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ZIMBABWE RIO TINTO
BY RICHARD HURST
THE ZIMBABWE subsidiary of the Rio Tinto Zinc group has announced that it has finalised a study to determine the feasibility of developing a US$35 million open cast diamond mine in the south west of the country. Aaron Mudhuwiwa, spokesman for the company, said that confirmed deposits have two medium sized pipes and a smaller one.…
ANTHROPOLIGICAL ASSESSMENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MINING companies planning projects in the tropics should conduct detailed assessments of potential disruption to indigenous peoples, before going ahead, the United Nations has said. Klaus Toepfer, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said that the same legally binding standards regarding environmental impact assessments should apply to anthropological checks on the “life-styles and cultures of indigenous peoples.”…
WTO SERVICES ROUND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been asked to negotiate away restrictions maintained by European Union (EU) Member States preventing non-EU companies from providing “services incidental to mining” within the EU. The call has come from countries involved in the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) three years old services talks, which were rolled into the WTO’s general Doha Development Round at its Qatar summit last year.…
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
BY PHILIP FINE
A CONSULTANT for the California wine industry thinks the US will be prepared to cut a deal at next September’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico over European demands for a mandatory wine and spirits register of geographical indications.…
PIG AD CASE
BY PHILIP FINE
AMERICAN small pigmeat farmers will be able to opt out of a national marketing programme they say favours packers and retailers. A Michigan
judge found in favour of the Campaign for Family Farms, fighting a National Pork Producers Council levy.…
PHILIP MORRIS
BY PHILIP FINE
PHILIP Morris Inc is using the civil courts to try and stop American convenience stores from selling counterfeit cigarettes. The US giant has filed lawsuits in four states against 55 retailers, whom it says sold generic cigarettes that illicitly used the Marlboro name and logo.…
TEXTILES
BY PHILIP FINE
THE AMERICAN Textile Manufacturers Institute (ATMI) is urging its government to take action against Indonesia’s ban on textile imports from all countries. The ATMI said the move flies in the face of international rules and its chairman, Van May, says a fair response would be for the United States to immediately prohibit all imports of Indonesian textile goods which totalled US$350 million last year, until the ban is lifted.…
US REPORT
BY PHILIP FINE
A REPORT from a US federal government advisory body has signalled a move away from the standard American transport philosophy that building more roads is a cure for congestion. The National Academies’ Transportation Research Board has called instead for the US to better exploit its existing road and rail networks.…
ALASKA PIPELINE
BY PHILIP FINE
THE TRANS-ALASKA oil pipeline survived a major earthquake that hit Alaska earlier this month (November). The 7.9 magnitude tremor did move the 800-mile pipeline several feet but the 48-inch diameter pipe showed no ruptures after going through pressure-testing.…
TRANSTEXAS
BY PHILIP FINE
TRANSTEXAS Gas Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection in November. The Houston energy company said it would focus on seeking out new oil and gas partners and reducing operating costs. It says it expects to continue to pay vendors for products and services.…