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Fort McMurray Airport, the primary air transportation hub of Canada’s economically important oil sands sector, is to be expanded in a Canadian dollar CAD75.5 million (USD62.5 million) project.
The project, slated to finish by December 31, 2019, includes an extension of the main terminal building and apron, plus an extension of the main runway.…

THE PERSONAL care product sector in the European Union (EU) has had to work hard to comply with the 2012 biocidal products regulation, which will have significant implications for the use of preservatives in cosmetics. Manufacturers of biocidal products need to be have their active ingredients registered for assessment by September 1 (2015) for them to be used in the EU.…

Canada’s beef sector organisations have told globalmeatnews.com that they are optimistic about a national programme connecting all key players in Canada’s beef sector for the first time, whose goal is increasing production efficiency by 15% by 2020.
“This is the first time that all of the [Canadian beef sector] organisations have come together and supported as a whole” under a formal strategy  although there have been isolated efforts before, Kevin Boon, general manager of the  British Columbia (BC) Cattlemen’s Association told globalmeatnews.com.…

SEAL meat from Canada produced by Inuit communities could soon be sold in the European Union (EU) after the EU reported progress was being made on resolving the long-running dispute over these imports. Seal meat sales were largely banned in the EU on ethical grounds under a 2009 regulation, but the rule was challenged by the Canadian government at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).…

THE LATIN American paint and coatings sector has been facing tough times in the past year, with sluggish overall economic performance depressing demand for the industry. Even, last summer’s World Cup football fiesta in Brazil, did not give the region’s largest market any motive to celebrate.…

Taiwan is easing its 11-year-old import ban on offal and by-products sourced from United States and Canada-reared cattle over Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) concerns, by planning to classify six types of beef byproducts as “non-internal organs”, effectively clearing the way for their import.…

Mwana Africa’s Zimbabwe subsidiary Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) says it is on course to restart its nickel smelter in the first half of this year as the nickel giant moves to increase revenue and cut operating costs. The company plans that it will initially produce high quality nickel cathodes, copper sulphide and cobalt hydroxide, processing 195,000 tonnes of ore per quarter year.…

CANADIAN booksellers are expressing optimism about the national book market after a positive experience during this year’s festive sales period.
“Sales were good, they had good community support, and everyone I’ve talked to has also said they started seeing things pick up and get a little busier a little earlier in the season,” Lesley Fletcher, the manager of the MySTORE Book Industry division of the Retail Council of Canada, told The Bookseller.…

MEXICAN inspectors have visited 15 meat businesses in Spain as trade negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Mexico raise the prospect of greater exports to the Latin American country.

Mexico is already the main non-EU market for Spanish cured, cooked and preserved pork products and hopes are high that pork meat will be included in any deal with the EU.…

RUSSIA’S combined heat and power sector is poised to undergo a radical transformation that will use the open market to rejuvenate and update the industry, according to the country’s energy minister.

Speaking to the upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, energy minister Alexander Novak announced last November that creating a competitive market for combined heat and power (CHP) was a key priority.…