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EURO COUNTERFEITING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers, (justice and home affairs), has agreed rules governing how national governments, police forces and Europol cooperate to prevent counterfeiting of Euro notes and coins, when they are introduced from January, an event considered as a potential opportunity for criminals to launder large sums of money.…
WTO SERVICES ROUND
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the EU, USA, Venezuela and Canada for the dismantling of national bureaucratic barriers that can prevent oil and gas companies from working effectively around the world.…
EU ROUND UP
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that sulphur should be banned from petrol in the EU by 2011, and has proposed that sulphur-free petrol and diesel should be made available in every Member States from January 1, 2005.
Brussels thinks sulphur elimination is important, because the chemical damages catalytic converters and makes them less efficient.…
GREAT LAKES
BY KATE REW
A MORATORIUM on the drilling of oil and gas reserves in the American portion of the Great Lakes could be lifted this autumn, just as President George Bush unveils his plans to dramatically increase the US search for new energy reserves.…
UNIVERSITY SUMP
BY MONICA DOBIE
A COLLEGE in Newfoundland, Canada, has discovered that it may be sitting on a bonanza of oil, because of a spill that occurred twenty-five years ago. The oil was discovered during an excavation for foundations for a new medical science building in the College of the North Atlantic, in the provincial capital St John’s.…
CANADA CAMPAIGN
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN oil industry has taken the unusual step of launching a campaign to persuade consumers to use less petrol and diesel, because its companies do not want to invest in new refinery capacity that could in future become redundant.…
CANADA V US LATEST
BY MONICA DOBIE
A 15 per cent year-on-year jump in Canadian timber exports to the United States has alarmed American wood industry lobbyists, who are accusing the Canadian timber industry of flooding the US market before protective duties of up to US$8 billion per year are imposed, maybe this summer.…
MOLSON BREWERY
BY MONICA DOBIE
MOLSON Inc. has announced that it will close its Regina, Saskatchewan brewery as part of a cost-cutting scheme, which will save the company $150 million (CND) over a period of three years.
“Our review of our capacity utilisation in our western Canadian brewery network has unfortunately led us to make this difficult decision,” said Daniel J.…
PERRIER ADD
BY KATE REW
Kim Jeffery, president and CEO of The Perrier Group said: “We feel
fortunate to join this community. In return, we are dedicated to bringing good opportunities to local families, preserving the water resources on which we all depend, and being a contributing member of the community.…