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The Talvivaara Mining Company (TMC) has secured a permit to discharge 1.8 million cubic metres of neutralised waste water from the Talvivaara mine, which should be sufficient for it to recommence nickel ore mining operations. The permit, which was issued by the municipality of Kainuu on February 12, will not however allow TMC to release the neutralised waste water in to the nearby Vuoksi and Oulujoki waterways.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed Thailand lifting its longstanding ban on bovine product imports from European Union (EU) member states, but has complained that Bangkok is insisting on expensive inspections for approved exporters.

Live cattle, beef, veal and other bovine products from Austria, Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia and Spain have been prevented from entering Thailand since 2001 over concerns about BSE.…

PHARMACEUTICAL companies seeking pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology information from across the European Union (EU) can now consult two new databases. Created by the public-private partnership PROTECT project, they are the Drug Consumption Database and the PROTECT ADR [adverse drug reaction] database.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) police agency Europol has released details of a major football scam at global level with Asian betting syndicates at its heart. It is now up to national prosecutors still investigating some of the cases to unveil the names of football clubs involved in match fixing.…

OVER the past 10 years, solar panels have become increasingly popular through growing demand for green energy. But with recent developments in ‘smart’ coatings that will make photovoltaic (PV) solar applications more efficient, their future is looking even brighter.

Despite continuous developments in their production, solar cells and other PV applications are not always efficient, as they often reflect too much sunlight and create high maintenance costs. …

BY MARK ROWE

ANYONE looking for straightforward conclusions about the impact of the recession on eastern Europe’s cosmetics market is likely to be disappointed. Some countries, such as Poland, fared relatively well in the crisis, while others such as Latvia faced punishing economic contraction, therefore signals coming from the region in these uncertain and ever-changing times, are hugely varied.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A REPORT released by the European Union’s (EU) umbrella groups for gas and electricity regulators has claimed wholesale energy prices within the EU are beginning to converge, as cross-border sales develop. Consumer prices still varied significantly between the EU’s 27 member states, however.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPE’S new airport policy network Airpol has started showing its operational worth, helping coordinate a two-day operation targeting 28 airports in 15 European counties, where 10 smugglers of cash, drugs and counterfeit goods were arrested. Airpol was launched late 2010 and has since developed operations as a coordinator of European network police.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI

Finnish semi-state industrial group Ruukki will have been helped in its plans to streamline its steel and engineering businesses by the European Commission’s approval of a new joint venture Fortaco, a senior manager involved in the deal told Steel First.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER, IN HELSINKI

MAJOR personal care product brands are targeting Finland for expansion, feeding off the country’s strong domestic demand economy, with Kiehl, The Body Shop and Denmark’s Tiger all expanding sales outlets.

The Bank of Finland is forecasting a 6% increase in consumer spending on middle to high-end luxury goods in the fourth quarter of 2012, and a 3% increase January-June 2013.…