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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BANNING of the fluorinated gas SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) as a protective gas in magnesium casting, (barring smaller die casters), has been proposed in a European Commission-ordered consultants report on fighting climate change. Ecofys and Öko-Recherche had been told to draw up practical recommendations on better implementing the European Climate Change Programme.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PLANNED ban on heavy goods vehicles carrying non-ferrous and ferrous minerals on a key Alpine motorway linking Germany with Italy has sparked urgent legal action from the European Commission. It is taking Austria to the European Court of Justice, because of an order by the governor of the Austrian Tyrol to block the transport by lorries weighing more than 7.5 tonnes of certain heavy goods – among them metal ores – along the A12 Inntal motorway between Kundl and Ampass.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A JOINT venture – involving Germany’s BASF and French group Glon Sanders – producing animal feed additives and premixes in France, has been approved by the European Commission. It said the initiative “does not raise any competition concerns” in relevant markets.…

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 KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is formally threatening the British government with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its alleged failure to properly implement the European Union (EU) directive on the incineration of waste. Brussels says that Britain has only “partially” implemented the legislation, which imposes operational and technical requirements for waste incinerators and co-incineration plants, setting specific emission limits regarding their pollution.…

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
NON-FERROUS metal producers in the existing 15 European Union (EU) countries could see some lowering of labour costs after enlargement of the EU next year as low-paid Polish and other workers move into the higher wage countries like Germany, according to industry sources.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FOR the non ferrous metals industries, the formal enlargement of the EU next May will not be an overnight sensation but rather the end of a ten-year process during which producers in eastern and central Europe have progressively adapted themselves to the western European model.…

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 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).…