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With most of the world still waiting for vaccine supplies the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines call for cleaver packaging to ensure their efficacy.

University of the Arts London (UAL) has been selected to lead on CRAFT: Activating Pedagogy for Ceramic Education Futures.

A new European study concludes that single-use paper-based packaging in quick service restaurants is better for the environment than reusable tableware.

An 11,000-tonne curved concrete box is to be pushed under a railway line in a first for UK engineering.

UK-based Thermal Recycling has demonstrated the scientific process of denaturing to convert roof sheets containing asbestos into a new material on an industrial scale, which can then be used for aggregates in road building.

Carbon emissions are being captured and converted into construction materials during roof tile production in a UK trial.

Work on Dounreay’s newest radioactive waste store grew at the end of December 2020 with the completion of a ‘mega’ concrete pour.

As widely expected, particularly in view of Covid-19 and the months of lockdown and the state of the world economy, in 2020 the Italian ceramic machinery and equipment manufacturers’ sector is set to record a 15% decline in turnover compared to 2019 at €1,470mln.

Plans for the Dewley Hill opencast coal and clay mine on the outskirts of Newcastle, UK, have been rejected.

Banks Mining and Ibstock Brick have submitted a joint application to Newcastle City Council, UK, to extract 800,000 tonnes of high quality, north east coal and 400,000 tonnes of fireclay for the brick making industry.