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AIR Canada has joined with other civil aviation organisations and companies, plus academics, to stage a biofuel blend demonstration project at Toronto’s Lester B Pearson International Airport. The Canadian carrier claims it avoided emitting 160 tonnes of carbon on 22 domestic flights during April 22’s international Earth Day through introducing 230,000 litres of sustainable biofuel blended within the airport’s multi-user fuel supply system.…

THE RUSSIAN government plans to allocate up to USD250 million on the design and production of technical textiles and nonwovens for the country’s military forces.

It is planning to fund production at facilities run by some of the leading Russian manufacturers in the next financial year (2018-19).…

BRAZIL’S automotive industry is awaiting the final details and presidential sanction of a 14-year incentives program called Rota 2030, that will offer up to Brazilian Reals BRL1.5 billion (USD467.4 million) in annual tax credits sector-wide to auto and auto parts manufacturers selling cars in Brazil.…

International activity to understand and potentially extract natural gas from methane hydrates has intensified since 2010 with the continuation and launch of new research and development (R&D) projects and field production tests offshore and onshore, as shown in a new overview by Carolyn D Ruppel, chief of the gas hydrates project at the United States Geological Survey (USGS).(1)…

Asian companies are more likely to lose senior management staff after mergers and acquisitions (M&A) than their western counterparts, a study has found. This, say HR experts in Singapore and Hong Kong, emphasises the need for more sophisticated talent retention strategies in the region.…

WHILE United States President Donald Trump’s imposition of import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminium on March 8 included a waiver for Canadian and Mexican exporters, his administration continues to stress this relief could be temporary.

In the March 8 presidential proclamation imposing the steel duties, Trump stressed “ongoing discussions with these countries” alongside his decision “to exempt steel articles imports from these countries from the tariff, at least at this time”. …

NORWAY’s key transport hub, Oslo Airport, has almost doubled in size between 2012 and the completion of an expansion project last April (2017), delivering an impressive 43% fewer CO2 emissions despite the growth in facilities.

Taking a holistic approach and reviewing every stage of the now Norwegian Krone NOK14 billion (USD1.4 billion) project for eco-wins, Oslo was the first airport to be awarded an ‘excellent’ rating under the BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) sustainability assessment in 2017, under a scheme administered by the UK-based Building Research Establishment.   …

A STALLED project to make and test aviation biofuel in South Africa has offered a test case on how supply chain problems can prevent such innovative initiatives from making progress.

The launch of Project Solaris in 2014 as an international initiative between aviation and fuel sector partners to develop sustainable jet biofuel from the solaris crop attracted substantial media coverage for heralding in a new era in African aviation.…

A HOTEL and farm in Tokyo, Japan, have teamed up to raise wagyu cattle on superfoods in response to rising demand for low-fat, locally-sourced wagyu amidst a shortage of wagyu producers.

The project, which is currently in a six-month testing period, has surprised Japan’s wagyu industry, with experts noting the uniqueness of not only the farmer-chef partnership but also of the feed.…

A HOTEL and farm in Tokyo, Japan, have teamed up to raise wagyu cattle on superfoods in response to rising demand for low-fat, locally-sourced wagyu amidst a shortage of wagyu producers.

The project, which is currently in a six-month testing period, has surprised Japan’s wagyu industry, with experts noting the uniqueness of not only the farmer-chef partnership but also of the feed.…