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South Kazakhstan boasts one of the biggest phosphate deposits in the world. General director Mukash Iskandirov explains to Gay Sutton how the phosphate mining and manufacturing company Kazphosphate is introducing the latest technology to take advantage of the growing market for high quality phosphate products.

Ben Dhesi, head of energy management at Pulse Commercial Utilities, a leading commercial energy brokers for UK businesses, looks at recent developments in the energy sector and discusses what this could mean for UK energy prices in the future.

Though multinational corporations are having success in emerging markets, it’s not necessarily because their global brands and products are besting local competition, according to new research from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Rather, those corporations are entering and succeeding in emerging markets by launching adapted products and acquiring local brands.

Ireland’s PetroNeft Resources has announced the discovery of an additional oil field within its licence at North Varyakhskaya, Russia.

The field is the seventh to be discovered in Licence 61, which is situated at Tomsk Oblast in south-western Siberia.

Tungolsky Licence 61, acquired by the company in May 2005, is located on the east side of the Ob River in the least explored oil-bearing region in the area. The licence covers 4,991 square kilometres.

Until very recently, Greenland has been a sleeping giant with regard to oil and gas exploration. Hans Kristian Olsen and Stig-Morten Knutsen of the national oil company Nunaoil talk to Gay Sutton about the prospects for a significant discovery and how they will ensure the Greenlandic people will benefit.

Acquisition decisions and integration processes must evolve dramatically to be in tune with the markets and the competition of the twenty-first century, say David G. Hartman and George F. Brown, Jr.

Starbucks Coffee Company has announced a new corporate structure to accelerate its growth strategy, which will take effect by the end of September.

The coffee giant, based in Seattle, Washington, currently has two business units, Starbucks US and Starbucks Coffee International (SCI), with 20 percent of its revenues earned overseas.

The new structure will include three divisions; the Americas, China and Asia Pacific, and EMEA, covering Europe, the UK, the Middle East, Russia and Africa.

Owens Corning announced an investment today in a new furnace to expand production capacity at its glass reinforcements facility in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

The expansion results from increasing global demand for glass reinforcements, and is the fourth production capacity increase announced by the company’s reinforcements division in recent months. Capacity increases were also recently announced in Yuhang, China; Gous-Khroustalny, Russia; and Besana, Italy.

2011 will see Taggart South Africa emerging as a one-stop-shop for bulk materials handling projects for all southern Africa’s mining projects, plus the ability to offer full EPC and EPCM services to its clients.

Based in Russia, Vagonmash has achieved a number of firsts in the railway car production sector; and with a commitment to innovation and excellence in design, the company is continuing to go from strength to strength.

Camco International Limited, a global developer of emission reduction and clean energy projects, has announced a joint venture agreement with Khazanah Nasional, the investment holding arm of the Government of Malaysia.

Russian state-owned nanotechnology corporation Rusnano is in advanced talks to take over the UK display screen maker Plastic Logic—a deal that would assist Russia in bringing Western know-how to its fledgling tech industry.

According to the Financial Times, Rusnano is considering the purchase of a significant stake in Plastic Logic—on the condition it relocates the next phase of its development to Russia.