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BRAZIL will host not only the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but also the 2016 summer Olympic Games, and the resulting significant infrastructure projects are boosting its paint and coatings industry. “These events are having a very positive effect on the Brazilian paint and coatings industry,” said Fabio Humberg, spokesperson for the Brazilian Coatings Manufacturers Association (ABRAFATI).…

EVEN if the heated political debate over the reform of the European Union’s (EU) common agricultural policy (CAP) has cooled off in Brussels after the final agreement reached in September, the European Commission is still thrashing out the practical rules on how the policy will be implemented.…

Zambia’s vice-president Guy Scott has said his government would attempt to seek agreement with the China Nonferrous Mining Corporation Limited (CNMCL) after the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) shut down construction operations for a new copper mine. Telling MPs in Zambia’s parliament that the halt of work on the Chambishi Southeast Mine Project of CNMCL subsidiary NFC Africa Mining would have a “negative bearing on tax collections and employment”, risking more than 1,500 jobs, he said a government minister would be charged with resolving the problem.…

The non-ferrous metal sector in China is bracing itself for significant changes in regulation in 2014 as a result of November’s third plenary session of the 18^th central committee of the ruling Communist Party of China. It agreed a sweeping reform agenda, the implications of which are already being felt.…

THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is planning to lend up to USD30 million to help a key Ukraine pig breeder and processor expand operations. Nyva Pereyaslavshchyny LLC would also use the money to partially refinance some short and middle term loans.…

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) agricultural industry organisation has warned that newly proposed reforms to EU air quality rules could harm Europe’s livestock sector. The concern of Brussels-based Copa-Cogeca is the European Commission’s suggestion that ammonia emissions be cut by 27% via reforms to the national emissions ceilings (NEC) directive.…

BRANDS and environmental groups are calling on the apparel and textile industry to use alternatives to wood pulp-based fibres such as rayon and viscose sourced from endangered forests as demand for these fibres is expected to explode.

Forest-based fabrics make up about 5% of total textile industry inputs, but demand is expected to increase by 112% in the next 40 years, said Nicole Rycroft, executive director of Canada-based non-profit organisation, Canopy.…

THE DIPLOMATIC stand-off between the European Union (EU) and Russia over their respective links to Ukraine throws into stark light the EU’s desire to secure energy security of supply and to decrease its reliance on an unpredictable Russian government. These needs were reflected in the announcement in October of a list of 248 energy infrastructure projects that the EU wants built in in the next decade, all in some way connecting EU member countries through electricity, gas and oil links.…

CLEANROOM chemicals are among the 56 new substances that will be assessed for their potential toxicity to humans and the environment under a draft European Union (EU) Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) for 2014-2016. The programme is coordinated by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and involves EU member states running studies into chemicals of concern.…

Negotiations over a European Union (EU) directive on non-financial company reporting will begin in earnest in early 2014, with the proposed legislation being approved in principle by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee. It has authorised a representative (a ‘rapporteur’) to debate the details with the EU Council of Ministers.…