Better late than never, Nyrstar returns to the battle for CBH

CONTROL of base metals group CBH Resources is back to a battle between Belgium-based Nyrstar and Japan's Toho Zinc after Nyrstar returned with a greatly improved but highly conditional bid aimed at knocking over CBH's plan to get closer to Toho, its biggest shareholder.

Quiet achiever who let job come to him

BRUSSELS: Herman Van Rompuy won the bad-tempered contest for the presidency of the European Council by making friends and influencing people.

Diplomatic gaffe hints at Blair loss

A LOOSE-lipped German diplomat has given the biggest hint yet that Tony Blair is unlikely to become the European council's first president and will be beaten by the quiet, relatively unknown Belgian Prime Minister.

McEwen begins comeback with top sprinter firmly in his sights

TRIPLE Tour de France green jersey winner Robbie McEwen is never shy to speak his mind. And as the Australian sprinter embarks on the next crucial phase of his comeback from a potentially career-ending knee injury, he is quite willing to say what many would not after this year's Tour.

In The Herald: 1915

Gains on Western Front * On the Western Front French forces were reported to have captured the village of Steinbach in Alsace after "a sensational struggle". The Germans in Belgium were being forced back "yard by yard" towards the French frontier. It was reported that a battalion of Austrians had surrendered at Uszok Pass, which led across the Carpathians towards Hungary and, on the Hungarian side, Russian forces were pursuing German allied forces.

Meltdown And Murphy

THERE'S a thing called the Potato Museum in America. It had its start in Belgium but changed nationality some time between 1975 and now. I don't know why. I do know it would consider moving again, should some kind country care to take it on.

Honouring Forgotten Victories

Gallipoli remembrance overshadows our diggers' heroism in the trenches of France and Belgium.

Tough Love A La Belgium

I'VE just worked out where Morris Iemma got his fabulous plan to solve school truancy, and hence orphan children, by jailing their parents.

Enduro Sneak Preview

FIVE-time world endurance champion, Belgium's Joel Smets, will head up BMW's Motorrad Motorsport team in this year's Australian Four-Day Enduro (A4DE), campaigning the company's new G 450 X Sports Enduro months ahead of its international launch.

City's Movers And Shakers

? Councillor Zeki Esen, born Belgium 1965, lives Wollongong

Zinifex Sale Of Smelters Expected To Raise Up To $2.2 Billion

ZINIFEX expects to receive between $1.2 billion and $2.2 billion from the sale of its smelters by the end of the month, depending on the success of the Nyrstar public offering in Belgium.

Smelter Sale To Give Zinifex War Chest

ZINIFEX expects to receive between $1.2 billion and $2.2 billion from the sale of its smelters by the end of the month, depending on the success of Nyrstar's public offering in Belgium.

Zinifex Sticks To Nyrstar Timetable

RENEWED strength in commodity and equity markets will allow Melbourne-based Zinifex and Belgium's Umicore to stick to their original timetable for the $3-5 billion initial public offering of shares in the group created to hold their zinc smelting assets, Nyrstar.

A Painting Surrendered So Artist Can Honour His Promise

A SERIES of evocative paintings by an Australian artist have been chosen as a highlight of Belgium's 90th anniversary commemorations of the World War I battle of Passchendaele - but the artist has been forced to sell his biggest work to finance the show.

Unearthing War's Tragic Legacy

ALBION Park's Michael Molkentin will be among those attending a memorial service in Belgium this week for five World War I Diggers.

Belgian Schism Is No Laughing Matter

WITH its two halves unable to agree on the formation of a new government, Belgium stands on the verge of disintegration. So should Belgium continue to exist? The answer is yes. Here's why.

Off-course Snappers Teed Off As Wallabies Hit Fairways

THE Wallabies continue to be the most elusive of teams. Members of the international media were led on a wild goose chase across the south of France, trying to find a golf course so they could get shots of Australian players hitting the fairways on their day off. The directions to the golf course, somewhere between Belgium and southern Spain, were very vague, even though the team driver, who delivered the players to the course, told R&M: "C'est simple." Sure, sure. Within half an hour, there was ...

First Serena, Now Venus Falls Victim To Henin

TOP seed Justine Henin of Belgium battled past twice-champion Venus Williams 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 yesterday to line up a US Open final against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Modern Lessons And Ancient History

A GROUP of 15 history students from Lambton High travelled to Italy, France and Belgium at the end of term two, 2007.

Jets Sign Pasfield As Back-up For Injured Kennedy

FORMER Sydney FC goalkeeper Justin Pasfield decided he needed a new environment to kick-start his career and had planned to head to Belgium next month for a series of trials.