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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group annonce son premier test FAT sur site dans son installation maritime à Busan, en Corée

TEMECULA, Californie, 11 janv. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (le « Groupe »), qui fait partie du groupe de sociétés Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japon), est fier d’annoncer son premier test FAT (Factory Acceptance Test, test de validation en usine) sur site dans sa nouvelle installation maritime à Busan, en Corée. Cette avancée témoigne de son engagement et de son soutien envers la croissance du marché coréen.

Depuis juillet 2022, il fabrique des patins de pompe haute pression dans l’installation de 4 000 mètres carrés. Avec la réussite de ce test FAT pour Hapag Lloyd AG (pour le plus grand système d’alimentation en gaz combustible), il démontre les capacités de son usine et de son installation d’essai axée sur le LN2 (azote liquide). Cette installation continue d’offrir le soutien à la mise en service et à la maintenance fourni précédemment. Grâce aux capacités de fabrication et de test des patins de pompes HP, il offre désormais à ses clients des systèmes maritimes complets.

Le test FAT est obligatoire avant la livraison des patins. Il s’agit de tester les performances globales (c’est-à-dire le débit maximal de la pompe, les performances du vaporisateur, le système de lubrification, le système de purge d’azote, les vannes cryogéniques, etc.). Il doit être réalisé en présence de l’armateur, de la société de classification et des clients, afin de vérifier que le produit répond aux exigences de performance.

Selon Jay Lee, directeur général pour la Corée, « Nikkiso ACD est le fournisseur de patins pour gaz combustibles privilégié par l’industrie coréenne de la construction navale depuis plus de 20 ans ! Grâce à notre nouveau site de conditionnement et d’essai des patins localisé à proximité des chantiers navals en Corée, nous disposons désormais d’une capacité encore plus grande pour fournir une assistance locale et répondre à la demande mondiale qui est considérable. ».

« C’est une nouvelle étape importante pour notre Groupe et pour le marché du transport maritime alimenté au GNL, ainsi qu’un avantage en plus pour nos clients dans le domaine maritime. Nikkiso CE&IG sera désormais capable de fournir et tester des systèmes complets et de soutenir ses clients avec un système clé en main », a déclaré Peter Wagner, PDG de Cryogenic Industries et président du Groupe.

Coordonnées :
Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases – Corée
Siège social et usine : 83, Nosansanupjung-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, 46752, Corée
Succursale : #1912, 170, Gwanggyojungang-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, 16614, Corée
info@NikkisoCEIG-Korea.com

À PROPOS DE CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (aujourd’hui membre de Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) et ses entreprises membres fabriquent et entretiennent des équipements de traitement du gaz cryogénique (pompes, turbodétendeurs, échangeurs thermiques, etc.), et des usines de traitement pour les gaz industriels, la liquéfaction du gaz naturel (GNL), la liquéfaction de l’hydrogène (LH2) et le cycle organique de Rankine pour la récupération de la chaleur perdue. Fondée il y a plus de 50 ans, Cryogenic Industries est la société-mère d’ACD, de Nikkiso Cryo, de Nikkiso Integrated Cryogenic Solutions, de Cosmodyne et de Cryoquip, et d’un groupe administré en commun comptant vingt entités opérationnelles.

Pour tout complément d’information, veuillez consulter les sites www.nikkisoCEIG.com et www.nikkiso.com.

Contact auprès des médias :
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

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FURA Gems nomme Mazars SA et amorce le processus d’enregistrement auprès du Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)

FURA Gems

Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire from FURA Gems

DUBAÏ, Émirats arabes unis, 11 janv. 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FURA Gems a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir amorcé le processus de certification avec le Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), démontrant ainsi son engagement en faveur de pratiques commerciales responsables. Le projet sera pris en charge par Mazars Suisse, qui assistera FURA Gems et tous ses sites d’exploitation minière en Colombie pour les émeraudes, au Mozambique pour les rubis et en Australie pour les saphirs dans le processus de préparation du RJC. FURA a déjà enregistré son site australien auprès du RJC et prévoit maintenant d’étendre la certification au groupe et à l’ensemble de ses sites d’exploitation. Avec le soutien de Mazars, FURA visera à achever le processus de certification au plus tard le 31 décembre 2023 pour tous ses sites d’exploitation.

La certification RJC s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’ambitieuse stratégie ESG déployée par FURA depuis sa création en 2017. Au début de l’année dernière, FURA a annoncé son partenariat avec Gübelin pour assurer la traçabilité de toutes ses pierres grâce à la Provenance Proof Blockchain. La certification RJC marque une étape supplémentaire importante vers la réalisation des objectifs ambitieux de FURA en matière de critères ESG.

« Il s’agit d’une prise de position forte de notre part, car nous lançons la certification de toutes nos mines produisant des émeraudes, des rubis et des saphirs », déclare Dev Shetty, fondateur et PDG de FURA Gems. Le processus de certification nous permettra de formaliser notre engagement depuis notre fondation : fournir au marché de la joaillerie des pierres précieuses de couleur en assurant la traçabilité et la provenance de sources durables. Pour y parvenir, nous avons identifié Mazars comme le partenaire idéal pour mener à bien le processus au siège social comme sur l’ensemble de nos sites de production. Mazars offre la combinaison idéale d’expertise régionale et de perspective mondiale, ce qui nous permet de mener le projet avec le plus haut degré de compétences et de professionnalisme. »

Franck Paucod, associé chez Mazars, ajoute : « Nous sommes ravis d’accompagner FURA Gems dans le processus exigeant de la certification COP du RJC. La réalisation du projet sur les trois (3) mines en même temps témoigne de l’engagement de FURA en faveur de l’exploitation minière responsable. Nous sommes convaincus que notre expertise dans le secteur des pierres précieuses et de la joaillerie nous permettra de soutenir FURA dans son engagement à développer un cadre solide pour l’obtention de la certification RJC. »

À PROPOS DE FURA GEMS

Créée en 2017, FURA Gems Inc. est une société spécialisée dans l’extraction et la commercialisation de pierres précieuses de couleur. Basée à Dubaï, aux Émirats arabes unis, FURA compte plus de 1 200 employés sur tous les continents. Il s’agit de la première entreprise pionnière, créative et éthique à couvrir l’ensemble de la gamme des pierres précieuses de couleur. Elle exploite trois filiales minières en Colombie, au Mozambique et en Australie qui extraient des émeraudes, des rubis et des saphirs. FURA a également lancé son programme de prospection à Madagascar en vue de l’extraction de saphirs. Il s’agit de la société d’extraction de pierres précieuses de couleur qui connaît la plus forte croissance tout en assurant la stabilité et la traçabilité des pierres précieuses de couleur extraites de manière éthique, de l’état brut à la commercialisation.

À PROPOS DE MAZARS

Mazars est un partnership intégré à l’échelle internationale, spécialisé dans l’audit, la comptabilité, le conseil, la fiscalité et les services juridiques. Présent dans plus de 90 pays et territoires à travers le monde, Mazars s’appuie sur l’expertise de plus de 44 000 professionnels pour accompagner ses clients de toutes tailles à chaque étape de leur développement.

Mazars Suisse est spécialisée dans le secteur de l’horlogerie et de la joaillerie. Mazars peut soit accompagner les clients tout au long de la préparation et de l’enregistrement de la certification COP du Code de pratique du RJC, ce qui est le cas pour FURA Gems, soit effectuer des audits pour la certification d’entreprises conformément à la COP du RJC.

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POUR DE PLUS AMPLES INFORMATIONS

Gianluca Maina, Directeur marketing, FURA Gems, gianluca.maina@furagems.com

Franck Paucod, Associé, Mazars SA, franck.paucod@mazars.ch

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FURA Gems nomeia Mazars SA e inicia processo de registo junto do Conselho de Joalheria Responsável (RJC)

FURA Gems

Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire from FURA Gems

DUBAI, Emirados Árabes Unidos, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A FURA Gems anunciou hoje ter iniciado o processo de certificação junto do RJC, demonstrando o seu compromisso com práticas empresariais responsáveis. O projeto será liderado pela Mazars Suíça, que acompanhará a FURA Gems e todos os respetivos locais de mineração em funcionamento, designadamente na Colômbia para as esmeraldas, Moçambique para os rubis e a Austrália para as safiras, através do processo preparatório do RJC. A FURA já tinha registado a sua unidade australiana junto do RJC, e procurará agora expandir a certificação ao grupo e a todos os respetivos locais de mineração. Com o apoio da Mazars, a FURA terá como meta concluir o processo de certificação até 31 de dezembro de 2023, para todos os respetivos locais de mineração.

A certificação do RJC faz parte da ambiciosa estratégia ESG implementada pela FURA desde a sua fundação, em 2017. No início do ano passado, a FURA anunciou a parceria com a Gübelin para fornecer rastreabilidade a todas as suas pedras através do protocolo de confiança (blockchain) da Provenance Proof. A Certificação do RJC marca um passo adicional importante rumo à concretização das ambiciosas metas ESG estabelecidas pela FURA.

“Trata-se de uma declaração forte da nossa parte, pois estamos a lançar a certificação para todas as nossas minas que produzem esmeraldas, rubis e safiras”, diz Dev Shetty, fundador e CEO da FURA Gems. “Este processo de certificação permitir-nos-á formalizar o compromisso assumido desde a nossa fundação: fornecer ao setor da joalharia pedras preciosas de cor rastreáveis e de origem sustentável. Para tal, identificámos a Mazars como a parceira ideal para conduzir o processo em todas as nossas unidades de produção e ao nível da sede. A Mazars oferece a combinação ideal de experiência regional e perspetiva global, permitindo-nos conduzir o projeto com um enorme nível de competências e profissionalismo.”

Franck Paucod, sócio da Mazars, explica: “Estamos entusiasmados por acompanhar a FURA Gems ao longo deste processo exigente que é a Certificação do Código de Práticas do RJC. A realização do projeto para as três (3) minas em simultâneo mostra o compromisso da FURA em termos de mineração responsável. Estamos confiantes de que, com a nossa experiência no setor das pedras preciosas e das joias, poderemos apoiar a FURA no seu compromisso de construir uma estrutura sólida para a obtenção da certificação RJC.”

SOBRE A FURA GEMS

A FURA Gems Inc. é uma empresa de mineração e comercialização de pedras preciosas de cor criada em 2017. Com sede no Dubai, Emirados Árabes Unidos, a FURA tem mais de 1200 funcionários em todos os continentes. É o primeiro empreendimento pioneiro, criativo e ético a cobrir todo o espectro de pedras preciosas de cor. A empresa opera em três filiais de mineração na Colômbia, Moçambique e Austrália, que extraem esmeraldas, rubis e safiras. A FURA também iniciou o respetivo programa de exploração em Madagáscar para a extração de safiras. É a empresa de mineração de pedras preciosas de cor que mais cresce para garantir a estabilidade e a rastreabilidade de pedras preciosas de cor eticamente extraídas, desde a extração em bruto até à distribuição retalhista.

SOBRE A MAZARS

A Mazars é uma parceria internacionalmente integrada, especializada em auditoria, contabilidade, consultoria, fiscalidade e serviços jurídicos. Com atividade em mais de 90 países e territórios em todo o mundo, a Mazars conta com a experiência de mais de 44 000 profissionais para ajudar clientes de todas as dimensões, em todas as fases do respetivo desenvolvimento.

A Mazars Suíça é especializada nos setores da relojoaria e joalharia. A Mazars pode acompanhar os seus clientes em toda a fase de preparação e registo da certificação do Código de Práticas do RJC, como é o caso da FURA Gems, ou realizar auditorias para a certificação das empresas em conformidade com o CdP do RJC.

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MAIS INFORMAÇÕES

Gianluca Maina, Diretor de Marketing, FURA Gems, gianluca.maina@furagems.com

Franck Paucod, Sócio, Mazars SA, franck.paucod@mazars.ch

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US Envoy Says Russian Wagner Group’s Activities Must End

A senior U.S. envoy expressed strong concern Thursday about the activities of the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group and its alleged attempts to recruit soldiers in Serbia and elsewhere in the world.

U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet said he voiced these concerns during talks in Belgrade with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

"We have seen that the Wagner Group is seeking to recruit soldiers from Serbia and elsewhere, and that's something we think cannot stand," he told reporters after the meeting.

"I don't know if there are concerns [in Serbia], we talked about our concerns and we are looking forward to working with the government here in Belgrade and elsewhere where Wagner is active to put an end to their activities," he added.

Wagner Group, owned by Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, reportedly has been active in dozens of mostly African states, working with governments on pro-Russian propaganda and other military and political projects.

The group has boasted about its presence in Serbia, the only European state besides Belarus that has not joined international sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine. The group has reportedly announced the opening of its offices in Belgrade, something that was later denied.

Moscow's propaganda portal RT, which recently started its Serbian-language online news site in Serbia, has published Wagner's recruitment advertisement seeking fighters in Ukraine, saying the group offers "more than attractive" incentives.

Chollet said Wagner Group is "in action in terrible ways throughout the world, whether it is in Libya, the Central African Republic or right now in Ukraine."

The group, which reportedly includes a large contingent of convicts recruited in Russian prisons, has spearheaded the attacks in eastern Ukraine, including the fierce battles in Soledar and Bakhmut.

Prigozhin and his group have been under U.S. sanctions for years, and the U.S. has recently taken additional steps to try to control Wagner's access to weapons.

Wagner Group mercenaries have also been accused by Western countries and United Nations experts of numerous human rights abuses throughout Africa, including in the Central African Republic, Libya and Mali. Earlier this month U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced he has designated the Wagner Group as an "entity of particular concern" for its activities in the Central African Republic.

Chollet also urged Serbia to introduce sanctions against its traditional Slavic ally Russia.

"We believe that countries should sign on to the sanctions, and the reason why we believe that is because Russia's actions do not only have to be condemned, they have to be punished," he said. "Russia every day is prosecuting a brutal, unjustified war against Ukraine. We need to stand together, to ensure that this behavior, it's clear that this behavior is unacceptable."

The U.S. envoy this week launched a tour of several Balkan nations in a visit focused on international efforts to help normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia after weeks of heightened tension. The former Serbian province declared independence in 2008, something Serbia and Russia don't recognize.

Source: Voice of America

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2022 Was Among Hottest Years on Record, US Says

Last year was one of the the warmest on record, according to data released Thursday by two U.S. government agencies, and was marked by numerous instances of severe weather around the globe, many of which are exacerbated by global warming.

The Earth’s average global surface temperature was 0.86 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average in 2022, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This made it the sixth-warmest year on record by NOAA’s reckoning, and the fifth-warmest by NASA’s. (The discrepancy between the two is the result of a measurement difference of a tiny fraction of a degree.)

The high temperatures in 2022 were particularly remarkable because of the presence of a major weather phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean called La Niña, which drove global temperatures down by approximately 0.06 degrees, Gavin A. Schmidt, chief of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said in a conference call with journalists.

Russell Vose, chief of the analysis and synthesis branch at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, said the individual rankings of specific years are less important than the overall trend of a warming planet. Each of the past eight years has been among the eight hottest years on record.

“It’s clear that each of the past four decades has been warmer than the decade that preceded it,” said Vose. “There's really been a steady rise in temperature since at least the 1960s.”

He added, “It's certainly warmer now than at any time in at least the past 2,000 years, and probably much longer.”

Regional differences

Differences in global surface temperature were not evenly distributed, with some regions experiencing much higher-than-average temperatures, while others had lower temperatures. While Central Europe experienced significantly higher temperatures than normal, for example, the temperatures of the U.S. Midwest were lower than average. The Northern Hemisphere, for example, was 1.1 degrees Celsius above average last year, while the Southern Hemisphere was up only 0.61 degrees.

Asia experienced its second-hottest year on record, as did Europe. In Africa, though, 2022 was only the tenth-hottest year on record. It was the 12th-hottest year recorded in South America, the 15th-hottest in North America and in the top 20 for Oceania.

Much of the increased heat was focused on the polar regions, which led to significant loss of sea ice. In 2022, average sea ice cover in the Antarctic was near record lows, at 10.5 square kilometers. In the Arctic, sea ice covered 10.6 square kilometers, the 11th-lowest total on record.

In addition, average ocean surface temperatures, which are measured up to a depth of 2,000 meters, were the highest on record. The four highest average global ocean temperatures ever recorded have all occurred in the four years since 2019.

Major weather events

Last year also saw a large number of extreme weather events, including crippling droughts in the western U.S., East Africa and much of Europe, while Pakistan, China and Australia all battled devastating floods.

While major storm systems were not more common than average in 2022, North America suffered a series of extremely damaging hurricanes, while East Asia was battered by several destructive typhoons.

The scientists presenting the NOAA/NASA data declined to blame severe weather events specifically on climate change, but they noted that warmer temperatures create conditions that allow storms to become more damaging than they might otherwise be.

‘Flirting’ with 1.5 degrees Celsius

Countries around the world have reached a number of agreements meant to try to keep average global temperature increases limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels (a different, lower baseline than the 20th century average cited above).

Vose said the Earth is already “flirting” with a 1.5-degree increase now, adding that it would not be surprising for a single year in the 2020s to top that number. That would not be the same as reaching a multiyear average increase of 1.5 degrees, though.

Schmidt said the Earth’s average temperature currently stands at between 1.1 and 1.2 degrees above the preindustrial average, and is climbing.

He said the current rate of warming is just over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade. If that rate remains unchanged, within 20 years, the global average will hit 1.5 degrees.

However, he added, continued increases are not inevitable.

“Future warming is a function of future emissions of carbon dioxide. So, we as a society, collectively, we still have agency,” Schmidt said. “So, what we are going to do in the future is going to determine what happens in the future. And so, if we continue to emit at the rate that we are emitting right now, then we are going to continue to warm, and we would be pretty much rushing past 1.5. If we collectively reduce emissions quite quickly, then we can avoid the higher temperatures.”

Climate activists frustrated

Climate activists saw Thursday’s report as further confirmation of the dire effects of global warming and the insufficiency of past efforts to slow it.

“It's a lot of what we already know — just more confirmation,” said Cherelle Blazer, senior director of the International Climate and Policy Campaign at the Sierra Club. “We're already at 1.1 degrees warming. All the world's scientists say that we need to stick to 1.5 in order to not see the worst of the climate catastrophe happen. And no one seems to be willing to do what's necessary to achieve that. I find it very disheartening.”

Blazer said she hopes the NOAA/NASA report will spur the new Congress into action, particularly in efforts to fully implement the many carbon-reduction efforts included in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, to finance the Green Climate Fund, and to take steps to compensate low-income countries for the disproportionate damage they face from global warming.

“I'm hoping that the Biden administration, our new Senate and our new House — our newly elected officials — are ready to roll up their sleeves and stop playing around with people's lives,” she said.

Source: Voice of America