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IChemE announces finalists for Malaysia Awards
ICHEME has announced 31 finalists in eight categories for its virtual Malaysia Awards.
Type: News
Industry joins RSC taskforce to chart a greener path for PLFs
UNILEVER, Croda and Crown Paints have joined a taskforce convened by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) to help recycle polymers in liquid formulations (PLFs) – a waste stream measured in millions of tonnes.
Type: News
Introducing the IChemE Sustainability Hub programme
Trish Melton previews a new IChemE initiative launching in January 2022.
Type: Feature
Book Review: Process Safety Calculations Second Edition
Renato Benintendi; ISBN: 9780128235164; Elsevier; 2021; €190.75
Type: Feature
IChemE 2022 Global Awards finalists announced
IChemE has announced more than 100 finalist projects from 15 different countries that are in the running for its 2022 Global Awards, to be held in Manchester, UK, on 17 November.
Type: News
Increasing yield for portable vaccine production method
RESEARCHERS at Northwestern University, US have discovered a way to improve their new protein-based vaccine manufacturing method, which could help to broaden access to potentially life-saving medicines that can combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and viruses.
Type: News
Japan and the US to collaborate on critical minerals
JAPAN and the US have signed a critical minerals agreement targeted at strengthening and diversifying critical minerals supply chains between the two countries and promoting electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies.
Type: News
Brookfield to buy Westinghouse for US$4.6bn
PRIVATE equity firm Brookfield Business Partners has bought troubled nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company from its owner Toshiba in a deal worth US$4.6bn.
Type: News
Sika announces funding award for new concrete-recycling technology that stores carbon
SPECIALITY chemicals company, Sika, has announced that its reCO2ver technology is now receiving targeted support from Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation. The novel concrete-recycling process allows old concrete to be entirely reused while also locking in a significant amount of carbon dioxide. According to Sika, the climate protection programme is guaranteeing the purchase of CO2 certificates for an initial amount of CHF10m (US£11.2m).
Type: News
BP buys BHP’s US oil and gas assets
BP has announced that it will be buying BHP’s US shale oil and gasfields for US$10.5bn.
Type: News
Why the humble checklist was essential during the Apollo space programme.
Type: Feature
BP buys US biogas firm for US$4.1bn in push to go net zero
BP is buying US biogas producer Archaea Energy for US$4.1bn as part of its plans to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel production.
Type: News
US offers US$36m for process developers to recover ammonia and metals from wastewater
THE US is offering US$36m for researchers who can help recover ammonia and critical metals from wastewater as it looks to reduce its reliance on foreign supplies.
Type: News
Marathon Andeavor tie-up will create largest US refiner
MARATHON PETROLEUM has agreed to buy Andeavor in a US$36bn deal that will create the largest US refiner by capacity.
Type: News
US and UK invest US$52m in landmark joint venture to advance fusion technology
ENERGY bodies from the US and UK have committed US$52m in a joint venture to upgrade an experimental fusion facility that will “unlock near-unlimited” fusion power.
Type: News
Victor Mills – A 'Pampered' Career
Claudia Flavell-While charts the contribution of P&G’s Victor Mills
Type: Feature
Key US coal and nuclear announcements
AMERICA’S power markets could move away from renewables and natural gas towards coal and nuclear, following announcements by US energy secretary Rick Perry.
Type: News
US invests in water treatment research projects
The US Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water resource management, has announced that it will provide US$3.5m in funding for laboratory and pilot-scale desalination and water purification research.
Type: News
UK spring budget includes launch of nuclear support body and up to £20bn for CCUS
THE UK government has pledged to invest up to £20bn (US$24.2bn) from its spring budget to support carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) across the nation. It has also launched Great British Nuclear, a public body which will help nuclear provide 25% of UK electricity by 2050.
Type: News
