THE LARGEST producer of bioethanol in the UK could “begin the process of closure” next week if it does not receive any state support, the plant’s operator has warned.

CONTROL of a major source of the world’s tin supply has been sold by a US-based firm to a company owned by a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government.

MANAGEMENT of the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, UK is not responding quickly enough to “intolerable risks” at the site posed by ageing assets, a damning new report has warned.

A SOLAR-POWERED refrigerator to make vaccines more accessible and a process to reduce the environmental footprint of a wastewater treatment works were among the winning projects in the 2025 IChemE ...

NORTHERN Lithium, a startup planning to mine lithium in the northeast of England, has completed 60-day extraction testing which it says demonstrates “commercial suitability” of its technology.

GERMAN drug developer BioNTech has signed an agreement with US pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) to manufacture a new cancer treatment, in a deal worth up to US$11bn.

BRITISH carbon capture and storage (CCS) company Carbon Clean has achieved commercial scale for its series of modular reactors, which it expects to capture up to 100,000 t/y of CO2.

THE UK Atomic Energy Agency (UKAEA) has shown that remotely operated robots could build gigawatt-scale solar power satellites, marking a step towards “24/7 clean power”.

PILOT projects to improve water treatment were among the biggest winners in the latest round of a funding competition led by regulator Ofwat.

THE UK’s largest bioethanol manufacturing plant will close “in the next few weeks” if it does not receive financial support from the government, its operator has threatened, putting 160 jobs at risk.

The first in a series from the IChemE National Early Careers Group profiling early career opportunities in different sectors ...

Programme director Trish Melton explains how, with IChemE’s support, chemical engineers are building the skills needed for a sustainable future ...