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Tackling Hidden Thoughts Within
Our sector must do more to improve unconscious bias in the workplace, says Kelly Paul
Type: Feature
H2 and NH3 – the Perfect Marriage in a Carbon-free Society
The promise of storing hydrogen as ammonia
Type: Feature
Two workers killed in acetic acid leak
TWO workers have been killed by an acetic acid leak at a LyondellBasell plant in Texas, US.
Type: News
Further job losses expected as BASF announces more cost cutting at its Ludwigshafen site
BASF has announced further measures to cut costs at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. It aims to save an additional €1bn/y (US$1.1bn) by the end of 2026, which it expects will entail more job losses.
Type: News
Flixborough 50 Years On: How Management of Change Failures Contributed to the Disaster
Richard Mundy reflects on the Court of Inquiry’s findings relating to what we now call management of change (MOC), a concept that was not widely appreciated in 1974, and discusses modern MOC good practices and common pitfalls
Type: Feature
Old King Coal Part 3: Coal Chemicals
Martin Pitt looks at how once-discarded byproducts fuelled revolutions in fuels, antiseptics, plastics and road building
Type: Feature
Book Review: Recycling of Plastics
Norbert Niessner; ISBN: 9781569908563; Hanser Publications; 2022; US$249.99
Type: Feature
Rob Best explains continued efforts to streamline membership applications
Type: Feature
Air Storage: Weatherproofing Renewables- Reliant Grids
Amanda Jasi looks at projects that are compressing air to store energy
Type: Feature
INWED 2025: Rebuilding Industry with Waste
To mark International Women in Engineering Day, Sam Baker speaks with Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner about her startup, which transforms waste wood into green building blocks – while also challenging outdated ideas about engineering, equity, and the future of manufacturing
Type: Feature
CO2 as a commodity, not waste: turning emissions into cost-competitive chemicals
Etosha Cave, Co-founder of clean technology company Opus 12, speaks about the company's process for turning CO2 emissions into cost-competitive products.
Type: Feature
Jon Walton reflects on the changes in approach to mental health and wellbeing across the engineering sector over the last 20 years, and how slowly, but surely, men are learning to speak out.
Type: Feature
The Loch Ness Monster and Plant Safety
Martin Pitt recalls his time spotting monsters, and warns that just because they are hard to spot, it doesn’t mean death and destruction aren’t around the corner.
Type: Feature
Renewables – not fossil fuels – are strongest link in the energy supply chain, new study finds
RESEARCHERS have developed a method to thoroughly assess the risks associated with fuel supply chains, showing in a UK case study that renewables are less risky than fossil fuels and nuclear power, in contrast to previous studies which imply that renewables carried a greater risk.
Type: News
ChemEng Culture: Connecting with Industry
Sam Baker reviews three short films that premiered at Sheffield DocFest in June, each documenting the point where emotion, art and industry meet
Type: Feature
CB&I to design world’s largest methanol plant
CB&I has been awarded a contract for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the world’s largest methanol production facility planned for the US.
Type: News
Alfonso Rodriguez and Charlie Espinosa explain innovations to map and remove mercury contamination in Colombia
Type: Feature
ThyssenKrupp suffers professional hack attack
Hackers target process plant unit and steal data
Type: News
