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It is with pride that RC Inspection (Hong Kong), part of RCI Group, has announced its formal acceptance as an LBMA associate. It is another milestone in the establishment of the RCI group as a pre-eminent force in the inspection sphere. The Group already has ISO, LME listing, Global Coal listing , German DCC Ringversuch , accreditation or association at the various offices...

Specialist events company wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise Award presented after Metal Events doubled export sales over three years April 21, 2013 Metal Events, an 11-year-old events company specialising in the metals industry, has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the highest official UK award for British business, after doubling its export sales over just three years. The London-based company, which develops and runs mining and metals events and conferences worldwide and is owned and managed by the original founders – Jill Fitzgibbon and Rachel Carnac, was awarded the accolade today (on the Queen’s birthday) for its outstanding achievement in international trade...

ECHA/PR/13/14 The first annual update of the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) for 2013-2015 is now available. It contains 115 substances of which 62 are newly allocated and 53 come from the first CoRAP adopted in 2012. The Member States will evaluate those substances under the substance evaluation process of the REACH Regulation in 2013, 2014, and 2015.  For more information, please click HERE...

The MMTA is delighted to announce that the keynote presentation at the MMTA's International Minor Metals Conference in Washington DC, 24-26 April, will be by Chris Flynn, Vice President, F135/F119 Programs & Maintenance Data & Support Equipment (MDSE)  Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, USA.  To learn more about the top class programme at this year's conference, go to www.mmta.co.uk/conference.  Over 200 delegates have already booked with over a month to go...

The fees payable to ECHA under REACH have been revised. Essentially, there will be further reductions for SMEs and increases for large (non-SME) companies. This was discussed at a recent European meeting and the decision to decrease fees for SMEs is in response to the findings in the REACH review...