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BY MARK GODFREY

THERE is no end to the number of ambitious companies eyeing a slice of the estimated USD10 billion-a-year demand for nuclear power construction and maintenance in China. And in a country known for its favouritism towards local firms in public procurement contracts, one would assume that mainland Chinese companies would get the maximum share of the spoils.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and KATHERINE DUNN

THE TECHNICAL director of European Industrial Minerals Association IMA-Europe has warned that the impending accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may not be a bonanza for European bulk mineral importers, although it could help buyers of high value minerals.…

BY ALAN OSBORN and LENA SMIRNOVA

RUSSIAN steel makers have contested claims that their country’s planned entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) next year could precipitate a steep rise in competitively-priced Russian steel exports to the European Union (EU).

This is a key concern if EU producers given that these shipments are currently protected by an EU quota of 3.2 million metric tons which will lapse on accession.…

BY ANDREW MCEWEN

ASK a school supplies business owner in Beijing why she loves a certain knitted cashmere line and her response might make you blush.

"Thermal underwear, great!" laughs Liu Qiao, 47. "I bought a pair of cashmere long johns for my husband last year and he loves them.…

BY GEOFF MEADE

THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened to take "radical" measures against most European Union (EU) countries unless more is done to deliver a ‘Single European Sky’ for air traffic control services. It has warned this could include proposing new EU legislation to force member states to do more in forging a unified and efficient EU ATC system.…

BY MEGAN DETRIE and KACI RACELMA

THE IMPACT of the Arab Spring revolution has rattled though North Africa, leaving no economic sector unscathed – including the personal care products industry. Despite the fact that the growth of the cosmetics markets in countries like Tunisia, Egypt and Libya remains limited in lieu of the year of demonstrations and political upheaval, efforts are currently being made to boost the industry.…

BY MARK ROWE and MJ DESCHAMPS

POLAND’S historic Gdansk Shipyard, which has long been the site of construction of solid steel structures and shipbuilding, is now working towards becoming the leading steel structure solutions supplier for onshore and offshore wind projects in Europe.…

BY MARK ROWE and MJ DESCHAMPS

FOR many environmentalists – and indeed many others who wonder just where our energy is going to come from in future decades – the aviation industry can seem to embody everything that is wasteful about our current fossil-fuel dependent world.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project has been using donated dead bodies, elaborately constructed dummies and complex computer research to create a digital model of the thorax (the upper body between the head and abdomen) to help build safer cars.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) consumer safety network RAPEX has warned certain skin whiteners have been blocked from sale over health concerns. The main problem was illegal hydroquinone use, breaching the EU cosmetics directive. This was why Portugal customs blocked imports of Democratic Republic of the Congo-made imports of Angel Cosmetics’ Clairmen brand and ‘Caro White’ cream, plus Ivory Coast-made ‘Skin Light’ cream; Austrian shops withdrew Ivory Coast-made ‘Skin Light’ cream; while France warned about French-made ‘Fair & White’ cream.…