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BY KARRYN MILLER

AUSTRALIA’S paint industry is moving forward with optimism, with its home market benefiting from having dodged the recession.

"2010 has been a good year for the Australian economy when the world has been climbing out of the GFC," said Sarah Wang, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

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A UNITED Nations campaign could – if successful – significantly increase worldwide demand for soap. Its Global Handwashing Day has highlighted how diarrhoeal and acute respiratory diseases kill 3.5 million children aged under five annually, and that washing their hands after using toilets and before handling food can reduce such deaths by 40% and 23% respectively.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A POLICY paper released by the European Commission has stated principles it wants written into any future European Union (EU) passenger name record transfer agreements with governments across the world. The EU has already secured three such deals – with the USA, Canada and Australia, and there will be more agreements: "The use of PNR data is growing and is increasingly seen as a mainstream and necessary aspect of law enforcement work," said the paper.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

SAUDI Arabia is rapidly developing the extraction of its bountiful mineral resources, with international companies inking contracts over the past month to explore for zinc, copper and gold. Australian mining company Alara Resources announced that it is to buy a 50% interest in the Khnaiguiyah (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT) zinc and copper project, and the Mutiyah and Umm Hijja projects (all are west of the capital Riyadh) through a joint venture with the Saudi-based United Arabian Mining (Manjem), according to a company statement.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

SALES of new cars are still holding up surprisingly well despite the global downturn, but within a few years of their purchase, how many of them will be running on retread tyres?

The signs are that the market for retread and recycled tyres will grow, as world demand for rubber grows, particularly in China.…

BY KARRYN MILLER and MJ DESCHAMPS

NEW Zealand knitwear has long been known internationally for its high quality and luxury, feeding off the country’s reputation for being the world’s second largest exporter of wool – after Australia. However, New Zealand’s small domestic market for knitwear has increasingly been buying Chinese made exports and New Zealand’s knitwear manufacturing industry – already a niche operation – is at something of a standstill.…

BY BARBARA BIERACH

WHILE the Reserve Bank of Australia has a licence to print cash, two subsidiaries wanted one too, it seems – only using international sales agents to bribe foreign public officials over banknote printing contracts. Barbara Bierach reports from Sydney.…

BY MARK ROWE

WHEN it comes to palm oil production, there are – despite growing production in South America and west Africa – only two major players on the global stage – Malaysia and Indonesia. Cultivation in south-east Asia accounts for around 80% of the world’s global supply – which in turn reached a record high of 45.9 million tonnes in 2009-2010.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE PERSONAL care product sector should benefit from a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), now largely negotiated. A draft text has been released by the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, and Switzerland.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

ALTHOUGH the production of confectionery products is on the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to susceptibility to food contamination scares, there are still certain, specific vulnerabilities that exist in the production of chocolates and sweet bakery items.…