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BY ALAN OSBORN

ONE of the most troublesome areas highlighted by the recent decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to review its standards is the section covered by Recommendation 6 on ‘politically exposed persons’, or ‘PEPs’ to quote the commonly used acronym.…

By John Pagni in Helsinki

The Areva/Siemens project to supply Finland’s TVO with the world’s first third generation EPR (European Pressurised water Reactor) at Olkiluoto on the Finnish west coast has suffered a number of problems but these have not shaken the faith of those concerned in the essential viability of the design.…

BY JOHN PAGNI

FINLAND is bucking the post-Fukushima trend of abandoning nuclear power, pushing ahead with its reactor construction programme.

The cost of building Olkiluoto 3, the 1,600MW European pressurised water reactor nuclear power plant is currently Euro EUR3.2 billion. Although four years behind schedule, project supporters remain positive: "Once we were told it would be delayed, the timetable didn’t matter.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

WHEN is a power plant deemed to be dedicated to a major customer? Obviously a key consideration is its location – but what if locating a major power plant right next to an industrial consumer is not acceptable?…

BY LENA SMIRNOVA

RUSSIA’S Dixy Group will spend US dollars USD25.5 million on a marketing overhaul that will start on June 1, the company announced in Moscow last night (May 30).

As part of the new strategy, the company will redesign the look of its stores and roll out a Russia-wide advertising campaign to solidify its identity as a friendly, neighbourhood supermarket.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS and KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to bring forward from 2020 a request by the European Commission for a re-evaluation of aspartame’s safety, despite recent scientific assessments failing to reveal fresh concerns about the sweetener.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

LATIN America is proving to be one of the most intriguing and exciting markets globally for beauty and personal care products. "The Latin American cosmetic market grew 20% in 2010, so now it is a market of US dollars USD64 million – almost as big as the north American market," said Mr Jaime Concha Prada, who recently served as president of CASIC, the Chamber of the Latin American Cosmetics Industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

COMPANIES and research institutes developing hydrogen fuel cells in the European Union (EU) have been put on notice by the European Commission – put serious money into fuel cell and hydrogen research, or a marquee EU-funded research project may close.…

BY MARK ROWE

WITH awareness growing in regards to their impact on the environment, the chemical make-up of fire retardants is becoming increasingly targeted by legislation around the world, and the Asia-Pacific region is no exception.

According to global paints and coatings company AkzoNobel (SPELLING CHECKED) – which recently opened a EUR7 million fire protection laboratory in the UK to serve as its global headquarters for fire retardant research – increasingly stringent worldwide regulations mean that the demand for more environmentally-conscious fire retardants will double by 2018.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

AS one of the final stages in the converting process, it is important that the coating and laminating of raw materials goes off without a hitch to produce the best possible end product for paper, plastic and textile packagers.…