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THE GOVERNMENT of South Korea is expected to announce a new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard this coming year, which could increase target performance to 20km/liter, wardsauto has learnt. A senior official at the transportation energy team of the Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO) expects the change to have a positive impact on the industry by encouraging manufacturers to develop more fuel efficient vehicles, including hybrids, electrics, and clean diesels.…

The European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a new fund for supporting 2014-2020 projects intended to boost nuclear safety in third countries, but with less money than originally proposed.  The European Commission had wanted Euro EUR631 million to be spent, however ministers have agreed a budget of EUR225 million.…

THE PROJECT to build a 9,900 megawatt Jaitapur nuclear power plant in India has cleared some significant procedural hurdles, the Indian parliament has been told: “Land has been acquired … statutory environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances have been obtained … and infrastructure works at the site are in progress.”…

TURKEY’S increasing focus on technical textiles is reflected in the programmes of two major international conferences that look set to be among the highlights of the country’s busy textile events programme in 2014.

A sixth International Conference on Future Technical Textiles (FTT 2014) will be held in Istanbul on October 15-17.…

By Paul Cochrane, in Beirut  Going by overall figures of new cars sold, the automotive sector is doing surprisingly well in the current economic environment, up 4.33 percent in the first eight months of the year on 2012, and in comparative terms, above the GDP forecast of 1.6 percent for 2013. Furthermore, the figures are up on last year’s August results, which grew by 7.6 percent on 2011, and the 2.1 percent growth reported in the same period in 2010. But the sector is far from being in good health and bucking the downward trend in much of the rest of the economy.

Lump new car sales with the larger used car market, which accounts for around 60 percent of total sales, and overall sales are down 7 percent on last year, according to the Automobile Importers Association.

Yet while a drop in second-hand car sales is a boon to dealerships – and an environmental plus when it comes to the country’s carbon emissions, with fewer fuel-inefficient clunkers on the roads – the market has gone through a radical change in recent years that can be summed up in one word: downsizing.…

A SENIOR official within an organisation charged with increasing European textile exports to Russia has told WTiN.com that Russia’s 2012 accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has created real opportunities for European manufacturers to score Russian sales.

Igor Salomakhin, head of the Moscow liaison office of the Russia-Europe Textile Alliance (RETA), has told WTiN that it is helping a growing number of European textile businesses expand their sales in Russia by helping establish direct contact with new customers in Russia.…

THE POLISH energy sector is assessing the appointment of a new environment minister in Poland, as a year-end deadline for deciding whether to green-light two nuclear power plant approaches.

Optimism surrounding these plans has risen this week, with a government reshuffle appointing Maciej Grabowski, an economist, in place of a lawyer Marcin Korolec, as environment minister.…

Bharat Coking Coal Limited, India’s main supplier of coking coal to the country’s steel industry, has announced plans to increase production 10-fold, reducing the country’s dependence on expensive imports.

“By 2017, we will be able to provide 11 to 15 million tonnes of washed coal annually,” Ashoke Sarkar, Bharat’s technical director told Steel First.…

India’s target for increasing its steel production capacity to 142 million tonnes by 2017 is unlikely to be achieved because of regulatory roadblocks and iron ore supply disruptions, experts have told Steel First.  

“New steel projects in India are not getting [regulatory] clearances and therefore in the next two to three years, only 15 to 20 million tonnes of new capacity would be added to the existing 90 million tonnes,” said Giriraj Daga, an analyst with Nirmal Bang Securities [SPELL CHECKED] in Mumbai.…

The European Commission is assessing a law passed by Russia’s parliament, the Duma, which might head off a global trade dispute over scrapping second hand vehicles. Brussels wants to see if the Duma has truly abolished a contested recycling fee on imports of second-hand vehicles that is supposed to push promote good environmental practice when they are scrapped.…