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EU FUEL CELL BUS TRIAL EXTENDED TRANSPORT FOR LONDON BRITAIN - LOW EMISSIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORT



BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

THE EUROPEAN Union has extended Euro 18.5 million trial running fuel cell buses in seven out of nine European locations for a further year, to gain more data for developing hydrogen technology under its HyFLEET: CUTE (clean urban transport for Europe) project.…

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION MADEIRA WINE INTERNATIONAL SALES PROMOTION PORTUGAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced plans to spend Euro 702,993 over three years on promoting Portuguese Madeira wine in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Japan. The money will be funelled to the

Instituto do Vinho da Madeira (IVM), and will be matched by funding from the Portugal government and private sources.…

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OYSTER DISEASE TEST TECHNOLOGY CANADA USA



BY MONICA DOBIE

THE CANADIAN government has approved the use of advanced American technology to detect harmful noroviruses within the country’s prolific oyster beds. This ‘reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction’ method effectively separates norovirus genetic materials from within oyster tissues. Canada’s health ministry has recently published its details within its Compendium of Analytical Methods reference guide for scientists.…

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EBRD RUSSIA SIBERIA GOLD MINE LOAN - CANADA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has decided to lend US$85.6 million to develop an open-pit gold mine and processing works, in the Tynda district of Amur region, in remote southern Siberia. The Berezitovy mine’s operating company Berezitovy rudnik is owned by High River Gold Mines Ltd, of Canada.…

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EBRD RUSSIA SIBERIA GOLD MINE LOAN - CANADA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has decided to lend US$85.6 million to develop an open-pit gold mine and processing works, in the Tynda district of Amur region, in remote southern Siberia. The Berezitovy mine’s operating company Berezitovy rudnik is owned by High River Gold Mines Ltd, of Canada.…

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SOUTH AFRICAN NURSING BRITAIN RECRUITMENT HIT



BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg

ONGOING recruitment of South African nurses to the UK is pushing South Africa’s already hard pressed public health system close to the brink of collapse and putting patient care at risk, the country’s lead nursing union and health experts have warned.…

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MIGA INVESTMENT GUARANTEES NON-FERROUS METAL SECTOR - WORLD BANK



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency, or MIGA, is the international organisation companies turn to when they want to invest in a jurisdiction where their assets might not be that safe. Non-ferrous metal miners and processors use MIGA to cover risks that are too tough for the private insurance industry.…

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QUEBEC CANADA SAQ EXCHANGE RATE KICKBACK SCANDAL



BY MONICA DOBIE

THE CANADIAN province of Québec’s opposition political parties have called for a public enquiry into a recent price-fixing scandal whereby two ex-VP’s from alcohol monopoly, the Société des Alcools du Québec (SAQ) admitted being involved in kick-back scheme with French wine producers.…

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SAQ FRAUD PUBLIC INQUIRY LAUNCH QUEBEC CANADA



BY MONICA DOBIE

THE QUÉBEC Auditor General has launched an inquiry in to the business practices of the Société des Alcools du Québec (SAQ) alcohol monopoly, responding to growing public indignation over the resignations of two vice presidents amid a price-fixing scandal.…

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MIGA RUSSIA GOLD MINE GUARANTEE CANADA BEMA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), of the World Bank, has issued US$313 million in guarantees to an international consortium wanting to develop a gold mine in remote, desolate Chukotka, Siberia. The money has been pledged to developer Canada’s Bema Gold Corporation and backers Société Générale, of France: Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank, of Germany; and Mitsubishi, of Japan.…

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