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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

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…

Biomass wood

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…

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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…

Shear jamming spheres

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…

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

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,…

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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…

XRF analyser

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 engineer

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 …