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Worker killed in Texas chemicals plant fire

ONE worker has been killed and two seriously injured in a chemicals plant fire in Texas, US.

Type: News

Briar Chemicals fined £1m following fatal accident

BRIAR Chemicals has been fined £1m (US$1.4m) following the death of a contractor at its site in Norwich, UK, in 2018.

Type: News

Husky receives approval for refinery rebuild

HUSKY Energy has received the required permit approvals to move forward with its more than US$400m rebuild of its refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, US. Work is to begin immediately.

Type: News

Quickly, More Vaccines

Chris Lucas speaks to Adam Duckett about accelerating the UK’s emergency vaccine production capability

Type: Feature

Do Your Earnings Stack Up?

A review of the key findings from IChemE’s Salary Survey

Type: Feature

Carry on Teaching: Higher Education During a Pandemic

Amanda Jasi surveys students and teachers to understand how Covid-19 has impacted university life and how successful the forced changes have been

Type: Feature

Foo wins Top Research Scientists award

ASM programme showcases Malaysian science talent

Type: News

Steel’s New Chapter in the Race to Go Green

As blast furnaces fall silent, new technologies promise a greener future for steel. But as Sam Baker reports, the challenge is as much about people and places as it is about engineering

Type: Feature

Novel epoxide synthesis

RESEARCHERS at MIT have developed a novel method for epoxide synthesis which could offer a safer and more sustainable alternative.

Type: News

Lindsay Mallen, 1931–2022

ARTHUR Lindsay Mallen, a keen mentor to both young and not-so-young professionals and a longstanding and highly respected volunteer for IChemE in Australia, has died aged 91.

Type: News

Brazil dam collapse prosecutors investigate collusion

THE lead prosecutor investigating the cause of the fatal dam collapse at a mine in Brazil has alleged that collusion between the operator and auditor compromised safety and allowed dangerous conditions at the dam to go unaddressed.

Type: News

Misleading Metrics?

How can the oil majors best measure energy transition and routes to net zero?

Type: Feature

IChemE’s New Major Hazards Management Agenda

IChemE groups will speak with one voice, says Margaret Donnan

Type: Feature

Five Questions for Kwasi Kwarteng about the UK's Hydrogen Strategy

Tom Baxter asks five questions about the UK Government's new Hydrogen Strategy.

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Centrifugal Pump Efficiency

Tom Baxter looks at how focusing on fluid efficiency can maximise cost savings while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Type: Feature

Creating useful products from desalination waste

ENGINEERS at MIT, US have proposed a method that could use desalination waste to produce useful chemicals, including chemicals that can make desalination more efficient. This could potentially provide an economically and ecologically beneficial method for the disposal of desalination waste.

Type: News

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

Rolls-Royce joins with AStar on smart tech

Will work together on processes and IoT

Type: News

FDB boosts contract drug production five-fold

Joins Merck at Brinny site in commercial-scale play

Type: News

Taking the Biscuit

Beverly Coulter explains how she introduces process engineering concepts to new undergrads via the Chocolate Chip Cookie Challenge

Type: Feature