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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has warned that is prepared to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made trucks, as it launched its reaction to the erection of American import duties on aluminium and steel imports.

The EU executive, the European Commission, has released a draft list of products which may in future attract retaliatory duties, and this includes trucks weighing under five tonnes, above and below 2,500cc engine capacity, which are diesel and semi-diesel.…

International activity to understand and potentially extract natural gas from methane hydrates has intensified since 2010 with the continuation and launch of new research and development (R&D) projects and field production tests offshore and onshore, as shown in a new overview by Carolyn D Ruppel, chief of the gas hydrates project at the United States Geological Survey (USGS).(1)…

THE EUROPEAN Chemical Agency’s (ECHA) committee for risk assessment (RAC) has proposed a recommended occupational exposure limit (OEL) for paint and coating ingredient benzene, a genotoxic carcinogen causing leukaemia. Following an inquiry, the committee has concluded that the threshold should be based on indirect genotoxic effects of benzene in workers, including paint and coating manufacturing staff – recommending a low European Union (EU)-wide limit of 0.05 parts per million.…

THE GROWTH in global renewable energy and electric car markets is already changing the face of the industrial minerals sector and it will continue to shape demand for years to come, a senior Toronto-based industry conference has been told.

Vancouver-based Gianni Kovacevic, CEO of CopperBank Resources, told this year’s Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention that mineral resource companies needed to analyse the likely impact of climate change, and how it feeds into energy and transport infrastructure spending and related environmental regulation.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned that is prepared to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made glass and ceramics, as it launched its reaction to new American import duties on aluminium and steel imports.

The Commission, has released a draft list of products which may in future attract retaliatory safeguard duties.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has warned that is prepared to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made steel and aluminium, as it launched its reaction to new American import duties on aluminium and steel imports.

The Commission, has released a draft list of products which may in future attract retaliatory duties, and this includes a wide range of aluminium and steel products: bars, rods, angles, plate, wire, and more.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has warned that is prepared to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made apparel and textile inputs, as it launched its reaction to the establishment of American import duties on aluminium and steel imports.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission today (March 7) put the US food manufacturing industry on notice that it is prepared to impose safeguard duties on American food and drink exports, should President Donald Trump go ahead with his threat to saddle US steel and aluminium imports with heavy tariffs.…

VIRGIN Atlantic has welcomed plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, calling it “once in a generation opportunity to radically transform airline competition at Heathrow.” And it hoped that that such an expansion would result in lower charges for passengers.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission today (March 7) put the US food manufacturing industry on notice that it is prepared to impose safeguard duties on American drinks exports, should President Donald Trump go ahead with his threat to saddle US steel and aluminium imports with heavy tariffs.…