Foreign
experts for aluminium symposium
By Phoolo Danny-Maharaj, South Bureau
Trinidad Express
Port
Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com
11 19 06
A symposium on the aluminium industry is to be held
in Trinidad next month with a number of experts
from the United States and several other countries
scheduled to take part.
The
symposium, organised by the South Trinidad Chamber
of Industry and Commerce in collaboration with the
National Energy Corporation, will be held on December
6 at Paria Suites Hotel, La Romaine.
Chamber
chief executive officer Thackwray Driver said: "We
have not finalised all plans as yet but we expect
to get some experts from the USA and other areas."
The
symposium will be open to religious groups, Government
workers, businesspeople and other members of the
public but priority will be give to the stakeholders,
groups and schools from the southwest peninsula,
Driver said.
Objective
of the symposium is to provide information and to
promote discussion on the development of the aluminium
industry in the country as outlined by Prime Minister
Patrick Manning in his recent post-Cabinet press
briefing.
Proposed
aluminium smelters for Chatham and La Brea have
resulted in controversy that have led to public
outcry from environmentalists, residents and politicians.
The
chamber said in a statement it had organised the
symposium because "we are recognised as an
independent, non-partisan association, which has
consistently upheld the highest ethical standards
and which has been actively involved in issues of
national development for the past 50 years".
Trinidad
Express
Tuesday, November 14th 2006
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