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Chemical makers more upbeat
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – Chemical businesses are now upbeat about the prospects for sale volumes over the next 12 m…
Report outlines negative emissions plan
Added: 18 Feb 2013
A new climate report highlights the importance systems that combine biomass energy generation with …
Brakes off oil & gas investment
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London - The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved a field de…
Air Products taps Tolent for Tees Valley project
Added: 18 Feb 2013
London – Air Products has awarded Tolent Construction the civil engineering contract for its Tees V…
Shale could raise GDP by £50 billion
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Shale oil could revolutionise the world’s energy markets by significantly lower oil prices…
Skills shortages threaten UK cyber security
Added: 14 Feb 2013
London - Efforts to protect the UK against cyber crime are being hampered by skills shortages in th…
Nemesis project to improve energy harvesting
Added: 12 Feb 2013
The Nemesis project aims to advance piezoelectric and ferroelectric systems
REACH 'minefield' concerns chemicals makers
Added: 6 Feb 2013
London – A European Commission announcement detailing a promised review of the REACH (Registration,…
IChemE launches revised Forms of Contract
Added: 6 Feb 2013
London – The IChemE has launched revised editions of the UK Forms of Contract – the product of seve…
Centrica exits nuclear new build race
Added: 5 Feb 2013
London - Centrica has decided not to proceed with its plans to invest in the UK’s new build program…
Sulzer, FMC to advance subsea pumping technology
Added: 5 Feb 2013
Winterthur, Switzerland – Sulzer Pumps Ltd and FMC Technologies Inc. are to collaborate in the supp…
Sellafield clean-up costs out of control
Added: 4 Feb 2013
London – The cost of cleaning up the Sellafield nuclear site is now approaching the £70-billion mar…
Small dip in energy prices, but trend is upwards
Added: 4 Feb 2013
London - Energy costs are set to rise despite a slight drop in average energy costs for business us…
Big increase in engineering and manufacturing apprentices
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London – The number of people starting engineering and advanced manufacturing apprenticeships in En…
BP names victims of Algeria terrorist attack
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Identities of three workers confirmed. Another also thought to have died.
London – BP has officially…
Manufacturing firms braced for tough times ahead
Added: 29 Jan 2013
London - Manufacturers worldwide are bracing themselves for more challenging times ahead, but are c…
Seneca, ENER-G in three landfill gas projects
Added: 29 Jan 2013
Salford, UK – UK renewable energy generation company ENER-G Natural Power has partnered with Hartle…
Research to develop chemical supplies for industry
Added: 24 Jan 2013
Grants from the EPSRC and BBSRC are aiming to advance sustainable processes in industry
Orange peel could deliver valuable chemicals
Added: 24 Jan 2013
A UK group is planning to industrialise a process that turns orange peel into valuable chemicals
Forgemasters secures major Russian deal
Added: 22 Jan 2013
Sheffield Forgemasters has won a £3m contract with Russia’s largest steel company, Severstal
