Companies
WEIR Group has continued its sale of non-core businesses, disposing of nuclear and marine specialist Strachan & Henshaw to Babcock International for around £65 million.
Scotsman 22nd April 2008 more >>
Iran
Azerbaijan has halted a Russian shipment of equipment intended for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, demanding more information for fear of violating United Nations sanctions, officials said.
Channel 4 News 21st April 2008 more >>
The U.N. atomic watchdog’s top investigator began talks with Iranian officials on Monday to press them to explain Western intelligence which suggested Iran had covertly studied how to design nuclear bombs.
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A senior UN official has received a hostile reception ahead of sensitive talks regarding Iran’s nuclear activity.
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Renewables
Plans to build one of Europe’s largest onshore wind farms in the Outer Hebrides have been formally rejected after Scottish ministers ruled the £500m scheme would devastate a globally significant peatland. The Scottish energy minister, Jim Mather, said yesterday that the 181-turbine project, which would have dominated the moors of northern Lewis, would have had “significant adverse impacts” on rare and endangered birds living on the peatlands, a breach of European habitats legislation.
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