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Tata Steel Scunthorpe works

EU agrees to crisis steel meeting

Added: 30 Oct 2015

EU ministers have agreed to hold an emergency meeting on the UK steel crisis following an appeal fr…

Sabic process plant

Urgent call to meet energy ‘trilemma’

Added: 30 Oct 2015

Time is running out for the government to make crucial planning decisions on the UK’s energy ‘trile…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

Multifuel power plant wins approval

Added: 28 Oct 2015

A second multifuel power station situated at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire has been approved for cons…

Food and drink manufacturing

Food workshop envisions future

Added: 28 Oct 2015

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will host a workshop next month that aims to deliver a step-cha…

New technique pays way to graphene printing

Graphene printing gets speed boost

Added: 27 Oct 2015

A team of chemical engineers from Cambridge University has developed a method for printing electron…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing hinders UK growth

Added: 27 Oct 2015

The UK economy grew between July and September despite a lack of manufacturing production, statisti…

Emerson makes predictive power play

Emerson makes predictive power play

Added: 26 Oct 2015

Emerson has acquired US power protection supplier IntelliSAW, as it seeks to expand its stable of c…

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint

Added: 23 Oct 2015

Honeywell has bought Sigma-Aldrich’s research chemicals business in a bid to expand its portfolio o…

Exiling excellence

Graduate skills causing concern

Added: 22 Oct 2015

The majority of employers in the UK are unsatisfied with graduates, a new report suggests.

EDF Hinkley Point C nuclear power wide

UK poised for nuclear future

Added: 21 Oct 2015

Hinkley Point C will go ahead after EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) confirm …

Keady power station

Keadby power station to reopen

Added: 20 Oct 2015

Energy provider SSE has announced it will bring its 735MW gas-fired power station at Keadby, North …

Water research, Sheffield University lab

UK water research gets £3.9m boost

Added: 20 Oct 2015

A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…

Tata Newport foundary

Call for 'urgent' action on UK steel

Added: 19 Oct 2015

The UK government has laid out its strategy to assist the ailing steel sector following a crisis su…

Linde gas plant

Linde opens pilot synthesis gas plant

Added: 19 Oct 2015

Linde has invested €5 million (£3.7 million) in a new plant that will produce low-emission synthesi…

Algae-power under the microscope

Algae-power under the microscope

Added: 16 Oct 2015

A new high-tech facility in Munich will investigate whether the cultivation of algae can provide a …

Electricity transmission

Winter blackout fears allayed

Added: 15 Oct 2015

National Grid has published its annual Winter Outlook report, which looks at the energy margins ava…

GE's Predix software

GE opens app store for industry

Added: 12 Oct 2015

GE said it aimed to create the world’s largest app marketplace for industry as it opened up its Pre…

KP Snacks engineering workshop

Girls get a taste of food engineering

Added: 12 Oct 2015

Female students have been given a glimpse into food engineering by KP Snacks, as part of an industr…

Ineos Jim Ratcliffe

Ineos acquires North Sea assets

Added: 12 Oct 2015

Oil and gas exploration and production firm Ineos Upstream has acquired all UK North Sea gas fields…

White Rose CCS carbon capture Drax

Urgent call for CCS funding

Added: 7 Oct 2015

Targets for lowering carbon emissions from industry will remain out of reach without carbon dioxide…