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WORLD CUP-FUELLED EXPANSION FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S AIRPORT INDUSTRY WILL CREATE LASTING BENEFITS
BY BILL CORCORAN
SINCE international football association FIFA awarded South Africa the right to host the 2010 world cup four years ago, the country’s government has been using the event as a driving force to improve transport infrastructure nationwide.
The African National Congress-led government’s commitment to using one of the biggest competitions in world sport as a means to accelerate the delivery of infrastructure can be seen in many sectors, but none more so than in the Airports Company of South Africa’s (ACSA) expansion plans.…
THAI TOBACCO MONOPOLY SETS SIGHTS ON EASTERN EUROPE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE THAILAND Tobacco Monopoly (TTM) has sets its sights on securing export markets in eastern Europe, planning to launch new brands in the region, with a special focus on Poland and Russia. Looking to offset declines in sales in the Thai domestic market, the state-owned trading company noted that cigarette trading restrictions were weaker in parts of eastern Europe than in Thailand.…
ZIMBABWE'S DRINKS INDUSTRY BATTLING AGAINST EFFECTS OF RECORD HYPERINFLATION
BY CLEMENCE MANYUKWE
"IMAGINE a country with no Coca Cola," a headline in Zimbabwe’s weekly independent newspaper the Financial Gazette asked its readers recently.
The article quoted from the Bible, Proverbs chapter 31 verse 7 that reads: "Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more", aptly summing up the drinking patterns in a nation where poverty is widespread due to a current world record inflation of 11.7 million % (and rising).…
GM INGREDIENTS SLOWLY FINDING THEIR WAY INTO EUROPEAN CONFECTIONERY
BY MARK ROWE
IN theory it sounds straightforward: if you don’t want to make a confectionery product with a GM component you can source your ingredients through established channels that have clear traceability schemes. Similarly, if a consumer wants to eat a pastry then a labelling scheme exists to tell them whether or not the manufacturer has used GM products.…
COUNTRIES SEEKING NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY MUST LAY SAFETY GROUNDWORK FIRST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) workshop has told countries wanting to adopt nuclear power technology they must first create systems guaranteeing the safety of any new reactors. The meeting – called ‘Roles and Responsibilities of Vendor Countries and Countries Embarking on Nuclear Power Programmes to Ensure Long-Term Safety’ – heard this preparatory work could take 15 years before plants start producing electricity.…
COSMETICS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS ALTRUISM OR JUST GOOD BUSINESS?
BY JULIAN RYALL, JAMES BURNS, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA and PHILIPPA JONES
"IT is better to be beautiful than to be good," wrote Oscar Wilde in ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’. Many cosmetics and personal care companies worldwide may still believe this statement to be true, but being, or at least claiming to be, "good" has become an essential part of the sector’s public image.…
NORDIC AMERICAN LAUNCHED NEW SWEDISH-STYLE SNUS IN USA
BY JAMES BURNS
DANBURY, Connecticut-based Nordic American Smokeless has launched a new line of Swedish-style snus tobacco products throughout the United States.
Klondike Snus is the first loose snus brand manufactured in the US. Fine cut and long cut forms are both available in Wintergreen, Peppermint and Straight flavours.…
USA-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL POLITICAL OBSTACLES CLEARED
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
SUPPORTERS of the Indo-US nuclear deal had almost lost hope this March that the agreement would ever come into force when the ruling Congress Party in New Delhi decided that it was not prepared to risk the fall of its coalition government over the issue.…
MINES IN SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGIONS TAKE SPECIAL CARE TO BE PROTECTED FROM EARTHQUAKES
BY PAUL COCHRANE, ALAN OSBORN and GAVIN BLAIR
EARTHQUAKES spell potential disasters for mining companies. Not only do they pose obvious safety risks, but the danger that a serious earth tremor could destroy or weaken environmental protection measures put in place at mine sites are significant.…
NEW TECHNOLOGY AIMS TO MAKE CLOTHES REPEL DIRT AND EVEN CLEANSE THEMSELVES
BY MARK ROWE and GAVIN BLAIR
WHILE the idea of using nano-titanium particles to enable textiles to "self-clean" is not new, the applications to which this technology is being applied and enhanced are increasing almost daily. A number of products are currently being designed or put on the open market in Europe and the United States.…