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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…
IsoCool nets Saudi contract
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Great Notley, UK – Process cooling company IsoCool has secured a contract with Neproplast, part of …
Cutting through the green tape
Added: 19 Nov 2012
Around 26% of the power Saint-Gobain used in the UK came from renewable sources last year - a figur…
UK energy research receives funding boost
Added: 13 Nov 2012
One of the Research Councils’ biggest investments in research to support energy efficiency policy a…
Metso valves for Sappi expansion
Added: 3 Nov 2012
Helsinki – Metso will deliver all the automated process valves required for Sappi’s fiberline expan…
Pores in graphene could lead to better membranes
Added: 25 Oct 2012
Researchers from MIT Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have discovered tiny pores in graphene th…
Using paper to clean up oil spills
Added: 23 Oct 2012
A project in Slovenia is hoping to transform papermill sludge into an absorbent capable of cleaning…
Saint-Gobain PAM highlights sustainabilty gains
Added: 19 Oct 2012
London – Iron products manufacturer leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of Saint-Gobain, has released …
Couplings keep European steel mill rolling
Added: 12 Oct 2012
Budapest – A large steel mill near Budapest has used nearly 350 individual couplings for the instal…
Complex energy scene should not 'fuel' inertia
Added: 10 Oct 2012
London – The UK process industries are facing unprecedented rises in their energy bills over the ne…
Government consults industry over energy costs
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London – The Government has launched a consultation over its proposed £250 million Energy Intensive…
CEMEX signs new EfW deal with SITA
Added: 26 Sep 2012
SITA UK signs
London - Recycling and resource management company, SITA UK, has signed a three-year c…
Saint-Gobain signs first renewable energy deals
Added: 24 Sep 2012
London – Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland has recenty signed its first renewable energy power purchase agr…
Recycler trims £50k off energy bill
Added: 17 Sep 2012
A plastics recycling company is set to save nearly £50,000 a year on energy costs following the fit…
Tata Steel installs new switchgear system
Added: 17 Sep 2012
London – Tata Steel has installed a new medium voltage (MV) switchgear system as part of an upgrade…
Burning matters
Added: 14 Sep 2012
Converting coal plants to burn biomass has tested the ingenuity of process engineers. Patrick Ralei…
Oxy-combustion to help CEMEX cut energy costs
Added: 10 Sep 2012
London - Air Products is to provide five CEMEX cement plants in Spain with its Prism on-site oxygen…
