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A better way to treat mercury-waste

Added: 1 Jun 2001

Brookhaven National Laboratory has licensed its mercury-waste treatment technology to Newmont Techn…

Bayer and DuPont to build new PBT polymer plant

Added: 30 May 2001

Bayer and DuPont Engineering Polymers are to build a new 80,000 ton plant that will produce polybut…

Conoco to acquire Gulf Canada

Added: 29 May 2001

A wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of Conoco will acquire Gulf Canada for approximately $4.3 billio…

Vibration technique produces stronger, environmentally friendly plastics

Added: 29 May 2001

A Lehigh University professor has developed a simple device that vibrates molten plastic in an inje…

Fuels from biomass

Added: 29 May 2001

Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a process involving the product…

Making dough

Added: 23 May 2001

When you mix flour and water, what chemical reaction causes the elastic bread dough to form? A Kans…

GE turbines go to Brazil for $100 million

Added: 22 May 2001

Termogaucha-Usina Termeletrica of Brazil has awarded a contract of more than US$100 million to Gene…

Hydrostatic pressure unit

Added: 18 May 2001

The Barcon hydrostatic pressure transmitter transforms the actual hydrostatic presssure of fluid of…

Sintering specialist spreads applications

Added: 18 May 2001

Porvair Technology, a company specialising in the application of porous materials, has intr…

A mix of mixers and blenders

Added: 18 May 2001

The Hydromax mixer offers an alternative to true high-shear mixing in a number of cases. Its innova…

Bulb eater eats bulbs

Added: 18 May 2001

Once in a while, someone invents a product that you can just tell will be a success. The Air Cycle …

Allison takes HART

Added: 18 May 2001

Allison's FCI ST98 thermal mass flowmeter is now available with the HART communications pro…

'BioOil' process nets development grant

Added: 17 May 2001

Canadian-based renewable energy specialist DynaMotive is to receive a £1.16million grant from the …

More than skin deep

Added: 17 May 2001

Burn victims could benefit from an experimental 'artifical skin' developed by researchers i…

Cadbury avoids breaking mould for Caramel bars

Added: 17 May 2001

Caramel chocolate! Who doesn't enjoy a bar of it now and again? But have you ever thought about how…

Better power and more gas

Added: 15 May 2001

Kerr-McGee Chemical has joined forces with Hydro-Quebec, Canada's largest electric company, to opti…

Letter of intent fuels cell development

Added: 14 May 2001

Millennium Cell and Air Products and Chemicals are discussing the possibility of entering into a jo…

Positioners overcome processing problems

Added: 11 May 2001

Foxboro has released a new series of positioners that are said to overcome traditional prob…

House of card

Added: 10 May 2001

The paper industry requires a different sort of process control than other sectors. Stuart Nathan l…

Styrolux plant to be built in Mexico

Added: 8 May 2001

BASF is to build a plant to produce Styrolux (SBS), a styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer r…