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CHINA MAGNESIUM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally proposed the scrapping of anti-dumping proceedings that could have led to the reimposition of duties on Chinese exports into the European Union of magnesium. Brussels has also refused to accept calls that it propose that existing duties are removed retroactively – to June 2002 – when the complaint sparking a review into their renewal was withdrawn.…
EFTA SMELTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Free Trade Area (EFTA) Surveillance Authority has approved public spending and tax reduction plans worth up to Euro 49.9 million paid by the Iceland government which will support investment in the planned Alcoa aluminium smelter in Fjarðabyggð, eastern Iceland.…
TUBULAR GOODS ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEXICAN government has launched the first stage of disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation, (formal talks), over claims that the reimposition by the United States of anti-dumping duties on its exports of oil country tubular goods broke global trading regulations.…
EIB AUSTRIA LOAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has drawn up plans to lend around Euro 130 million to Austrian speciality steel company Böhler-Uddeholm AG. The money would help fund an investment programme aimed at expanding and modernising production lines for special high grade steels at its Austrian and Swedish plants.…
ZAMBIA COPPERBELT
BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region; the decision should tackle concerns that the bank – which has long been suggesting the programme – has been dragging its feet over releasing funding.…
BOTSWANA DIAMONDS
BY RICHARD HURST
BOTSWANA’S diamond sales rose by 4.7 per cent to US$2.17 billion in 2002, due mainly to a buoyant US market, according to Debswana, the company responsible for all the country’s output, which is a partnership between the Botswana government and the South African mining company De Beers.…
ZAMBIA COPPERBELT
BY RICHARD HURST
THE WORLD Bank and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) have agreed to fund a US$55.77 million environmental management programme in Zambia’s copper mining region. The Copperbelt Environmental Project (CEP) will try to improve the compliance of Zambian copper producers with the country’s environmental regulations.…
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LIABILITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEGALLY binding civil claims code has been drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that insists on compensation being paid out for industrial accidents damaging rivers, lakes and seas that span national boundaries.…
BULGARIA LIGNITE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRIVATE financing of Euro 235.9 million will be combined with loans of Euro 112.2 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to help rehabilitate, improve the environmental performance and extend the life of Bulgaria’s privately owned lignite-fired 840 MW power plant Maritza East III.…
AZERBAIJAN LOAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has drawn up plans to lend US$6 million to an Azerbaijan company, which is to apply coatings to the Middle East country’s growing oil and gas pipeline network.
Baku-based EUPEC PipeCoatings Azerbaijan will receive this revolving loan facility; it is an Azeri-German joint venture between EUPEC PipeCoatings GmbH, of Germany, and Azertrans Ltd and Azinvest, of Azerbaijan.…