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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN NEW ZEALAND

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Chemical Engineering is usually associated with large scale petrochemical operations and distillation towers,or metallurgical operations and refining.

These traditional industries are represented in New Zealand by:

  • Natural gas extraction in Taranaki, including one of the largest methanol production plants in the world.
  • Oil refining at Whangarei
  • Electricity from Geothermal Steam
  • Steel production using unique rotary kiln at South Auckland
  • Aluminium smelting in Otago
  • Gold mining in Coromandel and Otago
  • Cement manufacture

However, New Zealand is world famous for agriculture, and our Chemical Engineers are mostly involved in converting primary agricultural based or forest based resources into consumer products:

  • Dairy Industry
  • Animal Byproducts
  • Food Processing Industries
  • Wood Pulp and Paper Industry
  • Refined plant products

Graduate qualifications in Chemical Engineering are offered at the University of Auckland, Canterbury University and Massey University. Comparable courses are also available at the Universities of Waikato and Otago

Last Update 5th December 2004

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