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High Court rules UK climate plan ‘unlawful’ – again
ENVIRONMENTAL groups have won their case against the UK government for a second time over its climate action plan, which the High Court has ruled “unlawful”.
Type: News
Princeton creates instant hydrogel from spaghetti-like fibres
RESEARCHERS at Princeton University have discovered a way to make hydrogel in an instant and chemical-free way by forcing polymer fibres and water through a syringe.
Type: News
Novartis joins effort to produce CureVac vaccine for Covid-19
NOVARTIS has signed an agreement to manufacture CureVac’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate at its site in Kundl, Austria.
Type: News
Explosion at hazardous waste facility kills one
AN explosion at a US Ecology facility in Idaho, US, has killed one worker and injured three.
Type: News
43 people killed at Glencore mine
A LANDSLIDE at Glencore’s largest copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 43 illegal miners.
Type: News
The National Expo for Chemical and Process Engineers Returns this May at the NEC
The Process & Chemical Engineering Show, running as part of the CHEMUK 2025 ‘Group of Events’, returns this May.
Type: Feature
SNC-Lavalin partners with Florexx International Investments to build UAE refinery
SNC-Lavalin has signed an agreement with Florexx International Investments to construct an advanced topping refinery in the United Arab Emirates.
Type: News
BRITISH plant biologist Dame Ottoline Leyser has been appointed as new CEO of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the national funding agency that invests in science and research in the UK.
Type: News
Chevron sells Australian LNG stake
CHEVRON is selling its stake in Australia’s North West Shelf, the county’s biggest liquified natural gas (LNG) project.
Type: News
Nuclear industry releases cost cutting framework
THE Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), a UK trade association for civil nuclear industry, has released framework which could enable industry to cut the costs of constructing new nuclear stations in the UK.
Type: News
BioNTech secures deals for lipids needed in vaccine
BIONTECH has partnered with Merck and Evonik to expand lipid production for its Covid-19 vaccine.
Type: News
Velocys signs agreement for commercial-scale biomass-to-jet fuel in Japan
VELOCYS has signed a collaboration agreement with Toyo Engineering to produce renewable fuels in Japan at commercial scale.
Type: News
Shell sells Permian business to ConocoPhillips
SHELL has announced the sale of its Permian assets to ConocoPhillips for US$9.5bn.
Type: News
Valneva collaborates for Covid-19 vaccine production
VALNEVA and biotech company IDT Biologika are collaborating to produce Valneva’s inactivated Covid-19 vaccine, VLA2001.
Type: News
Wood secures contract with Saudi Aramco
WOOD has secured a new front end engineering design (FEED) contract with Saudi Aramco to deliver engineering and project management services for two oilfields in Saudi Arabia.
Type: News
UK not on track for net zero, says the Climate Change Committee
THE UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the country is not on track to achieve its “ambitious” climate targets. In its 2022 progress report, the CCC makes almost 300 recommendations to help fill policy gaps over the next year.
Type: News
BP awards KBR contract for global hydrogen project management
BP has named KBR the primary integrated project management contractor across its global hydrogen project portfolio.
Type: News
Costain wins contract to upgrade Capenhurst uranium enrichment site
COSTAIN has won a contract from Urenco to engineer new and upgraded infrastructure at its Capenhurst site in Cheshire, UK.
Type: News
