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FOSSIL FUEL SEQUESTRATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STORAGE of CO2 deep underground in uneconomic coal seams is one key option being considered by the (carbon) Sequestration Leadership Forum, which has just been joined by the European Commission. Other members are Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, China, Russia, Britain and the US.…
INDIA MINE BOOST
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE INDIAN government says that it has received a healthy response to the call from its Ministry of Coal and Mines for state (regional) government companies to undertake regular coal and lignite mining. The New Delhi department says that not only have a number of state administrations have since applied for the right to mine blocks of virgin coal deposits, but applications have been received from private mining companies acting as a lead partner in joint ventures with these regional governments.…
OXO CHEMICALS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CREATION of an international joint-venture, manufacturing oxo chemicals – which are a key ingredient of many paints, varnishes and plasticisers – has been agreed by the European Commission. It has approved the 50/50 initiative involving German chemical producers Celanese AG and Degussa AG; it will trade as European Oxo Chemicals (EOC).…
AFGHANISTAN CULTURE
BY MARK ROWE
UNESCO has pledged to make greater attempts to bolster Afghanistan’s archaeological sites and historic treasures against decay and the threat of organised international smuggling. A task force of specialists is to set out a budget for developing the Kabul National Museum, preparing proper architectural plans and a timetable for all work to the museum, while progressing wider reconstruction and security work across the country.…
KABUL CURATOR INTERVIEW
BY MARK ROWE
IT would be inappropriate to liken such an obviously gentle man as Omara Khan Massoudi, director of the Kabul National Museum in Afghanistan, to Indiana Jones. Yet while he is certainly no swashbuckling Hollywood figure, there is no doubt that his experiences have far exceeded the traditional remit of the museum curator’s job description.…
PRODUCTIVITY REPORT
KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH travel agencies are amongst the most productive in the European Union (EU), according to a report on labour productivity written by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. Its study assessed the added value created by each worker in a given year for a range of industries, Britain’s travel agencies were the second most productive in the holiday industry.…
PASSENGER DATA
KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBERS of the European Parliament have held talks with officials from the USA’s Department of Homeland Security, over their concerns about the trans-Atlantic transfer of air passenger data under an interim agreement with the European Commission. The parliament’s citizens rights committee wants assurances covering the length of time the data will be stored, who is granted access to it, amongst others.…
RUBBER RECYCLING
BY JONATHAN THOMSON
FORD UK has promised that covers and jackets for its vehicle owner manuals will be made from recycled rubber in future as part of a pledge to recycle all of its manufacturing waste. The move came as Ford signed up to the Mayor of London’s “Green Procurement Code” run by London Remade.…
ASIAN E-LEARNING
BY MARK ROWE
THE SCHOOL textbook and related academic reading material has been a traditionally lucrative and never-ending market for publishers. But the growing phenomenon of e-learning is opening up new dimensions in this field across the globe.
The reason is the sheer scale of future need for education in developing regions, particularly in Asia where the potential numbers of higher education students is staggering.…
FUEL CELLS UK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW body to drive forward the development of fuel cell technology in Britain has been launched. The Department of Trade and Industry said “Fuel Cells UK” would help the emerging UK sector by promoting the fuel cell industry and by acting as a central contact point for industry and the research community.…