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Update: 165 people confirmed dead after Brazil dam breach
165 people have now been confirmed dead following the collapse of a Vale mine tailings dam in Brazil on 25 January. 158 of the dead have been identified. Another 158 people remain missing following the incident which occurred in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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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.
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Explosion at Illinois silicones plant
AN explosion and fire at a US silicones manufacturing plant has killed three people with one other still missing.
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European ports project to store 10m t CO2 in the North Sea
THREE European ports have submitted an application to the European Commission for a project to collect, transport and store 10m t of CO2 in the North Sea. It would be the biggest project of its kind in Europe, reports The Guardian.
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Call for nominations for IChemE’s Learned Society Committee
ICHEME is calling for nominations for its newly-established Learned Society Committee.
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Third phase of Australian CCS project given go-ahead
CO2CRC, an Australian carbon capture and storage (CCS) research organisation, has announced a A$45m (US$30.8m) final investment decision for the third phase in its CCS project in south-western Victoria.
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Integrated power-to-liquid test facility produces first fuel
A container-based test facility has successfully produced synthetic fuel from renewable energy and captured carbon dioxide.
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Drax raises biomass sustainability standards
DRAX has strengthened its biomass sustainability policy and appointed an Independent Advisory Board (IAB) to provide advice on its biomass sourcing.
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UK Government match-funds small modular nuclear reactors
THE UK Government is investing £18m (US$23m) in a partnership with industry led by Rolls Royce to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).
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Novel battery technology project succeeds in proof-of-concept
A COLLABORATIVE project has succeeded in demonstrating proof-of-concept for novel sodium-nickel-chloride battery technology. The £250,000 (US$310,057) project involved innovation centre CPI, Lancaster-based SME LiNa Energy, and the University of Lancaster.
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RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making, for schoolchildren aged 7–14 across the UK. The academy is looking for budding engineers to take on the challenges and show off their creativity, imagination, and problem-solving skills.
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Second carbon capture pilot to start at Drax
DRAX has announced that a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot facility will be installed at its power station in North Yorkshire, UK.
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CSB releases update on TPC explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its factual update on the explosion that took place at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, on 27 November 2019.
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Ebola vaccine stockpile established
A STOCKPILE of Ebola vaccine has been established by humanitarian organisations to help better prepare against future outbreaks.
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Sanofi invests in new vaccine production facility in Singapore
SANOFI is investing €400m (US$479m) over five years to build a new vaccine production facility in Singapore.
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Lonza and Moderna enter agreement to increase vaccine production
LONZA has entered a new agreement with Moderna to double production for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine at its site in Switzerland.
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Cement major plans world’s first carbon-neutral production plant
HEIDELBERGCEMENT plans to retrofit its plant in Sweden to capture 1.8m t/y of CO2, and become what it says will be the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant.
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Partnership to produce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in South Africa
PFIZER and BioNTech have signed a letter of intent with South African biopharmaceutical company Biovac to produce the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Cape Town.
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UK regulator publishes carbon capture guidance
THE UK Environment Agency has published guidance on the best available techniques (BAT) for post-combustion CO2 capture.
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BOC becomes Bronze Corporate Partner
BOC HAS been awarded IChemE Bronze Corporate Partner Award status, in recognition of its professional development and mentoring.
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