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Scottish parliament bans fracking
Added: 2 Jun 2016
Members of the Scottish parliament have voted in favour of an outright ban on fracking in Scotland.
Tata Steel completes sale of European unit
Added: 1 Jun 2016
Tata Steel UK has announced completion of the sale of its Long Products Europe business to Greybull…
3D printing masters receives funding top-up
Added: 1 Jun 2016
Anglia Ruskin University has received £46,000 from the Higher Education Funding Council for England…
IMechE referendum poll reveals slim ‘remain’ majority
Added: 1 Jun 2016
A poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) reveals 56% of its members sup…
New IChemE president to redraw strategy
Added: 31 May 2016
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) will undergo a thorough review of governance and str…
Bayer's $62bn move on Monsanto rejected
Added: 25 May 2016
Monsanto has rebuffed a $62bn (£42.7bn) bid from German chemicals and pharmaceutical group Bayer.
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Fracking firm wins drilling approval
Added: 24 May 2016
North Yorkshire County Council has approved Third Energy’s request to drill for shale gas near the …
Pump firm funds test facility
Added: 24 May 2016
Centrifugal and reciprocating pump technology company Ruhrpumpen has invested in a new assembly and…
Emerson valve steams ahead
Added: 24 May 2016
The Fisher TBX steam conditioning valve from Emerson Process Management is designed to combine prec…
Intertek offers flow service
Added: 24 May 2016
Engineering solutions provider Intertek has recently launched an onsite Coriolis flow meter calibra…
Graphene stretches rubber strength
Added: 23 May 2016
A team of nanomaterials specialists at the University of Manchester has developed a graphene compos…
Collaboration ‘vital’ for offshore industry
Added: 19 May 2016
Operators in the UK oil and gas industry are becoming more collaborative, a study by Oil & Gas UK a…
Nuclear police training facility to open at Sellafield
Added: 18 May 2016
Construction of a new £39 million nuclear training centre has been given the green light this week.…
McCain fined £800k for worker injury
Added: 18 May 2016
McCain Foods has been fined £800,000 for safety failings after an employee at its facility based in…
ABB rolls out safety systems software
Added: 17 May 2016
From its newly-developed Learning Centre in Cambridgeshire, ABB yesterday launched a number of init…
Wyke Farms scores Carbon Trust trifecta
Added: 16 May 2016
Wyke Farms has been granted triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for improving environ…
UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity
Added: 12 May 2016
There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …
Chemicals demand ‘bucks’ industry slump
Added: 11 May 2016
The Chemical Industry Association (CIA) says its members have made a strong start to the year, with…
Nuclear industry seeks clean up solutions
Added: 10 May 2016
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded several consortia £12 million worth of rese…
Government pledges £80m for national colleges
Added: 9 May 2016
The government has today announced plans to fund five National Colleges to guarantee the UK has a s…
