{"id":37126,"date":"2026-05-26T11:43:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=37126"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:45:51","slug":"news-chemical-metallurgical-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/news-chemical-metallurgical-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"News &#8211; Chemical &amp; Metallurgical Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"37126\" class=\"elementor elementor-37126\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3366a9a elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3366a9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f684f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52f684f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09688bb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09688bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-10 vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex\" data-raofz=\"15\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 vc_col-has-fill\" data-raofz=\"15\"><div 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