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BY PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT; AND MARK GAO, IN ISTANBUL

MOST states in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) have mulled developing nuclear power over the past decade, from Morocco to Egypt, and Jordan to Saudi Arabia, but only the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is coming close to embarking on the nuclear option thus far.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR products that are marketed for their ability to sooth and generate the feel-good factor, the sustainable sourcing of cosmetics ingredients causes plenty of headaches for manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is in a period of transition, in which several of the world’s multinationals are engaging in a step change in how they go about sourcing the oils they need, and the public wants.…

BY ANDREW MARAMWIDZE, IN GABORONE

Australia-based mining company Discovery Metals Limited’s share price has increased in line with the company’s progress in developing the first copper-silver mine in Botswana’s Kalahari Copperbelt, a major mining conference in the country’s capital Gabarone was told today (26/6).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A TRIAL of using a biofuel blend in groundhandling equipment has been launched at Brisbane Airport’s domestic terminal in Australia by Virgin Australia. The company is burning fuel comprising 20% biofuel (from locally sourced tallow and used cooking oil) and 80% standard diesel to operate a baggage tug and push back vehicle.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI

INDIA is planning to create a special fund to enable its dominant state-owned miner to acquire overseas coal mines to compensate for severe domestic coal shortages that are hurting the country’s power, steel and other industrial sectors.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI

India’s domestic supply of coking coal should be brought under the control of the country’s steel ministry instead of the coal ministry, the chairman of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has told a major New Delhi conference.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN AREQUIPA, SOUTHERN PERU

PERU’S Inkabor, one of the world’s leading borates producers, is significantly increasing its product range as it capitalises on growing demand in several key sectors, senior managers told Industrial Minerals. Speaking at its Rio Seco boric acid and borax plant in Arequipa, southern Peru, Flavio Magheri, Inkabor managing director, said that Inkabor’s sales grew by 15% in 2011, with 10% growth forecast for 2012.…

BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN GREECE AND GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI

MINERAL experts in Greece and Nordic countries have agreed with the verdict of the European Geosciences Union’s recent annual meeting in Vienna that the European Union (EU) should exploit rare earths reserves in Nordic countries and Greece to improve its supplies.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

AS a British nurse, the opportunities to work in other countries are eased by professional agencies helping foreign nurses relocate. Yet, US nursing sector experts fear their country may be overlooked by internationally-educated nursing candidates planning on relocating because long of wait times for working permits and visas.…

BY MARK ROWE

WHEN the European Union (EU) set up the world’s first carbon trading market in 2001, the Emissions Trading System (ETS), advocates heralded a new dawn: carbon pollution could be brought under control in a way that benefited the environment while not damaging industrial interests.…