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Fire hits Yorkshire chemicals plant

Added: 24 May 2010

Huddersfield, UK – Firefighters from West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service have battled though the…

China to finance $23bn refinery, petrochemical expansion in Nigeria

Added: 17 May 2010

Lagos – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. ( NNPC) and China State Construction Engineering Corp…

Emergency shutdown upgrade at Teesside chemicals plant

Added: 5 May 2010

Teesside, UK – UK fertiliser manufacturer GrowHow is upgrading the emergency shutdown system (ESD) …

UK chemicals network leading European BIOCHEM project

Added: 30 Mar 2010

London – Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) Chemistry Innovation is to lead the European Union’s BIOC…

Budget relief for UK chemicals industry

Added: 25 Mar 2010

… but CIA sees missed opportunities to develop manufacturing strategy

UK chemicals group targets supply chain security

Added: 22 Mar 2010

Crewe, UK – The Chemical Business Association today launched a security code to improve the securit…

Experienced chemical engineer seeks contract

Added: 15 Mar 2010

David Boardman, a chemical engineer (BSc) with over 25 years’ experience in industry is presently l…

INEOS to close PVC facility in UK, sells fluorochemicals business

Added: 25 Feb 2010

Grangemouth, UK - INEOS ChlorVinyls is to close its PVC production facility in Barry, Wales and con…

Apprenticeships paying off in chemicals industries

Added: 9 Feb 2010

London – The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is highlighting how apprenticeships have had a c…

Record demand for chemical engineering degree courses

Added: 25 Jan 2010

London – A record number of students have opted to study chemical engineering at UK universities th…

INEOS diverts German-bound chemicals salt to de-ice UK roads

Added: 11 Jan 2010

Runcorn, UK – Chemicals maker INEOS is diverting thousands of tonnes of salt bound for industrial u…

Pentagon Chemicals secures £2m from Government SME fund

Added: 17 Dec 2009

London - North West chemicals company Pentagon Chemicals has secured a £2 million from the Enterpri…

UK chemicals maker trains Iraqi weapons inspectors

Added: 23 Nov 2009

Knowsley, UK - A team of 10 Iraqi delegates have visited Contract Chemicals Ltd’s Knowsley site as …

Transport Phenomena in Electrochemical Processes

Added: 5 Nov 2009

Venue/Location: von Karman Institute, Belgium

Date: 30/11/09 to 04/12/09

Join the high level lecture …

£30m chemical engineering facility for Manchester

Added: 10 Sep 2009

University of Manchester to establish state-of-the-art facility for its School of Chemical Engineer…

Warning over tanks for chemicals, water, wastewater

Added: 2 Sep 2009

Tanks for use in the chemical storage and processing and the water & waste treatment industries mus…

Lanxess upgrades safety at German chemicals plant

Added: 5 Aug 2009

Upgrade to existing HIMA ESD (emergency shutdown) system at its hexane oxidation plant in the Krefe…

McKinsey: Chemicals industry delivers 2:1 emissions savings

Added: 8 Jul 2009

Industry cuts twice as many greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as it emits and has an abatement potenti…

Chemicals industry award winners

Added: 1 Jul 2009

Steve Elliott, chief executive of the CIA, said:, “This year’s quality of entries reflects the outs…

UK chemicals firm defies the gloom

Added: 26 Jun 2009

Brotherton Speciality Products investing Euro4.5 million to establish a new sulphite production fac…