| China Defends Control of Rare Earth Exports |
| China defended its controls on exports of rare earth after Japanese officials raised concerns about supplies of the raw materials used in the manufacture of products from cell phones to radar. Restrictions on the rare earth industry will help protect the environment, the state-run Xinhua News Agency cited Chen Deming, China's commerce minister, as saying yesterday at a media briefing during China-Japan economic talks in Beijing. China cut its export quotas for rare earth by 72 percent for the second half of this year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce on July 8. Shipments will be capped at 7,976 metric tons, down from 28,417 tons for the same period a year ago. // Read More // |  |
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| Posted By Tony Lowes on 01/09/2010 ( Reads : 652 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Nothing added but time ... sugar, chemicals and sulphites |
We all know the advert for Bulmers cider, "nothing added but time", but it appears that in fact, there is more added to the drink than time and apples. Information obtained by the Sunday Independent this week reveals that despite the claims of the embattled company, the "Irish'' cider is full of apples from at least five other countries across Europe, added sugar, and a host of chemicals added in the post-fermentation process // Read More // |  |
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| Posted By Tony Lowes on 23/10/2007 ( Reads : 2578 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Irish Dairy Board denies milking SA cheese market |
| THE Irish Dairy Board has denied "dumping" hundreds of tonnes of cheddar cheese in South Africa and is fighting to save the lucrative multimillion euro market. South African farmers are blaming the annual importation of 1,400 tonnes of Irish cheese for forcing down the price they receive for theirdomestically produced milk. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 11/04/2005 ( Reads : 2102 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Non-resident stallions get exemptions on stud fees |
| WHILE the Revenue Commissioner's "non-resident for tax purposes" exemptions usually apply to people, stallions may also apply writes Kathy Donaghy. A little-known tax exemption which has come to the attention of the Chairman of the Dail's Finance and Public Service Committee, Sean Fleming, means that stallions normally resident outside the State may be exempt from tax in certain circumstances. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 19/01/2005 ( Reads : 2026 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Interest in Irish Sugar quota? Golden Share Issue. |
| Sugar beet growers are concerned that EU reform proposals would allow sugar quotas to be transferred across national borders. The fear is that sugar beet growing and sugar production would be concentrated in the most efficient areas of the EU. Ireland could be one of many regions that could lose out.
Already there is some interest in the Irish sugar quota of 199,000 tonnes, should the transfer of quotas be freed up as proposed by the European Commission. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 09/10/2004 ( Reads : 1990 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Six farmers escape conviction |
| Six farmers including the IFA's deputy president have escaped a conviction for breaching competition law over their involvement in a protest at Drogheda Port which prevented wheat being unloaded from a ship. The defendants appealed convictions imposed at Drogheda District Court to Dundalk Circuit Court for intending to distort competition in the wheat market. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 09/10/2004 ( Reads : 2212 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Chefs urged to use locally-produced ingredients |
| The ingredients of a single supermarket meal in the UK may easily have travelled 24,000 miles, the Euro-toques National Food Forum in Wicklow heard yesterday.
Stressing the environmental necessity to use locally-produced food, Mr Robert Cook, of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, told the international chefs' organisation that chefs were in a unique position to promote local foods by advertising and promoting their use.
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| Posted By debra james on 05/07/2004 ( Reads : 1856 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Third executive sacked in Shell reserves scandal |
| A THIRD senior executive at Shell has been sacked in the scandal over inflated oil reserves which has enveloped the company since it emerged in January.
Finance chief Judy Boynton was sacked yesterday after an independent report concluded that executives at Royal Dutch/Shell knowingly hid an oil and gas reserves shortfall for years and feared the game was up as far back as 2002.
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| Posted By Debra James on 20/04/2004 ( Reads : 1935 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Resourceful dealers share firm positions to fuel sector |
| THE Irish oil and resources sector is an incestuous place. Not even the Appalachian mountains has seen the levels of inbreeding and inter-relationships that dominate the sector, as companies share common directors, shareholders and key personalities. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 13/04/2004 ( Reads : 5033 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| I listened to you if you could just... Hello?... Stop interrupting! |
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In months to come, few people will remember what Green MEP Patricia McKenna and IFA leader John Dillon were talking about on yesterday's RTE's News At One. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 18/02/2004 ( Reads : 2065 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Labour claims 'banger' ships using Tricolour |
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The Labour Party has accused the Minister for the Marine, Mr Dermot Ahern, of allowing the Tricolour to become a "flag of convenience" for "elderly" foreign vessels, reports Lorna Siggins, Marine Correspondent
The party's marine spokesman, Mr Tommy Broughan, said "superannuated bangers" were being placed on the Irish register of shipping.
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| Posted By Debra James on 19/11/2003 ( Reads : 1908 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Small marinas can boost local economies - report |
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A typical small yacht marina can generate more than three-quarters of a million euros annually for a local economy, according to a new organisation set up to promote international standards at Irish marinas, writes Lorna Siggins Marine Correspondent.
The Irish Marina Operators' Association has been formed by 18 of the island's coastal marinas on both sides of the Border, and has the backing of the Irish Marine Federation and the Marine Institute.
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| Posted By Debra James on 03/11/2003 ( Reads : 2059 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| World trade talks collapse as Africans reject EU demands |
| The world trade talks in Cancun have collapsed abruptly after African representatives walked out in protest against demands from the European Union. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 17/09/2003 ( Reads : 1900 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Rare 800-year-old relic discovered |
| Archaeologists have uncovered an important holy relic in Northern Ireland. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 12/08/2003 ( Reads : 1942 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Council agrees to seek loan to develop Cliffs of Moher centre |
| Funding for the planned Cliffs of Moher visitor centre passed the first stage in the application process yesterday when members of Clare County Council gave the go-ahead for a €15 million loan to be raised.
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| Posted By Debra James on 11/06/2003 ( Reads : 2011 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| WTO trade gain must balance farm cuts |
| ANY reduction in EU farm subsidies as part of a new trade agreement should be set against the benefits to Irish manufacturing and international services, the industrial policy board Forfás said yesterday. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 28/02/2003 ( Reads : 2069 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| WTO negotiations end in stalemate |
| The United States and Europe traded barbed comments yesterday after three days of WTO talks exposed deep divisions on agriculture and other issues that could put the latest round of world trade liberalisation in jeopardy. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 17/02/2003 ( Reads : 1936 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
| Trade sustainability assessments reviewed |
| Government representatives, experts and NGOs from around the world
have participated in a seminar organised by the European Commission to
review the EU's policy of assessing the sustainability of new trade
agreements. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 08/02/2003 ( Reads : 2039 ) | Comments (0) | Trade |
