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BASF splashes $3.2bn on Chemetall
Added: 21 Jun 2016
BASF has bought a German-based surface treatment business from US specialty chemicals company, Albe…
‘Brexit’ no silver bullet warns UK Steel
Added: 16 Jun 2016
The director of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, said this week that Britain would be better able to prevent…
Crystal ‘clears up’ nuclear waste
Added: 13 Jun 2016
Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the US have discovered a n…
SABIC joins Teesside carbon capture collective
Added: 9 Jun 2016
Teesside Collective has added another industrial heavyweight to its group of companies working to d…
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…
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…
Collaborative group proposes natural carbon use
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Academics and industry representatives have joined forces to develop a new model for decarbonisatio…
UK government considers stake in steel
Added: 12 Apr 2016
Business secretary Sajid Javid said the government was ready to ‘co-invest’ in the ailing steel ind…
Ministers meet to discuss steel sale
Added: 6 Apr 2016
Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne have met with a number of Welsh politici…
Researchers make ‘liquid-like’ materials breakthrough
Added: 4 Apr 2016
A study undertaken at the University of Chicago reveals how liquid-like materials can change into a…
Process safety: smart enclosures
Rob Smith | Added: 4 Apr 2016
Materials specification and innovative design are modernising the enclosures market, writes Robert …
Tata Steel to consider 'all options' for UK business
Added: 30 Mar 2016
Tata Steel announced today it would "explore all options” for its loss-making UK business, which co…
The right chemistry
Louisa Hearn | Added: 24 Mar 2016
When reporters in the mainstream media write about chemicals, it’s often for all the wrong reasons.…
Scientists target PET plastic puzzle
Added: 17 Mar 2016
Researchers around the world are inching closer to halting the environmental damage caused by the p…
Crunch time for ailing steel sector
Added: 16 Feb 2016
A campaign to tackle the threats posed by the influx of cheap Chinese steel into Europe was launche…
Calibration: Field factors
Added: 22 Jan 2016
The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…
UK steel snubbed for Hinkley Point C
Rob Smith | Added: 20 Jan 2016
Steel made in the UK will not be used for the largest forgings at Hinkley Point C nuclear power sta…
X-ray fluorescence analysers for metals analysis
Ashtead Technology | Added: 19 Jan 2016
Ashtead Technology says X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one of the most important technologies in its r…
Process safety: cleaning house
Rob Smith | Added: 19 Jan 2016
Failure to recognise hazards in process plants could prove fatal, writes Robert Smith.
Tata Steel to cut jobs at Port Talbot plant
Added: 18 Jan 2016
Tata Steel has announced a further 1050 job cuts, as the steel industry crisis continues to deepen …