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Method makes olefins under mild conditions
CHEMISTS in the US and South Korea have developed a technique to produce olefins, a vital chemical feedstock, under mild conditions using a base metal catalyst.
Type: News
Solvay sells polyamide business to BASF
SOLVAY is selling its integrated polyamides business to BASF for €1.6bn (US$1.92bn) as it continues its transformation into a specialty chemicals company.
Type: News
CGN bids for stake in UK’s Moorside nuclear project
CGN is bidding for a stake in the UK’s planned Moorside nuclear plant following the financial troubles that have struck its developer Toshiba.
Type: News
Australia to set new national energy policy
A NEW proposal from the Australian government seeks to remove renewable energy subsidies and promote power from ready-to-use sources such as coal, gas, hydro or batteries.
Type: News
EU launches €6m project to valorise jellyfish
A PROJECT seeking to explore turning jellyfish blooms into new products such as biofilters, fertilisers and animal feeds has received €6m (US$7m) funding from the European Union.
Type: News
Petronas invests in LNG Canada
PETRONAS is buying a 25% stake in LNG Canada, after previously scrapping plans to develop its own project in Canada.
Type: News
Ineos will build Europe’s first new cracker for 20 years
INEOS will invest €2.7bn (US$3.1bn) to build a new ethane cracker and propane dehydrogenation unit in northwest Europe.
Type: News
ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker
EXXONMOBIL has announced that its new 1.5m t/y ethane cracker has commenced operations at its integrated chemical and refining complex in Baytown, Texas.
Type: News
Wood awarded new contracts at Norwegian refinery
WOOD has been awarded two strategic modifications contracts for Equinor’s Mongstad refinery in Norway.
Type: News
Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance
A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regional prize for academic performance.
Type: News
University of Canterbury student wins New Zealand Postgraduate Researcher of the Year 2019
ICHEME has awarded Leatham Landon-Lane, chemical engineering post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, the 2019 New Zealand Postgraduate Researcher of the Year prize.
Type: News
Linde to invest US$1.4bn in Exxon Singapore supply deal
LINDE is investing US$1.4bn to expand its gasification complex at Jurong Island in Singapore as part of a gas supply deal with ExxonMobil.
Type: News
Saudi Aramco reorganises downstream business
SAUDI Aramco has announced that it is reorganising its downstream business as part of plans to enhance the efficiency of the existing downstream assets.
Type: News
Australia talks to accelerate refinery package
THE Australian Government and “struggling” oil refiners are in talks to secure a rescue package by the end of the year amid concerns that a proposed six-month discussion period may be too long to avoid plant closures and job losses, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.
Type: News
Closure of New Zealand smelter delayed to 2024
RIO TINTO has reversed its plans to close its New Zealand aluminium smelter this August, agreeing a new power contract that will see the plant operate until December 2024.
Type: News
Fight corrosion with simulation
CORROSION is an age-old problem that is now being effectively contained and prevented due to the advent of simulating the participating electrochemical reactions that occur and transport processes that affect them. The same principles can be used to simulate, design and optimise industrial electrodeposition processes.
Type: Feature
IChemE’s Advances digitalisation conference opens for registrations
REGISTRATIONS are open for IChemE’s conference on Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industries.
Type: News
People should stay in their homes after a nuclear accident
MASS relocation of residents following a major nuclear accident is largely unnecessary, according to new research in the UK.
Type: News
