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Samsara Eco unveils commercial textile recycling plant using AI-engineered enzymes
A COMMERCIAL-SCALE plant that will use AI-developed enzymes to recycle waste textiles and plastic...
Coolbrook cracks pyrolysis oil using renewable electricity
RENEWABLE process heat developer Coolbrook has successfully cracked pyrolysis oil made entirely f...
Australian coal giant to cut 750 Queensland jobs amid row over mining charges
MINING giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced plans to cut 750 jobs across Queensland ...
North Sea emissions falling short of long-term targets, warns NSTA
EMISSIONS reductions from oil and gas assets in the UK North Sea are falling too slowly to meet l...
Merck scraps £1bn R&D hub amid fears UK is ‘uninvestable’
US PHARMACEUTICAL giant Merck has axed plans to launch a £1bn (US$1.35bn) research & development ...
UK cement industry ‘increasingly under threat’ as domestic production falls to record low
UK CEMENT production has plunged to a record low, prompting a stark warning from the industry’s t...
Shell abandons Netherlands biofuels plant, casting doubt on SAF ambitions
SHELL has cancelled construction of its flagship biofuels plant in Rotterdam, shelving plans to p...
UK grid-scale battery storage gets £500m boost
THE UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) has joined two private investment firms in committing a total o...
Russia and China agree major new gas pipeline at Beijing talks
RUSSIA has signed an agreement to supply China with 50bn m3 of natural gas annually via a new pip...
Wood group accepts further reduction in Sidara takeover offer
WOOD GROUP has accepted a second reduction to a takeover offer from UAE-based Sidara which values...
Risk of UK electrical oil shortages averted after workers call off strike
WORKERS at an insulating oil supplier in northwest England have ended a fortnight-long strike aft...
Government takes control of UK’s third-largest steelworks amid spiralling debts
THE UK’s third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control after efforts to secur...
Heavy industry giants join forces on plan for carbon capture hubs across Asia
PLANS are taking shape for CCUS hubs across Asia, as heavy industry firms join forces in a study ...
‘No credible offers’ forces Lindsey refinery to close
THE UK will see one third of its refineries close in just four months after the government announ...
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