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PERSONAL care product market in the Middle East can be divided into two current trends: sales in the affluent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are booming, while on the other side of the region, in the Levant, markets are feeling the effects of the Syrian conflict, with the loss of tourists and low consumer confidence impacting bottom lines.…

FOR some time, scientists have been aware that the concept of something being ‘bigger’ on the inside than outside’ is not entirely locked away in the realms of science fiction. This is particularly the case with researchers working on the storage and utilisation of natural gas who have focused on metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which can store much more gas than an empty cylinder of the same size.…

much of the rest of the Middle East, with political and economic instability causing a slowdown in construction and new projects on hold, Saudi Arabia’s paint sector is expanding fast and attracting international players to this currently stable growing market. A key reason has been a USD131 billion government stimulus package launched in 2012, which is fuelling construction.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of states and governments have urged their ministers to agree important pieces of draft EU legislation that could potentially curb tax evasion in the bloc.

Meeting during a European Council meeting in Brussels last week (May 22), leaders were under pressure to act from media reports revealing how much untaxed incomes politicians, companies and rich business owners have stashed in tax havens.…

In the West Bank, everyone calls him ‘The Godfather’ or ‘The Duke of Nablus’ – Munib al-Masri, 79, is the richest Palestinian, the patriarch of a prominent Palestinian family that has produced bankers, consultants and politicians, and also one of the most influential.…

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has advised the European Union (EU) to launch a series of studies to help assess the risk of Rift Valley Fever being introduced to livestock and humans in north Africa and the Middle East, potentially threatening Europe.…

THE UK government has reported to European Union (EU) consumer protection network Rapex that its consumer protection authorities have seized and destroyed potentially dangerous henna-based personal care products. In two cases these were hair dyes imported from India under the Moon Star brand’s Herbal Henna line – their copper brown and burgundy products.…

A STEEP rise and then within a few years an equally steep fall in the exports of goat meat from India has exposed failings within the country’s supply chain, say industry experts. According to Mansoor Nadeem Lari, managing director of Abdullah Fresh Foods in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a recent 500% collapse in the Indian goat meat exports has been sparked by rising domestic prices.…

NONWOVENS manufacturing has grown fast in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with most of the major players less than two decades old. With a burgeoning population and strong export potential, MENA production has in general doubled over the past five years, especially in the region’s manufacturing hubs of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, which currently have the strongest nonwovens sectors.…

New tantalite ore concentrating equipment will be installed in Ethiopia to boost the value and output volume of existing plant to meet rising demand for the rare earth metal, Metal Bulletin has been told.

It is also pushing ahead with plans to build of a new value added plant, making products such as tantalum salt, powder, bar, sheets, wire, negate and nobiumpentoxide.…