New catalyst created to improve the refinement process of crude oil and reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 28% during refining. [ + ]

AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has announced the venue for the 2020 Beamex Users Group (BUG). [ + ]

Lithuanian company Axioma Metering has won a tender for installation of 100,000 Qalcosonic W1 water meters in the Apulia Region of Italy. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding metals in oil and gas pipelines. [ + ]

Dutch researchers have assisted in the first in-human trials of robot-assisted supermicrosurgery, which can be performed on vessels in the body as small as 0.3 mm wide. [ + ]

The third edition of the Future of Mining Australia conference will take place at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth from 23–24 March 2020. [ + ]

Formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, Syntegon is now an independent business focused on technologies for the pharmaceutical and food industries. [ + ]

Bürkert Australia has celebrated 40 years in Australia at a gala event at Pier One, Sydney. [ + ]

Emerson is partnering with Ghent University (UGent) and University College Ghent (HOGENT) in Belgium to revamp, automate and modernise a pilot brewery. [ + ]

CNOOC has declared it won't take delivery of some LNG cargoes because the coronavirus is constraining its ability to import the fuel. [ + ]

Engineers Australia has reported a downward trend in engineering vacancies nationally, but with signs of a turnaround at the end of last year. [ + ]

Winemakers embrace automation to achieve greater sustainability. [ + ]

Register now to increase your skills and qualifications. [ + ]

This year's EtherCAT Seminar Series takes place on 11, 13 and 14 February in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney respectively. [ + ]

CSIRO has found a way to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and put it into beer and other beverages. [ + ]