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Czech transfer station to protect EU gas supplies
Added: 15 Oct 2010
Brandov, Czech Republic – NET4GAS sro has started to build a new border transfer station in Brandov…

Astra Zeneca pension strikes continue
Added: 14 Oct 2010
Macclesfield, UK – Strike actions are continuing at Astra Zeneca’s giant Macclesfield manufacturing…

Denca for Rio de Janeiro control systems project
Added: 13 Oct 2010
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Denca has been awarded a “significant” project in Brazil that is centred a…

Elga chemicals for Veolia energy recovery facility
Added: 6 Oct 2010
When Veolia Environmental Services has recently turned to ELGA Process Water to supply a specialist…

SRF advances chemical expansion plans in India
Added: 21 Sep 2010
Gurgaon, India – SRF Ltd of India is to carry out three R&D driven projects at a total estimated co…

Aramco, Dow pinpoint petrochemical project location
Added: 4 Aug 2010
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co, have confirmed Jubail Industrial City as …

APC guides Czech chemical plant to Euro2m energy savings
Added: 26 Jul 2010
Litvinov, Czech Republic – Unipetrol is achieving energy savings of Euro2m/year following the imple…

US advances six projects to turn captured carbon into chemicals
Added: 23 Jul 2010
Washington – US energy secretary Steven Chu has announced funding for six projects to convert captu…

Electric cars drive Süd-Chemie to build new chemical plant
Added: 13 Jul 2010
Munich, Germany – Speciality chemicals maker Süd-Chemie AG is investing around Euro60 millionto bui…

Bayer: Process technologies key to chemical industry sustainability
Added: 7 Jul 2010
Leverkusen, Germany – As it generates an estimated 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, the global chem…

30% emissions target would "punish" chemicals industry
Added: 17 Jun 2010
Brussels – The European chemicals industry has called on EU leaders to avoid raising the target for…

Petrochemicals industry feels the pinch
Added: 10 Jun 2010
Newbury, Berkshire – The economic downturn has taken a significant toll on petrochemical plant act…

Thermphos lowers gear costs on chemicals kiln
Added: 10 Jun 2010
London – ABB drives have cut the need for chemicals manufacturer Thermphos UK Ltd to replace gears …

EU chemicals industry to grow 9.5%
Added: 8 Jun 2010
Brussels – Output from the EU chemical industry is set to grow by 9.5% this year, forecasts Dr Hube…

Chemical engineers' pay proves recession-proof
Added: 25 May 2010
London – Chartered chemical engineers are apparently shrugging off the recession, and are in fact e…

Fire hits Yorkshire chemicals plant
Added: 24 May 2010
Huddersfield, UK – Firefighters from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have battled though the…

China to finance $23bn refinery, petrochemical expansion in Nigeria
Added: 17 May 2010
Lagos – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. ( NNPC) and China State Construction Engineering Corp…

UK chemicals network leading European BIOCHEM project
Added: 30 Mar 2010
London – Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) Chemistry Innovation is to lead the European Union’s BIOC…

UK chemicals group targets supply chain security
Added: 22 Mar 2010
Crewe, UK – The Chemical Business Association today launched a security code to improve the securit…

Experienced chemical engineer seeks contract
Added: 15 Mar 2010
David Boardman, a chemical engineer (BSc) with over 25 years’ experience in industry is presently l…