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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

BP concern over fate of Algeria hostages
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – BP has been informed by the UK and Algerian governments that the Algerian army is still at…

Horsemeat scandal points to data failures
Added: 18 Jan 2013
London – The discovery of horse and pork meat in beefburgers sold by supermarkets Tesco and Iceland…

Flat expectations
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Despite an increase in total order books for the third month running, UK manufacturers remain cauti…

REACH remains 'elephant in the room' warns EEF
Added: 16 Jan 2013
London – UK manufacturers’ awareness of the implications REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Author…

GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
Added: 16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply tu…
A modular nuclear reactor design
Added: 15 Jan 2013
The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) has unveiled a new nuclear reactor design

Sulzer subsea pumps challenge
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – Sulzer Pumps is working with a number of major oil companies to develop pumping solutions …

Tanker drivers' passport to safety
Added: 15 Jan 2013
London – A safety passport for petroleum tanker drivers is the focus of a new initiative, jointly a…

Honeywell more wireless ‘agnostic’
Added: 15 Jan 2013
Istanbul – End users are now less concerned about wireless standards than in what the technology ca…
Time pressures compromising maintenance safety
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London – Pressure to reduce UK plant downtime is threatening health and safety during maintenance, …

Roll-out of fourth generation industry concept
Added: 10 Jan 2013
London - ‘Integrated industry’ has been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, following on from …

Dyson: Video games killing interest in engineering
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London – The UK is allowing the “glamour of web fads and video gaming” to undermine interest in eng…

TAQA confims deal to buy BP assets
Added: 9 Jan 2013
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (TAQA) has confirmed an agreement to buy from BP oil…

Chemical engineering courses defy national trend
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London - The number of students opting to study chemical engineering in the UK has risen again desp…

UK renewable electricity capacity up 40%
Added: 8 Jan 2013
London - The UK is making “significant progress” with plans to increase renewable energy supply, ac…

Atlas Copco buys BASF equipment business
Added: 8 Jan 2013
Ludwigshafen, Germany - BASF is selling its MEYCO Equipment business providing concrete spraying ma…

Tax change prompts JX to invest in UK oil and gas fields
Added: 8 Jan 2013
London – JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Ltd is to acquire a number of interests in UK …