Pope Francis has called for an interfaith effort to counter extremism in a key speech at the start of his visit to Turkey.
He gave a speech in Ankara where he said the Middle East had "for too long been a theatre of fratricidal wars".
The pontiff's visit will last three days and is only the fourth time a pope has visit Muslim-majority Turkey. His trip comes as the Islamic State (IS) continue to fight to gain land in Syria near the Turkish border.
In his speech, he said: "Fanaticism and fundamentalism, as well as irrational fears which foster misunderstanding and discrimination, need to be countered by the solidarity of all believers.
"Inter-religious and intercultural dialogue can make an important contribution to attaining this lofty and urgent goal, so that there will be an end to all forms of fundamentalism and terrorism which gravely demean the dignity of every man and woman and exploit religion.
"In addition to providing much-needed assistance and humanitarian aid, we cannot remain indifferent to the causes of these tragedies," he said, in reference to the Syrian civil war and turmoil in Iraq.
Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan said the Pope's visit was a "very significant and very crucial step which will enhance the hopes of peace in our region".
He said: "Racism and Islamophobia in the West and violence and terrorism in Islamic lands make it important that we come together and co-operate."
Francis became the first foreign world figure to visit Erdogan's new 1,000 room presidential palace in Ankara.
Turkey holds a population of 120,000 Christians among 80 million citizens, the majority being Muslim.


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Modern Day Missionaries
Rather than saving souls for the hereafter, the organisation Urban Neighbours of Hope (UNOH) strives to make life better for those struggling in the here and now.
The McCartney family live in a flimsy shack built on polluted swampland in Thailand's biggest slum, Klong Toey. A world away in Bidwill, one of Sydney's toughest suburbs, Jon and Lisa Owen have thrown open their doors to whoever needs shelter, food and love. Choosing to live among those facing poverty and disadvantage these young families form relationships and friendships with their neighbours and make a commitment to spend up to eight years living and working in these very different communities.
Broadcast: Sun 19 Jul 2015, 12:00am
Published: Sun 19 Jul 2015, 12:00am
Geraldine Doogue
Hello and thanks for joining me for this fascinating exploration of modern day missionaries.
Now the term missionaries can conjure up images of brave pioneers travelling to unknown lands to convert and civilize so called heathens.
Well today there's a new kind of missionary and rather than changing other cultures they strive to become part of the local community both here and overseas to bring spiritual and practical help to those overseas.
This is Klong Toey, in Bangkok. It's Thailand's biggest slum. Nearly 100,000 people live here - crammed into one and a half square kilometres.
In the middle of it all - a young Australian missionary family has made their home. Chris and Jodie MacCartney moved here 8 years ago with their two daughters Ruby and Grace. Their third daughter, Millie, was born here.
Chris & Jodie MacCartney
There was a number of moments in those first few months where we thought what are we doing? This is a joke, like why would you do this?
Jodie and Chris' mission is to help lift the burden of poverty for the people who live around them.
Their family lives as everyone else does, in a flimsy shack built on polluted swampland.
Chris MacCartney
Girls, time for dinner!
We call it voluntary poverty.
Jodie MacCartney
We recognise that we will never truly be poor, just the fact that we're white, the fact that we
Are educated.
Have a tertiary education, the fact that we have the choice at any point to get on a plane and go back to Australia really. So we recognise there are so many factors that mean we will never truly be poor.
Chris and Jodie survive on donations from people who support their work.
They belong to a small order of Christian missionaries called Urban Neighbours of Hope, or UNOH.
I think there's a generation of people of Christians who are saying hey it's not just about going to church on Sundays, it's not just about um doing a few good deeds and and it's it's actually about my whole life and how I how am I living out the very essence of Jesus in my whole whole life.
UNOH was formed in 1993 in Springvale - an outer suburb of Melbourne.
Operating under the umbrella of Churches of Christ their members live in impoverished areas of Australia, NZ and Thailand.
In Bangkok, Jodie and Chris have set up various social enterprises with their neighbours. Second Chance is an op shop on the edge of the slum. It's run by locals, and business is booming.
They've started a new number system because a couple of months ago the crowd pushed and it literally smashed the door so now there's a system so first come gets a number and gets in first, so there's still a bit of push and shove, but it's helping a little bit.
The clothes here are mainly donated by expats - they're good quality and cheaply priced.
It's like that every day. This crazy rush. It's like the stock take sales every day, you know?
This woman is their most regular customer. She makes her living reselling clothes from Second Chance.
Originally, I bought things for myself...but the prices were so cheap now I sell them for a living.
To think that Second Chance is actually helping provide employment for numerous families is awesome, it's not just the staff who work here. But all these other people are getting, yeah.
Second Chance is more than a shop. Upstairs women sew excess clothes into toys and bags. Bui has worked at Second Chance for 4 years. At 31 she is a single mother to 5 daughters. Previously Bui had to leave her children at home alone when she went to work.
Bui (subtitles)
I wouldn't have the energy to talk to my children...
I'd be working so hard and wouldn't even earn enough to look after my family.
Bui was orphaned as a child. As a teenager she turned to drugs and had her first child at 16. Jodie has known Bui for 7 years, she lives close by and they visit each other often.
I could really see that she was quite lonely and really struggling just because her husband was on and off drugs and she was trying to keep it together for the family and trying to give her girls a better start than what she had.
Even though they could live in a nicer environment...they choose to live here with their young children.
The most amazing thing is that they say we are all equal...no matter who you are or where you are from.
It's remarkable.
Suburban Australia isn't a place you'd expect to find missionaries. Jon Owen and his wife Lisa work for Urban Neighbours of Hope in Mt Druitt, in Sydney's western suburbs.
Jon Owen
Yeah so, ah, you know, Urban Neighbours of Hope we like to, ah, find areas that other people would tend to avoid.
When we first thought about Sydney we went up and called a, a few friends who live in the area and we say 'Where are the places no-one wants to live?', you know, 'cause we're going to look there.
Jon and Lisa settled in Bidwill, one of Mt Druitt's 11 suburbs. In the 1960s Mt Druitt was set up as a low income state housing development. It has the largest urban indigenous population in NSW.
This wasn't the positive new world of positive social planning, it was 'how do we dump people out who we don't want to have to deal with'? Let's just buy the land, build the houses and move them out en masse.
Unemployment in Bidwill is nearly 4 times higher than the national average. It has one of the highest concentrations of single parent families in the state.
There are no shops or playgrounds here. The kids find ways to entertain themselves.
This is where kids come out to have fun. This is the playground.
If this was a private housing development and they built no playgrounds and no parks people would be outraged. But for some reason in a housing commission area it's ok.
Jon met his wife Lisa through Urban Neighbours Of Hope and have dedicated their lives to serving the marginalised in Australia. When they moved here their house quickly became an informal community centre.
Once a week, Lisa holds cooking classes for local kids.
Lisa Owen
It started because the kids were watching me cook in my kitchen and wanting to help and do different things and it was too many of them to fit in the kitchen.
Without the time or the skills to cook fresh food, many families here rely on takeaway.
We get frozen pizza and we cook it in the oven. I get Maccas. I love Maccas. - And we go to the KFC to get KFC and we go home and eat it.
14 year old Robin lives down the road.
The skills she's learning here are put to good use.
I cook dinner some nights because my mum and dad sometimes work late so I cook for my brother and sister.
One of the things of the UNOH vision is that we want to see things change for the better in the communities where we live and work, so I think anything that builds capacity and confidence and builds skills and helps people move towards healthy living fits in with what we're trying to do.
Did you guys dry your dishes as well as washing them?
Jon and Lisa run many programmes in this community, and take the creed 'love thy neighbour' seriously, but having an open home can be risky.
We've fixed the house up so there's one end of the house that's only Lisa and me and the girls and whoever's living with us, and ah we actually have locks on the doors sometimes, just to say that's that's that end, coz when we were younger without kids it was kind of a free-for-all. You know you'd come down some mornings and say 'who slept here last night?'.
So they often say that Mt. Druitt is like the Kingdom of God; everyone shares one another's possessions, you know? You just don't know where your stuff is at any time!
Jon and his family are often bowled over by the generosity of this community.
I've got some neighbours who like to only cut their grass when they get a letter from the Council telling them they're about to be evicted.
I love this neighbourhood. I was just out loud saying to this to a young lady that lives around the corner and she says 'You know what? You can have my sheep' Wow! How's that?
Jon still gets the odd lawn-mowing request but now he passes it on - to Benny the sheep.
I say 'I'll do better something better for you, you know, you won't cut it, I won't cut it, Benny'll cut it and the only petrol is a bucket of water'.
Kshama
Sometimes we just tell people 'Look you're going to take him because he's got nothing left in our yard'.
For Jodie and Chris' girls, their two room slum house is the only home they know.
The reality is the majority of the world actually lives in pretty poor conditions. I think for our girls to have an appreciation that poverty exists and it's crushing and it's cruel and, you know, it's not right.
Each morning the girls leave their home in the slum and travel to a different world - their school.
One minute they're being surrounded by, you know, children who are, you know, literally left to raise themselves at 3 or 4 and then they will go off to school and they're surrounded by incredibly wealthy, privileged children in the ex pat sort of world. For them it's probably normal because that's all they know, but for us we go 'whoa, that must be so challenging'.
By giving their kids a good education, Jodie and Chris have tried to make sure that their choices don't disadvantage the girls.
I honestly feel like what they're gaining here is just so much richer than anything that they could gain if we'd just grown up in suburbia and raised them.
For Jodie, this kind of life was a natural choice.
Both her parents were raised overseas as children of missionaries.
I used to just be captivated by their stories and think 'I want faith like that'.
Jodie and Chris met as church youth workers.
They started dating when Jodie was 16 and married 5 years later.
I do remember a real deep sense of yeah, I think God wants me to be a missionary, yeah. I just at this and they were really early conversations when we were dating around weren't they? around well if we're going to get married, if we're going to take this seriously then this means our whole lives, you know, like this is - yeah.
There's this wild adventure to be had in following Jesus - and that's something we didn't want to miss out on.
Unlike traditional missionaries, converting people to Christianity isn't UNOH's primary focus. Rather than just saving souls, their goal is to make life better for those struggling in the here and now.
It seems word has got around.
Woman (subtitles)
It's very close. I feel sorry for her. I can't think of another organisation that can help.
This woman wants Chris and Jodie to help her friend Aie, who has just come home from hospital.
It doesn't sound like there is much they can do for her. She can't walk. She's got children to look after, which she can't look after so one of her friends has asked if there is anything we can do to help. So we're just going to have a bit of a look and see.
Jodie finds out Aie has a problem with her thyroid. With no hope of treatment the doctors have sent her home to die.
She will leave behind two daughters - the youngest is only 3 years old.
This is her daughter, so the dad has passed away. The mum's 37 years old.
So I asked about the doctors and what they're doing for her and she said there is not a lot they can do. So she's on medicine, she's got medication. So I offered to come and give her help with bathing and stuff like that, but she said 'Oh it's alright, my daughter does it' but according to this other lady she said no the daughter isn't around much. So I might just pop in. She's probably a bit shy of the camera I think!
When she dies, Aie's youngest daughter will go to the local orphanage.
This is the first time we've met this woman but we know that this story is replicated hundreds of times in this community.
Because of the scale of suffering here, Jodie and Chris have learnt to accept they can't help everyone.
I think you have to focus on what you can do and I mean there's that old proverb about the guy walking down the beach and it's covered in starfish and he picks up one at a time and he's throwing them back and someone says, "What are you doing, why bother?" And he says, "Well, I'm making a difference for this one and this one." You kind of have to look at it like that otherwise you become overwhelmed. I think absolutely it's worth bothering for those few that we get to share life with
In Mt Druitt, Jon Owen makes an effort to reach out to isolated people.
Shane has been classified as a hoarder, but is starting to break old habits.
So it's really good of you Jon to help me out here.
It's a pleasure. You're the one who's doing all the work.
You're the one that's getting me keen enough to want to do it.
Mate, well you got those goals you want to have people over and have a business and a workshop.
When it is all finished and completed, you'll want to come over more often.
I can't wait, I can't wait. ...
The metaphor is there isn't it that we just want to rescue, we want to just pull all the stuff out and, you know, with, with hoarders that happens all the time, you know, ah, groups come in and 'Let's do a blitz. Let's do, ah, the instant fix' and guess what happens three months down the track? Hoarding again 'cause it's related to security, a sense of identity.
Jon's approach is to simply encourage Shane to continue with the hard work of change.
You're going to have to hit this again, ay.
A young guy in this neighbourhood, he might have a social worker from centrelink, he might have a Centrelink Officer, he might have probation and parole officer, he may have a counsellor, but who has he got that he can call a friend? So that's our focus. To be the friend.
Jon's parents migrated to Australia from Malaysia when he was 6.
When we first came to this country it was a land of opportunity you know the land that had free education and took care of its vulnerable or at least that's what we thought. Is this the best we can do? We can do better, surely we can do better.
Mt Druitt is a tough place that demands resilience.
21 year old Jazmin met Jon and his family at a time when she had nowhere to go.
It wasn't your typical childhood like I was, ah my family were into the drug and alcohol scene. So both my parents were alcoholics. I mean you know it was quite a violent household and something that never really will leave, like you know it's always there.
Jazmin was 12 when her father died. Three years later she was caring for her mother who was dying from alcohol abuse.
So she ended up developing um alcohol induced um psychosis and um by that point had spent a fair bit of time in hospital in and out um you know the whole skin went yellow and just, she knew, she knew.
We said 'Come and live with us, you know, of course but don't just live with us as a boarder, you know, we, we'll see you as part of this family. The girls look up to you like an older sister. They fight with you as an older sister!
They're my angels. I love being able to come home and they run through the door and they give me a big hug.
It didn't matter you know what I'd been through or you know where I'd been or who I was as a person, it was always the love was there.
With Jon and Lisa's help Jazmin was the first person in her family to finish school.
Back in Bangkok, a small group of UNOH workers are having a prayer meeting at Chris and Jodie's.
Take a moment to think about the situations you are going to face today and imagine yourself walking hand in hand with Christ into those situations.
The youngest in this group is Camille Beckingham from Perth. A novitiate with Urban Neighbours of Hope, she has lived in the slum for 2 years.
We commit to going to the heart of the darkest places on earth. To show all people you are their God.
One of Camille's jobs is teaching English to preschool kids. She's coming to the end of her time as a novitiate and must decide whether to spend the next four years here.
Camille Beckingham
Two years in this location is just the tip of the iceberg. As far as language goes, I'm only just starting to really feel like I can communicate at all and there's a long way to go. And as far as being trusted in the community like this people come and go, especially white faces, and for short periods there will be a lot of volunteers. So to be here and stay is a big thing.
With the help of their neighbours, Camille and her flat mate Lish are caring for a 10 year old boy, Tan.
Two weeks ago his mum was taken to prison for dealing drugs. Tan turned up at Camille's house asking to stay.
So we are trying to get him off to school and learn the school system and trying to comfort him when he's missing his mum and it's a pretty daunting thing but at the end of the day...if Tan needs someone he needs someone.
Jodie and Chris have just committed to serving another 7 years here. On Saturdays they gather upstairs at Second Chance to share a meal with their neighbours. These people have become their extended family - and they can't imagine leaving.
Every week Jon and Lisa host a dinner of their own for family and friends.
How many people did you invite, Dad?
The usual. Heaps. But I don't know who will show up. David, Kelly, Adam, Joe, CJ, Aaron... I've got nachos too.
Tonight's guests have been in Jon's life since he first arrived in Bidwill. They're now close friends.
At 21 David is determined to break the cycle of disadvantage that has defined his life so far.
While I was growing up I um found it hard not to kind a do wrong just because it's what everyone was doing.
Like my mates starting to do more serious kind of offences, they started going out stealing cars and breaking into houses. They started to just, ah, yeah kind a get into like a lot more trouble.
A couple of years ago David was facing court.
I had my son CJ around that time as well and that's when I kind a realised I don't what this I don't want to be like here I liked it when I was back at church. That's when I came here and started hanging out with John and a couple of the other guys from UNOH.
For Jon, this is what it's all about - showing people they can make a better life.
Every night, ah, I kind of sit on the back porch for a little while just before bed and you kind of hear the things that are said, Shut the F up, you know. You're F'ing useless. You keep doing that, I'll bash ya. And certainly this is not every household every night, but that's what we hear when you sit on the back porch, that's the song that's sung over this neighbourhood; that's the bedtime lullaby for some kids. And so a big part of what we're trying to do is to sing a different song over the neighbourhood at night, you know, t-to say goodnight, thanks for the great day, you know, you are beautiful.
Producer Olivia Rousset
Researcher Sandra Radice
Recorder Queen
A Pilgrimage Into Tibet
Justin O'Brien – The Sacred Music Of Colour

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Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports. To stay active for life. To achieve goals at local and international contests. And to taste victory and overcome defeat.
From June 14-15, 2019, more than 1,500 athletes and coaches will travel from around the state to compete in eight Olympics-style summer sports in Dutchess County.
From training to the state games and beyond, athletes work hard to qualify at every level and to beat the field in every sport.
Leadership skills and healthy living benefit athletes long after any game, so lessons of inclusivity and wellness radiate across the state.
Curious about activities near you? Learn about sports, events and ways to get involved in each of our nine regions.


BenQ today announced the TK800 Home Entertainment DLP projector. It is the second true 4K (3840 x 2160) UHD-resolution projector to launch from BenQ in 2018, following the 2,200-lumen HT2550. Although both are priced at $1500, the HT2550 is designed for home theater in a darkened room, while the TK800 is designed for home entertainment viewing, more specifically watching sports in a well-lit room.
The TK800, like the HT2550, produces lifelike video with 8.3 million distinct pixels along with projector-optimized HDR to enhance brightness and contrast. Both include one-step image optimization and automatic HDR natural color rendition. TK800's brand-new, innovative 4K RGBW color wheel achieves 92% of Rec. 709 color gamut with 3,000-lumen high brightness. That's slightly less color accurate than the HT2550, but the extra brightness makes the TK800 better for rooms with more ambient lighting, such as living rooms or backyard parties.
TK800 has dedicated Football and Sports modes that improve realism for live sporting events. Football Mode preserves natural skin tones while intensifying lush green grass, simultaneously clarifying the announcer's commentary against the cheering crowd of an open-air stadium. Likewise, for indoor sports, Sports Mode prioritizes realistic skin shades while enhancing wood tones, vivid reds, and balanced greens and blues. Clear acoustical quality brings out the announcer's voice and details such as squeaking sneakers, referee whistles, and ice scraping under skates.
TK800's CinemaMaster Audio+ 2 sound system is newly upgraded with a significantly wider frequency range and 5-watt power, using sophisticated materials such as an aluminum driver diaphragm and resonant sound chambers for delicate details, pure vocals, and resounding bass. The projector also includes automatic keystone correction and 1.2X zoom flexibility to accommodate any space.
The BenQ TK800 Home Entertainment DLP 4K HDR projector will be available in April 2018 for $1,499.


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An 11-year-old British girl drowned after getting trapped under a catamaran near Paleros in western Greece.
Laura Morgan, from Nottinghamshire, was out sailing a Hobie 15 Catamaran with two older girls who were experienced sailors when the boat capsized.
Rescuers made desperate efforts to resuscitate Laura but she later died in hospital, according to a spokesman for Sunsail who their holiday was booked with.
The conditions at the time were "benign, force two, gentle swell and conditions good for sailing", according to the spokesman, when the boat turned over and trapped Laura underneath.
A rescue boat was at the scene within 30 seconds, but failed to free the girl.
A second rescue boat arrived and the rescuers took terms in administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Laura while she was underwater.
The team managed to free Laura and continued with resuscitation whilst taking her back to the beach, opposite the Vounaki Club, where three doctors were on-hand to offer CPR.
She was then taken to Levkas hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Laura had been on a two-week Sunsail Watersports Club Holiday with her mother and elder sister when the incident occurred.
The family were due to return back to the UK on Monday, but Sunsail said they had flown home early and were already back in the UK.
The family of the girls out sailing with Laura, who had met each other while on holiday, had also been flown back home to the UK.
They were said to be "traumatised" by the accident.


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Scott Bakula Hates That His First Marriage Was Destroyed By His Career, So Now He's Learnt To Put His Family First
Scott Bakula is one of the most successful television actors still working today. He first made it to the blue screens as a lead in smash hit drama series Quantum Leap (1989). He enjoyed the show's success for five seasons, after which he spent 90s trying on different roles in movies and various TV shows.
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63-year-old actor further secured his household name status by landing a role in sci-fi TV series Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), which lasted four seasons.
Now, we can enjoy seeing Bakula on the ongoing NCIS: New Orleans (2014), which has gained a big fan base and is now going onto its fifth season.
But constant work on television requires the majority of an actor's time, and Scott Bakula learned it first hand.
Finding a perfect balance
During Bakula's time working on Quantum Leap, he was married to his first wife, Krista Neumann. They divorced in 1995, and the actor said he realized their marriage ended due to his constant work.
In an interview with PEOPLE, Scott noted that he was "hardly ever home", and the crushing experience of the collapsing marriage stayed with him for many years.
When Bakula met his second wife, Chelsea Field, he knew that some career sacrifices had to be made for him to spend time with his family. He said:
I had it put in my contract that I would be done every Wednesday at 6 so I could be home for dinner. And I made time to coach my sons' soccer and baseball teams.
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The actor has two children, Cody and Chelsy, from his first marriage, and shares two sons, Owen and Wil, with Chelsey Field.
Combining active work and personal life isn't easy, but Scott and Chelsey make it work.
We work hard to stay present in the relationship. Chelsea is amazingly present and has taught me a lot about relationships and spirituality. I feel incredibly lucky to have the career and family I do.
Bakula's wife, Chelsey Field, is an actress as well. She starred in numerous years during the 80s and 90s, but nowadays she's taking it easy.
Field occasionally features in standalone episodes of various TV shows, and sometimes even cameos in Scott's NCIS: New Orleans.
Balance in every aspect of life is very important and looks like Scott and Chelsey have found it.
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COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global Shield initiative
By Akshit Sangomla
Published: Tuesday 15 November 2022
The initiative will provide pre-arranged financial support designed to be quickly deployed during disasters. Photo: iStock
The Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of finance ministers — representing 58 countries vulnerable to climate change — and the G7 (group of seven industrialised countries) launched the Global Shield Against Climate Risks initiative November 14, 2022. The initiative was launched at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
It is envisioned as a social protection and insurance-based finance mechanism for loss and damage outside the UNFCCC process. The initiative will provide pre-arranged financial support designed to be quickly deployed during climate disasters such as the devastating Pakistan floods in August.
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Fiji, Senegal, Philippines and Ghana will be among the first countries to receive assistance from the Global Shield initiative.
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Initial contributions to the initiative include 170 million euros from Germany, 35 million danish kroner from Denmark, 10 million euros from Ireland and seven million dollars from Canada. The US is also part of the Global Shield initiative and is funding the African Risk Capacity, an insurance and disaster risk solutions company.
The initiative is also supported by other countries such as the United Kingdom and UN organisations such as the UN Development Programme and the UN Office of Disaster Risk Reduction.
This initial corpus of funds would bring other public and private finance into the loss and damage finance mechanism.
Germany, the current chair of the G7, has taken the lead in the initiative. Germany stands by its responsibility to support poor and vulnerable people and countries in dealing with loss and damage, said Svenja Schulze, Federal Development Minister of Germany.
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"This launch sends a signal: We have heard the urgency and we are acting. We aim to overcome differences even in challenging circumstances," Schulze said.
Germany wants to be a bridge-builder, Schulze added.
"This is definitely the start we need, but the more effective we are in innovations like the shield, the more we have to emphasise that scale matters," said Henry Kokofu, special envoy of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Ghana Presidency.
"We will never tire of reminding our G7 colleagues that they must simply do way better in resource mobilisation," he said.
We cannot allocate resources as if the climate crisis was an abstract war in some faraway place, he added.
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"We want to mention that we believe in this initiative. We have been in this since the beginning," said a representative of the European Commission (EC).
Financial support will be announced Wednesday (November 16). Another bigger initiative on finance in Africa will also be announced by Frans Timmermans, executive vice president of the EC, the representative added.
The Global Shield is touted to expand financial protection instruments for governments, communities, businesses and households.
Such instruments can lessen the impact of disasters by making vulnerable economies resilient, safeguarding sustainable development and protecting lives and livelihoods.
In terms of implementation, it will align with the vulnerable country's financial and economic strategies, helping close the financing gaps. This would include livelihood protection, social protection systems, livestock and crop insurance, property insurance, business interruption insurance, risk-sharing networks and credit guarantees.
The Global Shield will support the integrated development of instruments at the level of governments, humanitarian agencies and non-profits, to ensure that money is available when needed.
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It also ensures that the money is spent on providing what affected individuals and communities need when they need it most, said a press release on the German government website.
"Germany will start putting in funds into the core financing structure as soon as 2022 itself," said Martin Kipping of Germany's federal ministry of economic cooperation and development, which is leading the work on the Global Shield initiative.
The next steps will depend upon the country where the funds are to be disbursed, he added. The idea is to deploy these pre-arranged finance which can be paid out fast and reach disaster-struck communities as soon as possible.
However, the initiative takes the narrative away from a Loss and Damage Finance facility under the UNFCCC. The initiative has been in the making for a while and reminds us of many other such initiatives to address loss and damage finance announced in the past.
The finance facility, based on a polluter pays principle, is being intensely argued by the Least Developed Countries and the Association of Small Island States negotiating blocs at the negotiations in COP27.
"The Global Shield, and its predecessor, the InsuResilience Global Partnership, have thrived whilst delay tactics from rich countries have ensured no progress within the UNFCCC," wrote Julie Ann-Richards. She is an expert on loss and damage with the Loss and Damage Collaboration, a global collective of climate policy, art and cultural practitioners, researchers, activists, lawyers, advocates and decision-makers.
Ann-Richards said:
The litmus test (of this Global Shield initiative) is whether they (developed countries) agree to establish a loss and damage finance facility at COP27, with two years to agree and put in place the necessary architecture to have funds flowing to vulnerable countries in their time of need.
The Global Shield was a result of a call for support from the V20 group in April this year, to which the G7 has responded. This is only one piece of the puzzle and in no way pre-empts the loss and damage negotiations under the UNFCCC at COP27, Kipping told Down To Earth.
"This was done to deliver funds soon as they are required by vulnerable countries facing climate disasters right now", he added. This, in fact, may add trust and enable solutions within the negotiations under the UNFCCC and be a contribution to the process, Kipping said.
Another crucial issue is that the insurance mechanisms inherent in the Global Shield may put an additional burden on already vulnerable populations under debt burden.
The Global Shield is not just about insurance. It is about financial protection against climate risks. What type of instruments are used would be firmly under the country's leadership, civil society and other non-state actors after country-specific analysis of climate risks are carried out, Kipping clarified.
For instance, the country's own social protection systems can be supported to disburse finances immediately, or in some cases, multilateral development banks may be roped in.
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Herschel Vincent Forester, former professional football player and Baptist layman who supported numerous Christian causes, died Dec. 31 in Dallas. He was 87.
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Herschel Vincent Forester, former professional football player and Baptist layman who supported numerous Christian causes, died Dec. 31 in Dallas. He was 87. Forester was born April 14, 1931, in Dallas. He served in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Southern Methodist University in 1951. After his military service, he was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, where he played four seasons as an offensive lineman and was part of two NFL championship teams. In 1956, he met Sally Rogers. They married two years later and enjoyed more than 50 years together. During his career, he worked as an insurance salesman, real estate developer and in the billboard advertising business. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Dallas and supporter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Dallas Baptist University, the Dallas Life Foundation and other causes. He served on the board of Texans Against Gambling. He was preceded in death by his wife and a brother, Bill Forester. He is survived by his son Herschel Forester Jr. and daughter-in-law Cindy; his daughter Suzanne Clarke and son-in-law Steve; and six grandchildren.
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Gurda explores the city's complicated relationship with its most precious resource.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Dive into the history of the waters that shaped, challenged, and helped make Milwaukee famous with celebrated Milwaukee historian and author John Gurda in his newest Wisconsin Historical Society Press book, Milwaukee: A City Built on Water.
Expanding on his popular Milwaukee Public Television documentary, Gurda explores the city's complicated relationship with its most precious resource. Along the way, he tells the tales of brewers, brickmakers, and ecologists. He recounts the story of generations of people — from a Potawatomi chief to fur traders and fishermen — who settled on the small spit of land known as Jones Island. Gurda shares how Milwaukee's unique water composition created its distinctive cream-colored bricks, how the upper Milwaukee River became Wisconsin's first waterpark, and how the downtown stream evolved from a "vast sewer" into a waterway clean enough to support today's lovely and lively Riverwalk.
Gurda also launches into the mucky history of Milwaukee waters including its threats to the city through pollution, invasive species, and water-borne diseases. The book features many historical images as well as contemporary photographs by Christopher Winters. "Milwaukee: A City Built on Water" is Gurda's second history book published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press. The second edition of his first, Cream City Chronicles, was released in paperback in 2015.
John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer and historian who has been studying his hometown since 1972. He is the author of twenty-one books, including such histories of Milwaukee as "The Making of Milwaukee," including a new edition coming in fall 2018, and the Wisconsin Historical Society Press's "Cream City Chronicles". He is also a photographer, lecturer, and history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Gurda is an eight-time winner of the Wisconsin Historical Society's Award of Merit. The common thread in his work is understanding history as "why things are the way they are." Gurda wrote, co-produced, and hosted Milwaukee: A City Built on Water, a one-hour documentary broadcast on Milwaukee Public Television in 2015.
While every city owes its existence to an ample supply of freshwater, John Gurda's masterful story shows how Milwaukee's relationship with water goes way beyond the sustenance. This extraordinary book should be required reading for anyone living in a Great Lakes city.
A beautiful book. John Gurda is a dynamic storyteller, and Christopher Winters's photos bring this rich history to life. The historical perspective offered through the medium of water is brilliant.
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MTBPS "well balanced"- economist
Pretoria - Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered a well balanced Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), says Senior Economist at Investment Solutions, Chris Hart.
Commenting on Gordhan's maiden MTBPS tabled in Parliament today, Hart said Gordhan had managed a balancing act, considering the current economic climate.
"I was quite pleased; it was level headed and sensible given the circumstances. It also recognised the problems we have," Hart told BuaNews.
However, Hart said it was concerning to note that that government was considering raising taxes.
"That is of concern," he said, adding that cutting back on unnecessary expenditure is the right way to go.
Minister Gordhan said the country's budget deficit would come up to 7.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Economists had predicted that this would come in between 7 and 8 percent.
Gordhan further added that there would be further relaxation of exchange controls in a bid to reduce the cost of doing business in the country and attract more foreign investment.
Commenting on this Hart said: "This is quite positive, as it reflects a strong vote of confidence in the country."
The MTBPS also showed that there will be no extra funds allocated to power parastatal Eskom. Hart said the solution to the parastatal's cash requirements lay in government allowing the private sector into the industry.


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Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that the technical review of its Malaysian high purity alumina project that was initiated by the proposed mezzanine debt provider has now concluded.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that the Development Order for the Company's high purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia has been approved and that site establishment works have commenced.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has been issued a land sub-title number for its ~4Ha site in Johor, Malaysia. The receipt of the PTD has enabled the Company to now submit a development order application to local authorities in Johor for its proposed high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has now finalised and "locked" the site layout and building design for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to provide an update on the numerous patent applications (pending) that it has lodged for its kaolin to high purity alumina production process, and the status of its recently granted Innovation Patent 2018101228.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Annual Report to shareholders.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has received the Certificate of Grant for an Innovation Patent from the Australian Patent Office, for the Company's process of producing high purity alumina from kaolin (aluminous clay). Altech originally filed the patent titled 'A Method for the Preparation of Alumina' in October 2014.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to provide an update on the progress of detailed project due diligence by an independent technical consultant appointed by the proposed mezzanine debt and steam facility providers.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to provide details of recent developments and the outlook for high purity alumina demand in the lithium-ion battery sector following its attendance at BATTERY OSAKA, a three-day international rechargeable battery exhibition held in Osaka, Japan.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that a geotechnical ground drilling and survey program that commenced in mid-August 2018 at the site of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia is well advanced and nearing completion.
The securities of Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) will resume normal trading on the Australian Securities Exchange this morning.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce the completion of an official ground breaking ceremony marking the commencement of Stage 1 construction of its proposed high purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it received applications from existing shareholders for $4.3 million of new shares at an offer price of $0.165 per share under the Share Purchase Plan, which closed at 5pm (WST) on Tuesday 31 July 2018.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Quarterly Report.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has completed clearing the ~4Ha site for its proposed high purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia. Site clearance commenced earlier this month following the execution of the stage 1 construction agreement for the HPA plant with appointed German engineering, procurement and construction contractor, SMS group.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has executed a stage 1 construction works agreement with its appointed engineering, procurement and construction contractor SMS group GmbH of Germany, for the commencement of construction at its Malaysian high purity alumina plant site in Johor, Malaysia.
On 9 July, Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) ACN 125 301 206 announced a $20 million capital raising for commence construction of its high purity alumina plant in Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has received commitments from a variety of institutional and professional investors for a share placement of ~A$17 million (before costs).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has signed an indicative non-binding term sheet for a US$ 60 million stream finance facility for its proposed high purity alumina project, from a US based global alternative investment group.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise of the publication of a report titled "Forecast Surge in HPA Demand Driven by Lithium-ion Battery Sector".
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has now received the official manufacturing licence from the Malaysian government for the Company's proposed 4,500tpa high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has paid the final instalments totalling AU$5.1 million for ~4 hectares of industrial land within the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia. The final payments secure the site for the Company's proposed high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has received an indicative mezzanine debt term sheet for up to US$ 120 million from an international investment bank, for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant and associated kaolin mine in Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provide the latest Company Presentation.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that its wholly owned subsidiary Altech Meckering Pty Ltd has completed the purchase of approximately 92 hectares of freehold land covering its granted mining lease M70/1334, at Meckering, Western Australia.
The Directors present their report on Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) for the half-year ended 31 December 2017.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's latest presentation at Australian Energy & Battery Conference.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to provided an update on funding for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant and associated kaolin mine in Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has lodged a new provisional patent application with the Australian Patent Office, which incorporates the finished product HPA technology developed by it for its high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has been advised by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority that the manufacturing licence for operation of its 4,500tpa high purity alumina plant at Johor, Malaysia has been approved. This represents another important development milestone that has been achieved by the Altech management team.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Presentation at Germany and USA Roadshow.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has executed commitment together with agreed terms and conditions from German government-owned KfW IPEX-Bank formalising the total debt package of US$190 million for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report for the period ending 31 December, 2017.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that its wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary, Altech Chemicals Sdn Bhd has submitted a manufacturing licence application to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), for its proposed high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that German government owned KfW IPEX-Bank has advised the Company of credit approval for a total project finance debt package of US$190 million for its high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has been advised that the German government inter-ministerial committee has reached a positive decision on its application for project finance export credit cover.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the latest Corporate Presentation.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides Corporate Presentation at 121 Mining Investment, London.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Presentation at Low Emission Technology Minerals Conference.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that the board of German engineering firm SMS group GmbH has approved an additional equity investment of US$ 11 million in Altech. SMS is the lead engineering, procurement and construction contractor of the consortium appointed for construction of Altech's proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Corporate Presentation at International Metals Conference.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Quarterly Activities & Cash Flow Report.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) has announced the results of a Final Investment Decision Study (FIDS) for the development of a 4,500-tpa, High Purity Alumina (HPA) operation. This preceded the company's announcement of a successful AU$17 million capital-raising. Highlights of both announcements include the following.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has received commitments to raise $17.2 million (before costs) through the placement of ~122.9 million fully paid ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.14 per share to continue the development of its high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce the positive results from a Final Investment Decision Study for the development of a 4,500tpa high purity alumina plant at Johor, Malaysia and kaolin mine at Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that it has now finalised the design for the upgrade in capacity of its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant from 4,000 to 4,500 tonnes per annum.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that it has exercised its option to purchase the ~94 hectares of land at Meckering, Western Australia within which its granted and fully permitted kaolin mining lease M70/1334 lies.
Altech Chemicals (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is at an advanced stage of development for their High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project, which upon construction will be the first fully integrated HPA processing operation globally. Altech recently provided an update regarding the project's development.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to announce that a target date of 14 December 2017 has been set for decision making for the offer of cover by the German government inter-ministerial committee, of the application for export credit project finance cover.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that its works approval application for a screening and loading facility at the Company's Meckering kaolin deposit (M70/1334) was granted by the Western Australia Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 25 August 2017.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) advises that as of Monday, 7 August 2017, the Company has changed its provider for shareholder registry services from Security Transfer Australia Pty Ltd to Automic Registry Services.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) provides the Company's Quarterly Activities & Cash Flow Report for the period ending 30 June, 2017.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to provide an update on the transition of engineering, procurement and construction for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant, from the previously appointed EPC contractor to German engineering firm SMS group GmbH.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that German engineering firm SMS group GmbH has now completed a US$100,000 initial subscription of fully paid ordinary shares of the Company.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has raised $1.85 million via the Share Purchase Plan, which closed on Wednesday 7 June 2017, and a concurrent placement of shares to various professional and sophisticated investors.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that following the unanimous approval of shareholders in a General Meeting held on 29 May 2017, the Company has now completed the $2 million placement of shares at $0.14 per share, to existing Malaysian cornerstone investor MAA Group Berhad (KLSE:MAA).
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide a further update on due diligence activities associated with the financing of its proposed high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) advises that it has extended the Closing Date of its Share Purchase Plan (SPP) to Wednesday 7 June 2017 (5pm WST).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) advises that it has appointed German engineering firm SMS group GmbH (SMS) as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC), (FRA:A3Y) ACN 125 301 206 recently announced a $2.0 million placement of shares to existing cornerstone shareholder MAA Group Berhad.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) (FRA:A3Y) is pleased to advise that following the recently announced $2 million share placement to existing cornerstone investor MAA Group Berhad, the Company is now offering a Share Purchase Plan.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the Company's Quarterly Activities & Cash Flow Report.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the extensive detailed design and engineering work for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce a $2 million share placement to existing cornerstone investor, MAA Group Berhad.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce the dual listing of the Company's shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Company's shares trade under the symbol "A3Y" on the exchange.
The Directors present their report on Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) for the half-year ended 31 December 2016.
Altech Chemicals (ASX:ATC) advises that the Department of Mines and Petroleum (WA) has approved the mining proposal and the associated mine closure plan for its Meckering kaolin deposit. The mining approval marks an important stage in the development of the Company's proposed Meckering kaolin mine, which will provide feedstock for Altech's proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has reached agreement with its appointed engineering, procurement and construction contractor M+W Group on a framework for a fixed price EPC contract for the construction of the Company's proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the Company's latest Presentation titled "The CEO Sessions ASX Exchange Auditorium".
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise the initiation of coverage of the Company by The Sophisticated Investor (TSI) with the release of a research report.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is at an advanced stage of development for its High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project, which upon construction will be the first fully integrated HPA processing operation.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the due diligence activities associated with the financing of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project. The various independent reviews and associated confirmatory pilot plant test work are now well advanced and nearing completion.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the Company's Quarterly Activities Report for the period ended 31 December, 2016.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the Company's latest presentation titled "Institutional Investor Information Pack - 'Meeting a Sapphire Future'".
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that the Company featured in a segment of "Your Money Your Call" on Sky News Money, which aired on 14 December 2016.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that further to its 20 May 2016 announcement of the grant of mining lease M70/1334 at Meckering, Western Australia the Company has now submitted a mining proposal and mine closure plan to the Department of Mines and Petroleum. The submission marks the next stage of development of the Company's proposed Meckering kaolin mine, which will provide feedstock for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise the attendance of managing director Iggy Tan at the Johor Corporation official lease signing ceremony. The lease is for the land Altech has secured at the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia as the site of its proposed high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the outlook for global high purity alumina demand from a report entitled "High Purity Alumina Market - Global Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2016 - 2024" by Persistence Market Research, commissioned as part of the current project debt funding due diligence program.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the company's latest Managing Director AGM Presentation.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has commenced soil survey drilling at the site of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has opened an office for its wholly owned Malaysian subsidiary company Altech Chemicals Sdn Bhd in Johor, Malaysia. The office is conveniently located approximately 300 metres from the site of Altech's proposed high purity alumina plant in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the company's Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report for the period ended 30th September 2016.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) advises that an interview featuring managing director Mr Iggy Tan was conducted at the recent TechKnow Invest conference and is now available for viewing on the Company's web site.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide its Company Presentation - ASX Spotlight Series Asia "Meeting a Sapphire Future".
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the Company's latest Presentation titled, "Meeting a Sapphire Future".
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on its HPA project, which comprises the proposed construction of a 4,000tpa high purity alumina plant at Johor, Malaysia and a kaolin quarry and container loading facility at Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) announces the estimation of a maiden Ore Reserve based on the production of high purity alumina (HPA) using feedstock from its 100%-owned Meckering Kaolin Deposit (M70/1334), Western Australia. The Ore Reserve was derived from a Mineral Resources estimation at Meckering, which was delineated for the purpose of HPA production.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide the company's Annual Report and Full Year Statutory Accounts for 2016.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the detailed design and engineering work that is currently being undertaken by German firm M+W Group in Stuttgart, Germany, for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise of the release of an updated research report titled "ECA financing steps in final throws" by Perth-based stockbroking firm DJ Carmichael.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that the Company has received a summary of senior facility agreement indicative terms and conditions from German government-owned KfW IPEX-Bank for the proposed US$70 million of debt financing of its Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that the Company's targeted debt financing for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) project has increased to US$70 million (previously US$60 million).
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an important update on the progress of financing for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to report that it has been officially advised by Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft, the German Export Credit Agency, of a positive preassessment by the German Government inter-ministerial committee and Hermes, of Altech's export credit project finance application for cursory review.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) has welcomed a number of institutional investors onto its share register as a result of a AU$10 million oversubscribed share placement. Placement shares will be issued at 14 cents per share, which represents a 14% discount to the price of the Company's shares at the close of trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 21 July 2016.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) advises that further to the suspension in trading of the Company's securities on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) pre-open this morning.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide a summary of its recent attendance at the 2nd International Sapphire Industry and Touch Screen Technology Exhibition in Shenzhen, China (June 23-25 2016).
Following the completion of grade control drilling in April 2016, Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce an update to kaolin mineral resources for its 100%-owned mining lease (ML) M70/1334, at Meckering Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide a revised copy its presentation for the 3rd International Sapphire Industry Technology Exhibition (Sapphire Expo) in Shenzhen, China.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide a copy of the presentation that will be delivered by Company General Manager Operations, Mr Jingyaun Liu at the 3rd International Sapphire Industry Technology Exhibition (Sapphire Expo) in Shenzhen, China on Thursday, 23 June 2016.
Following its 3 June 2016 announcement regarding the strong interest shown in Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX: ATC) as an emerging high purity alumina (HPA) producer during the 12th China International Battery Fair, the Company is pleased to present its 10-year forecast of global demand for HPA used in the lithium-ion battery manufacturing sector.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has secured another quality cornerstone investor, MAA Group Berhad (MAAG), which will subscribe to $1.0 million of Altech shares (March 2016 placement shares).
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) advises that an interview with chief financial officer and company secretary, Mr Shane Volk was recently conducted by Canary Networks and is now available for viewing.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) are pleased to provide an Interview with Managing Director Iggy Tan.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to confirm the receipt of $1.75 million, being the balance of proceeds from the sale of its Meckering exploration licence E70/3923 to Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. (Dana).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that its kaolin mining lease (ML) application M70/1334 at Meckering, Western Australia has been granted by the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to confirm that a minute of consent order has been filed in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, consenting to the discontinuation of legal proceedings between Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. (Dana) and Altech.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it is featured in a research report titled "Excellent Progress on the Finance and Offtake Front" by Breakaway Research.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has executed an agreement with Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. for the sale of exploration licence E70/3923 (excluding mining lease application M70/1334, owned by Altech) at Meckering, Western Australia for $2.0 million.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) are pleased to provide the Company's Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report for March 2016.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has executed a 10 year off take sales arrangement with Mitsubishi Corporation's Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd for 100% of the high purity alumina (HPA) production from the Company's proposed Malaysian HPA plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX: ATC) advises that its Share Purchase Plan (SPP) has now closed. The Company is delighted with the support for the SPP. A total of $744,000 was raised from the 250 shareholders that participated.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) reminds shareholders that the closing date for applications for additional shares under its current Share Purchase Plan (SPP) is 5pm (WST) Friday 8 April 2016. There will be no extension to the closing date.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a grade control drilling program at its Meckering kaolin deposit.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ATC:AU) would like to offer to existing shareholders the opportunity to purchase additional shares in the Company at the same price as the price paid by the professional and sophisticated investors, i.e. 8.6 cents per share.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has raised $1.2 million via a placement of shares to a variety of professional and sophisticated investors at 8.6 cents per share.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the debt funding activities for its high purity alumina (HPA) project following a meeting with KfW IPEX-Bank in Stuttgart, Germany on 17 March 2016.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) advises that further to the suspension of the trading of its securities on the ASX pre-open this morning, Perth stockbroking firm DJ Carmichael Pty Ltd is co-ordinating a placement of fully paid ordinary shares of the Company to a variety of professional and sophisticated investors.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) has formally appointed M+W Group as its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor for its high purity alumina (HPA) project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce the results of an update to its Bankable Feasibility Study for the development of a 4,000tpa high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Johor, Malaysia.
The Directors present their report on Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) for the half-year ended 31 December 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has finalised a lease agreement with Johor Corporation for a ~4Ha plot of land in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia as the site for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has featured in an 'initial coverage' research report titled "Unique opportunity in high-tech chemicals" by DJ Carmichael, which has been released today.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide further information on the fast growing utilisation of high purity alumina (HPA) in lithium-ion batteries.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) announce the Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Report for the period ending December 2015.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Ma as the Company's sales and marketing manager (China). This key appointment marks an important step as the Company progresses its marketing strategy for the high purity alumina (HPA) project specifically for the Asia Pacific region.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce the release of a Corporate Video that provides a useful overview of the various applications of High Purity Alumina (HPA) and the Company's proposed HPA project at Johor, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to report that following a recent presentation to Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft ("Hermes") in Hamburg, Germany and its preliminary evaluation of the Company's proposed high purity alumina project, Hermes has issued a Letter of Interest confirming in principle support under the export credit insurance guarantee scheme of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) advises that exploration licence E70/4718 (Kerrigan project) has been granted. The licence covers an area of approximately 480km2, is on freehold agricultural land and contains Inferred Kaolin Mineral Resources of 85 million tonnes at 85.1% brightness.
Altech Chemicals (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has executed an exclusive mandate with German KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH, to provide advisory and structuring services in relation to the provision of senior debt project financing for the Company's proposed high purity alumina project.
Regeneus (ASX:RGS), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, announced today the commencement of a trial of its cancer vaccine technology, Kvax, in combination with chemotherapy as a treatment for canine lymphoma.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the detailed design work that is currently underway for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to provide an update on the progress of financing activities for its proposed high purity alumina project (HPA Project).
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) presents the quarterly activity report for the three months ended 30 September 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) advises that it has reached agreement with Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. (Dana) to grant Dana the exclusive right to mine up to 10Mt of kaolin from the Company's Meckering kaolin deposit.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has appointed His Royal Highness Prince Ya'acob Bin Tunku Tan Sri Abdullah, as a non-executive director to the Altech Chemicals Limited Board, and that the Prince has nominated Mr Uwe Ahrens as his alternate.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that Melewar International Investment Company Limited (Melewar) has now completed the second tranche of its share placement in the Company, following approval by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 15 October 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) advises that the extension of the Dana Shipping and Trading S.A. (Dana) bulk kaolin option exercise period announced on 1 October 2015 has now lapsed.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to make available to shareholders a Company presentation by managing director, Mr Iggy Tan at the Melbourne Resource Round Up on 1 October 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) advises that an interview by Finance Network News was recently conducted with managing director, Mr Iggy Tan and is now available for viewing.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has now secured land in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation's Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd for its proposed high purity alumina product.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jingyuan Liu as General Manager Operations for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. This key executive appointment marks an important step as the Company progresses its HPA project to detailed plant design and subject to funding preparations for construction.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) are pleased to provide its Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2015.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Breakaway Research Report "Robust PFS Driving a New Age Materials Boom"
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it is featured in an 'company update' research report commissioned by the Company titled "Robust BFS Driving a New Age Materials Boom" by Breakaway Research, which has been released today.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it will raise a total of $1.130 million via share placement, for the commencement of detailed design work for the Company's high purity alumina (HPA) project and for corporate and general working capital purposes.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) presents the quarterly activity report for the three months ended 30 June 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is aiming to become a world leading producer of 99.99% (4N) high purity alumina (HPA) (Al2O3).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has submitted a project application with the Western Australian Department of Environment Regulation (DER) as part of the permitting requirements for its proposed aluminous clay (kaolin) mine and associated beneficiation plant, at Meckering, Western Australia (the Project).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is delighted to announce the positive results of its Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for the development of a 4,000tpa high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Tanjung Langsat, Johor, Malaysia and an associated kaolin beneficiation plant at Meckering, Western Australia to provide feedstock for the HPA plant (the Project).
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with leading kiln system supplier Drytech International (Drytech) for its high purity alumina (HPA) project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the Department of Environment, Johor of its Preliminary Site Assessment for the construction and operation of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) announce the Company Presentation to the Gold Coast Investment Showcase. Presented by Iggy Tan, Managing Director.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SGL Group as its partner for the supply and installation of the Hydrochloric Acid gas generation, absorption, recovery and scrubbing plants for it's high purity alumina project.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has now appointed Simulus Engineering Pty Ltd as its Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management partner for its proposed kaolin beneficiation plant at Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) announce the Quarterly Activities and Cash Flow Report for the period with significant highlights.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malaysian engineering and construction group Melewar Integrated Engineering Sdn Bhd, appointing it as construction contractor for Altech's proposed high purity alumina processing plant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has commenced the permitting process for its high purity alumina processing plant proposed to be located in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Park, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with mining services company, Castle Equipment Pty Ltd, appointing it as mining contractor and processing plant operator for the Company's aluminous clay deposit at Meckering, Western Australia.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to advise that it has entered into a short-term debt-based instrument that provides the Company with immediate funds equivalent to its forecast research and development tax incentive offset for the year ended 30 June 2015.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Atea Environmental Group appointing it as the partner for the supply of dual-laminate anti-corrosive composite plant and equipment for Altech's proposed high purity alumina plant.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that following its strategic decision to select Johor Bahru, Malaysia as the preferred location for its proposed 4,000tpa high purity alumina processing plant, it has now appointed M+W Group as its Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Management partner.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding to appoint Sea Transport Management (W.A.) as the exclusive transport and logistic services provider for the Company's proposed high purity alumina operation.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) announce the Quarterly Activities and Cash Flow Report for the period ending December 2014 with significant highlights.
Altech Chemicals Limited (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that as part of the current Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for its high purity alumina (HPA) project, it has optimised the proposed beneficiation process for the Meckering aluminous clay (kaolin) deposit.
Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that following its strategic decision to select Johor Bahru, Malaysia as the preferred location for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant, it has now incorporated a wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary company, 'Altech Chemicals Sdn Bhd'.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) advises that it has extended the Closing Date of its pro-rata non-renounceable Entitlement Offer to Eligible Shareholders to Friday, 19 December 2014.
Altech Chemicals Limited (Altech/the Company) (ASX:ATC) is pleased to announce that it has selected the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Park in Johor Bahru (JB), the capital city of Johor state, Malaysia, as the preferred location for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant.