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Copper-nickel nanowires

Copper-nickel nanowires suitable for printed electronics

Added: 30 May 2012

Duke University chemists have created a new set of flexible, electrically conductive nanowires

Magnus Rønning

Metal-free catalysts aid sustainable processes

Added: 29 May 2012

A €4m EU-funded project aims to develop carbon materials that will replace precious metals in catal…

Cell adhesion

Oil-in-water solution to improve consumer products

Added: 29 May 2012

A method that models cell-to-cell adhesion could have industrial applications

Petroplus Coryton unit

Petroplus refinery set to close as no buyer emerges

Added: 28 May 2012

London – The Petroplus Refining & Marketing Ltd (PRML) refinery operation in Coryton, UK looks set …

Energy Bill worries UK chemicals industry

Added: 28 May 2012

London – The proposals in the UK government’s draft Energy Bill could hit the UK chemicals industry…

UK unveils plan to bridge looming energy gap

Added: 28 May 2012

London - The UK government has published its draft Energy Bill, which sets out how it intends ‘to k…

Kazak Copper mines

ABB adds major drive-systems order in Kazakhstan

Added: 25 May 2012

London – ABB has won a $44-million order to deliver three gearless mill drive systems (GMDs) for a …

Emerson subsea instrument

Emerson subsea instrumentation for Norway-UK tie-back

Added: 25 May 2012

London – Aker Solutions has awarded Emerson a multi-million dollar contact to deliver its Roxar sub…

Agerm Mat

Agraferm completes commissioning phase for £5m AD plant

Added: 24 May 2012

Bury St Edmunds, UK - Material Change and its Symonds Farm JV AD partner have completed the commiss…

Valero Corp

Valero to use Invensys HF monitoring technology

Added: 23 May 2012

London – Invensys Operations Management, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Valero En…

Madden plant

Ma'aden advances Saudi phosphate project

Added: 22 May 2012

Pasadena, California – Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group …

Lab

Bio-polymer projects show a lot of bottle

Added: 21 May 2012

London – There has been significant progress recently in the development of fully bio-based version…

Biofuel

New Welsh centre offers grass roots approach to biotechnology

Added: 21 May 2012

Aberystwyth, UK – Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science…

SABIC CAMERA Teesside

SABIC adds ATEX cameras at Teesside site

Added: 21 May 2012

Middlesbrough, UK — SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd has installed ATEX explosion proof digital cameras …

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Dutch bioprocess pilot facility opens for research

Added: 18 May 2012

CSM, Royal DSM and Delft University are participating in a joint venture for bioprocess research

Rio Tinto and Imperial College team

Rio Tinto teams up with Imperial College

Added: 18 May 2012

Rio Tinto and Imperial have announced scholarships to support the training of engineers

Molson Coors tower

Molson Coors gears up at Burton-upon-Trent plant

Added: 18 May 2012

Burton-upon-Trent, UK - HES Tractec has supplied 20 Comer gearboxes to Molson Coors, the UK’s bigge…

Rockwell Cynar

Step change for UK polymer recycling

Added: 17 May 2012

London - The UK plastics industry is making some significant strides towards meeting an ambitious g…

Chemicals processing 1

Oxford Catalysts technology for Russian GTL plant

Added: 17 May 2012

Abingdon, UK – Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalys…

SABIC Hadeed Reliable

UK 'game' aids Saudi Arabia's largest steel maker

Added: 17 May 2012

Warrington, UK – Saudi Arabia’s largest steel manufacturer, Hadeed, is rolling out an intensive wor…