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Copper-nickel nanowires suitable for printed electronics
Added: 30 May 2012
Duke University chemists have created a new set of flexible, electrically conductive nanowires
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…
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 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…
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 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…
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 to use Invensys HF monitoring technology
Added: 23 May 2012
London – Invensys Operations Management, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Valero En…
Ma'aden advances Saudi phosphate project
Added: 22 May 2012
Pasadena, California – Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has awarded Jacobs Engineering Group …
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…
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 adds ATEX cameras at Teesside site
Added: 21 May 2012
Middlesbrough, UK — SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd has installed ATEX explosion proof digital cameras …
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 teams up with Imperial College
Added: 18 May 2012
Rio Tinto and Imperial have announced scholarships to support the training of engineers
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…
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…
Oxford Catalysts technology for Russian GTL plant
Added: 17 May 2012
Abingdon, UK – Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology developed by the Oxford Catalys…
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…