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Intelligent step forward for platform drilling
Added: 8 May 2013
The WestMira rig will be capable of secure drilling 40,000 feet deep beneath 10,000 feet of water.
Thermoelectric efficiency doubled
Added: 7 May 2013
Researchers have doubled the efficiency of a material that can turn waste heat into electricity.
Fertiliser plant explosion - Texas
Added: 18 Apr 2013
London - Believed at this time to be an industrial accident, an explosion at a fertiliser plant in …
Cash injection for technology development
Added: 5 Apr 2013
Swindon, UK - The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is to invite capital b…
Paper mill benefits from Hima system
Added: 27 Mar 2013
Stockport, UK - Systems integration company Hima-Sella has completed the design and configuration o…
Innovation: Search for strongest team on paper
Added: 27 Mar 2013
Brussels - The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) is launching an innovative competi…
Demag cranes: The travelling crane
Added: 1 Mar 2013
For resource-saving generation of energy from biomass, process cranes optimally adapted to the indi…
Material improves efficiency of carbon capture
Added: 27 Feb 2013
Korean researchers have developed a material that could help cut carbon capture costs
Zero waste in industrial networks
Added: 21 Feb 2013
The ZeroWIN project aims to encourage the exchange of by-products within industry
Carbon sponge could improve CCS (Comment added)
Added: 19 Feb 2013
Researchers have developed a novel material that adsorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide
Forgemasters secures major Russian deal
Added: 22 Jan 2013
Sheffield Forgemasters has won a £3m contract with Russia’s largest steel company, Severstal
Versalis awards £8m contract to Redhall
Added: 17 Jan 2013
Wakefield, UK - Redhall Engineering has been awarded an £8m contract to provide integrated, multi-d…
Russian steel plants slip into higher gear
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London - Two Russian steel mills have increased productivity and reduced unscheduled downtime follo…
Atlas Copco buys BASF equipment business
Added: 8 Jan 2013
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF is selling its MEYCO Equipment business providing concrete spraying ma…
Pumps switch at metal atomisation plant
Added: 2 Jan 2013
Wednesbury, UK – UK metal powders producer ECKA Granules has recently installed new pumps technolog…
Weir pumps for 200km pipeline project
Added: 16 Dec 2012
London – Weir Minerals has won an £8.6-million contract to supply centrifugal high-pressure pumps f…
Projects to address UK's material dependency
Added: 4 Dec 2012
The EPSRC is funding four new projects to address the UK’s limited resources and high material depe…
Tata saves £250k on fume-extraction energy costs
Added: 30 Nov 2012
Rotheram, UK – Tata Steel has cut annual energy costs by £250,000 following the installation of var…
Tata Steel to axe 900 jobs, restart blast furnace
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London - Tata Steel is to cut 900 jobs under a major restructure of its UK operations. The proposed…
Ohio researchers develop hybrid CO2 capture membrane
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new hybrid membrane that combines the separat…
