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BY KEITH NUTHALL
FERROUS and non-ferrous metal companies paid together millions of dollars in kickbacks to the toppled Saddam Hussein regime, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Iraq Oil for Food programme scandal has claimed. More than 150 suppliers of ferrous metal products ranging from carbon steel plates, steel coil, steel joists, galvanised steel cores, steel bars, steel pipes, fabricated steel and others are named in the report, as are around 50 suppliers of aluminium, copper and lead.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed extending anti-dumping duties imposed upon imports into the European Union (EU) of steel ropes and cables from India (30.8%), China (60.4%) including those routed through Morocco, Ukraine (51.8%) including Moldova-routed products and South Africa (38.6%).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has warned “bottlenecks in Indian and Pakistan airspace” are being caused by “route and level restrictions and limitations within the Kabul FIR”, in Afghanistan. The problem has caused traffic intended for the Kabul-controlled area to be diverted via Iran.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EGYPTIAN paint industry is in a state of flux after the sector was deregulated, with competition increasing both domestically and internationally, and long-term projections hampered by the government’s inability to decide on whether or not to cease subsidising turpentine supplies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Telecom Italy Euro 700 million to roll out advanced broadband services in the comparatively impoverished south of the country. The money would help fund the establishment of new business broadband services and expand existing consumer broadband services’ (xDSL) geographical coverage and performance.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
BURGERS and pork pies could become healthier by adding a tasteless but fibre-rich extract from seaweed, scientists from the University of Newcastle have claimed. Their research has examined a brown seaweed Lessonia and Laminaria, found in east Asia, south America, Norway and Scotland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST-EVER multilateral treaty covering the Balkans has been signed in Athens, creating a European Energy Community, linking the gas and electricity policies of south-eastern Europe with those of the European Union (EU). Indeed, under the treaty, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Kosovo must apply EU energy legislation in full, including related environmental and competition laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WELL-FINANCED international programme to remove stocks of obsolete pesticides from Africa has been launched, protecting communities from persistent organic pollutants. The first phase of the Africa Stockpiles Programme (ASP-P1) has now been approved by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILS of restrictions imposed on exports to European buyers of leather raw materials have been highlighted in the detailed European Union (EU) market report. It identifies India, China, the US, Pakistan and Russia as “very important markets” for the supply of leather raw materials, whilst Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil are labelled as “important suppliers (mainly by tanners)”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission.…