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BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMAN researchers have developed a method of harnessing electricity from bio-chemical reactions generated by the food poisoning bacteria E coli eating sugar. Scientists from Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald claim that they are able to generate ten times as much electricity using microbial fuel cells using E coli than with previous designs, because of a newly designed anode and the voraciousness of the bacteria.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is asking the European Court of Justice to authorise daily-recurring fines against the German government, because it refuses to allow retail goods producers to reduce their VAT bill when issuing money-off vouchers. Germany insists that VAT is paid on their products’ full price, meaning manufacturers cannot recoup all owed sales taxes from consumers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GRANT scheme funneling money to German citizens wanting to buy environment-friendly insulation made from as flax, hemp fibre and sheep’s wool, rather than conventional fossil materials has been approved by the European Commission. Its decision, made under European Union state aid regulatory powers will signal to other EU Member States that such a scheme would be approved by Brussels across Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GRANT scheme funnelling money to German citizens wanting to buy environment-friendly insulation made from sheep’s wool, (as well as flax, hemp fibre), rather than conventional fossil materials has been approved by the European Commission. Its decision, made under European Union state aid regulatory powers will send a signal to other EU Member States that such schemes would be approved by Brussels across Europe.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE GERMAN plastic container caps producer Loeffler Kunststoffwerk has announced plans to open a new plant in Russia to create greater capacity for its major clients n the region, which include Proctor & Gamble. Loeffler Kunststoffwerk, a unit of US Seaquist, will open the new plant in Vladimir, just outside Moscow, in the late autumn.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked Germany to suspend its system of charging consumers a deposit on (generally aluminium) metal cans, claiming that although it is designed to encourage recycling, it interferes with the right – enshrined in European law – guaranteeing the freedom of movement of goods around Europe.…

BY KEITHNUTHALL
THE CREATION of an international joint-venture, manufacturing oxo chemicals – which are a key ingredient of many synthetic fibres – has been agreed by the European Commission. It has approved the 50/50 initiative involving German chemical producers Celanese AG and Degussa AG; it will trade as European Oxo Chemicals (EOC).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENVIRONMENTAL imaging from the European Space Agency’s ERS-2 satellite helped Swedish, German and Danish oil containment ships scoop up the bulk of an oil slick released from a sunken Chinese freighter that threatened the southern coast of Sweden this month.(June)…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
INDIA’S largest zinc and lead producer Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) is planning to increase the annual capacity of its smelter in Chanderiya, Rajasthan, by 100,000 tonnes, up from its existing 70,000 tonnes per annum production.

Industry sources have been quoted in the Indian press saying that HZL has already raised US$75 million from overseas markets to finance the expansion, with the remainder being secured from Indian banks and lenders.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CREATION of an international joint-venture, manufacturing oxo chemicals – which are a key ingredient of many paints, varnishes and plasticisers – has been agreed by the European Commission. It has approved the 50/50 initiative involving German chemical producers Celanese AG and Degussa AG; it will trade as European Oxo Chemicals (EOC).…