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Chancellor launches spending consultation
Added: 28 Apr 2014
Chancellor unveils plans to boost science, research and innovation expenditure in the UK.

UK fracking spend could hit £33bn
Added: 24 Apr 2014
Development of shale gas in the UK may require £33 billion to be spent over the next 18 years and c…
Learning the lessons from chemical disasters
Added: 22 Apr 2014
One year after the fatal explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas, what lessons have been learned f…

Chemical industry “optimistic”
Added: 16 Apr 2014
Optimism remains high in the UK chemical industry, according to the latest survey of business prosp…
Happily ever after?
Added: 8 Apr 2014
Today marks the end of support for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system - but what effect will i…

Rising costs affect chemicals sector
Added: 8 Apr 2014
The rising cost of electricity and gas is a major threat to the UK chemicals industry, a new report…

Emerson plans sensors acquisitions
Added: 2 Apr 2014
Emerson Process Management is targeting acquisitions of sensors manufacturers to increase its prese…

UK has “no choice” over shale gas
Added: 28 Mar 2014
The UK public must support shale oil and gas development if some of the country’s key industries ar…

Ineos sues Sinopec over carbon fibre secrets
Added: 21 Mar 2014
Chemical company Ineos is suing Chinese oil major Sinopec and subsidiaries for misuse of trade secr…

Budget: £7bn energy deal for industry
Added: 19 Mar 2014
Chancellor George Osborne today used his annual Budget to announce a package of measures to help en…

Chemicals industry renews budget plea
Added: 18 Mar 2014
The chemicals industry has renewed its calls for Chancellor George Osborne to cut the cost of energ…

Bacteria boost for waste bioplastics
Added: 12 Mar 2014
Bacteria species can enhance the production of bioplastics from waste, according to new research.

Honeywell tops automation sales
Added: 10 Mar 2014
Honeywell recorded the strongest global sales among automation suppliers to the process industries …

Does industrial growth really matter?
Added: 5 Mar 2014
Over the past month or so we have heard a great deal from our political leaders about how passionat…

ExxonMobil licenses InteliRed
Added: 5 Mar 2014
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has awarded the first commercial license for its InteliRed rem…

Fracking fallout
Added: 4 Mar 2014
The future for Europe’s refineries and petrochemicals plants looks bleak thanks to the US shale gas…

Sailing home
Added: 4 Mar 2014
Are manufacturers really returning to the UK, and are they doing so in the process industries?

MRI could improve chemical plant efficiency
Added: 4 Mar 2014
Chemical reactors could be far more energy-efficient if Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) was used a…

Manufacturing employment accelerates
Added: 4 Mar 2014
Growth in manufacturing jobs is now at its fastest rate since May 2011, according to a survey publi…

Industry pushes for Budget energy discounts
Added: 3 Mar 2014
Manufacturing organisations are calling on Chancellor George Osborne to roll back the cost of vario…