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A new kind of chemical processing

Added: 17 Aug 2005

A transistor-like structure which combines fluid dynamics and electronic design could form the basi…

Electrical microbes

Added: 17 Aug 2005

Bacteria used to clean up contaminated land and to generate electricity from organic wastes produce…

Against the grain

Added: 17 Aug 2005

New models to show how granular materials act when stored and handled could help process engineers …

Buying into biomass

Added: 17 Aug 2005

Shell Deutschland has acquired a minority equity stake in Choren Industries, the developer of a bio…

A shot of bioplastics

Added: 17 Aug 2005

A recently discovered marine bacterium can degrade a tough, fibrous waste product generated during …

Burning waste

Added: 15 Aug 2005

Finnish researchers have developed a process for incinerating the water purification resin used in …

Closing and selling

Added: 15 Aug 2005

Alcan has sold its Pet Plas Packaging food plastic bottles outfit to Esterform Packaging.

Sara Lee sale

Added: 12 Aug 2005

Sara Lee Corporation announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of its …

Waste plastic makes steel

Added: 12 Aug 2005

An Australian researcher has shown the steel industry that they can use waste plastic bottles to ma…

Paper is best

Added: 11 Aug 2005

Vital details of radioactive waste stored at Windscale have been recorded on permanent paper rather…

Dropping sealants

Added: 9 Aug 2005

French chemical giant Rhodia is to sell its European cartridge silicone sealants business to the Ge…

North Sea sale

Added: 8 Aug 2005

Kerr-McGee, the Oklahoma City-based energy and inorganic chemical company, is to sell all its ?xml:…

Pigment purchase

Added: 4 Aug 2005

Altana Chemie, the Specialty Chemicals division of Altana, is to acquire the Fürth/Germany-based Ec…

Clean up operation

Added: 4 Aug 2005

The UK Environment Agency has served an enforcement notice on Wollaston, Northamptonshire-based che…

Jointly refined

Added: 4 Aug 2005

Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical are to become joint venture partners in the development of a lar…

Going with the flow

Added: 4 Aug 2005

Emerson's Rosemount 3051S Ultra for Flow can support up to 14:1 flow turndown with better than a 0.…

Oil spill

Added: 4 Aug 2005

A simple tank-and-siphon system for removing oil from oily water and protecting the environment is …

Heavy oil in Canada

Added: 3 Aug 2005

Oil giant Total has made a cash offer to acquire all of the common shares of Deer Creek Energy for …

Buying filters

Added: 2 Aug 2005

Parker Hannifin has made a cash offer to buy the UK-based filtration and separation group Domnick H…

Linde awarded Saudi contracts

Added: 1 Aug 2005

The Linde Group is to construct two large polyethylene plants in Al Jubail, a centre of petrochemic…