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Clearing the air in Kentucky

Added: 1 Aug 2003

DuPont is to pay $550,000 in civil penalties and perform eight 'Supplemental Environmental Projects…

Repeat offenders take the shine off pollution reductions

Added: 30 Jul 2003

The UK Environment Agency has warned that higher fines and more prosecutions are failing to…

No more wasted effort

Added: 24 Jul 2003

A new technique, applied to oil exploration for the first time, has the potential to save e…

Purchasing paraformaldehyde

Added: 24 Jul 2003

Lyndhurst, UK-based INEOS Capital has acquired Methanova from Degussa of Dusseldorf, Germany for an…

Pollution plume

Added: 23 Jul 2003

Proctor and Gamble Product Supply has been fined a total £28,000 and ordered to pay costs of £8,914…

More Insight from Moldflow

Added: 22 Jul 2003

Moldflow has announced Version 4.1 of Moldflow Plastics Insight, featuring enhancements in …

Gas from Russia

Added: 18 Jul 2003

A subsidiary of the Russian energy company Gazprom, has established a 50/50 joint venture with Wint…

EC declares war against heavy metal

Added: 17 Jul 2003

Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive aimed at minimising t…

Metals from molten salts

Added: 14 Jul 2003

A new process to refine metals could reduce the cost of pure metals and make possible the p…

Improved separations for polyester feedstocks

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Production of the two main precursors for polyester has been improved by changes to the separation …

Feeling ultrasonic

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Ultrasonic flowerets are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the floweret market, and End…

Weighty matters

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Stuart Nathan reports from CEFIC's annual meeting in Hamburg, where the German Chancellor lined up …

The smaller the scale, the bigger the problems

Added: 4 Jul 2003

The UK government has set up an independent study into the risks and benefits of nanotechnology, pr…

Diabetic hope from pump

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Researchers at the State University of New York have developed a microscopic pump which cou…

Condensing theory into practise

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Building on its plate heat exchanger expertise, Alfa Laval has developed a new plate condenser cust…

Fuel cell trials start at BOC

Added: 4 Jul 2003

BOC has recently started trials of fuel cells to power two of its facilities in the UK. The trials …

Chemicals look up

Added: 4 Jul 2003

Chemicals production is set to rocket next year, according to the economic panel of the Eur…

A matter of scale

Added: 3 Jul 2003

The hype surrounding nanotechnology is currently overshadowing the science and engineering aspects …

Borealis invests 200 million Euros in plant expansion

Added: 1 Jul 2003

Borealis announced today that it is to invest 200 million Euros in the construction of a new polyet…

Unit Corp to acquire PetroCorp for $190 million

Added: 1 Jul 2003

Unit Corporation announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with PetroCorp Incorporated …