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BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE OZONE layer, which has oft been called the ‘Earth’s sunscreen’ has been depleting for years over the southern hemisphere; but now, with a recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) that major depletion in the ozone layer has been found over the northern hemisphere, Europeans might be more inclined to trade in their tan lines for suntan lotion this summer.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE BIGGEST change in liquid cargo shipping practices in recent years has been the growth in the use of flexitanks where commodities are carried in plastic sacks inserted into standard 20ft International Organization for Standardization (ISO) metal containers.…

BY BILL CORCORAN

INTERNATIONAL petroleum group Shell says it remains committed to continuing seeking permission for shale gas mining in South Africa’s Karoo desert, despite the government placing a moratorium on all fracking applications in the area. The country’s minerals minister Susan Shabangu revealed late April her department had halted both existing and new fracking bids until the technique, used to extract gas from deep underground, had been studied.…

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH

REPORTS of an end to the much-speculated majority stake acquisition bid by Mumbai-based personal care and edible oils company Marico of Bangalore-based biscuit maker Unibic Biscuits India Pvt Ltd could have been premature.

Contacted by just-food, both companies refused to say the deal was off the table.…

BY MARK GODFREY

IF uranium suppliers are looking for reasons to feel confident that China will continue its hunt for nuclear fuel supplies worldwide, they should remember how deeply the country is invested in this process. Indeed, it has been a sign of how hungry China has become for uranium that even private firms in this officially communist country are being allowed to hunt for overseas uranium assets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is plotting a standardisation of Chinese traditional medicine, so it can gain greater acceptance in Europe. The GP-TCM project has been allotted Euro EUR995,100 in Brussels money, with researchers from China, 13 EU member states, Australia, Canada, Norway, Thailand and the USA assessing the status of these medicines worldwide.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THE HEADLINES said it all. Chinese newspapers have recently been heavy with editorials and op-ed pieces largely favourable to nuclear power: among them ‘This Is Not the End of Nuke Power’ a half-page op-ed in the China Daily, the preferred conduit of China’s official thinking to foreign diplomats and executives.…

BY MARK ROWE, ALAN OSBORN and PAUL COCHRANE

IT may be no coincidence that football (or soccer as it is known by north American readers) is generally regarded as corrupt by law enforcement agencies and has chosen to stage two of its next major spectacles – the 2012 European championships, and the 2018 World Cup, in Ukraine and Russia.…

BY MARK GODFREY

IT is a sign of how hungry China has become for uranium that even private firms here are being allowed hunt for overseas uranium assets. New to the uranium market, Sichuan-based conglomerate Hanlong Energy joined a string of state-run procuring companies late last year when it invested US dollars USD5 million in Australia’s Marenica to dig for uranium in Namibia.…

BY MARK GODFREY

CHINA may soon add its own voice to a global accounting scene dominated by the big four, Chen Yugui, head of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) has told Accountancy Age. In an exclusive interview in Beijing, he explained: "Internationally and nationally we don’t think it’s a good phenomenon that the big four take a dominant position, as it will harm the sustainability of the profession."…