental tasks”, according to a report published by Accenture.
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
Adam Duckett is reassured by the early signals from the new UK government as parliament welcomes an IChemE Fellow into its midst
Type: Feature
UK RNA sector risks major skills gap, report says
UK INNOVATION in RNA therapeutics, crucial in the development of Covid vaccines, could be stalled due to significant skills and workforce gaps.
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
Flixborough 50 Years On: Application of Inherent Safety Principles to Plant Design
Steven Murphy and Graham Ackroyd look at how applying Trevor Kletz’s concept of inherent safety avoids rather than controls hazards
Type: Feature
How Your Magazine is Made: Printing
To capture the key stages of how your copy of TCE is manufactured, Adam Duckett hot-footed it to Precision Colour Printing armed with a camera and a whole host of questions
Type: Feature
