Press Releases 2002 & earlier

• The Euro Celebrates its 1st Birthday - 20 December 2002 - (pdf file, 0.2 MB) 
  
  
• 19 million tonnes of CO2 emissions are avoided annually in Europe : the dual contribution of copper and wind to sustainable development. - 28 november 2002
  See the press kit: " Copper is blowing in the wind " - The Energy Efficiency Media Tour - 28 november 2002
  
  

• By 2005, the Eurozone will recycle 262,055 tonnes of old coins: an important contribution to sustainable development - 6 March 2002 
  See the press kit: "The Eurocopper Recycling Tour"

• Improving Domestic Electrical Safety Standards in Europe - 22 February 2002 
  See the Press Kit: Overview of electrical safety in 11 countries

2001

• The European Copper Institute celebrates the Euro launch with sculpture gift to the European Parliament - 18 December 2001

• Launch of the "European Copper Coin Tour" - October 2001
  

• Launch of the euro Campaign - 2 October 2001

• Copper is Crucial for Embryonic Development - 31 July 2001
  

• Improving Power Quality to save Europe billions of euro - 5 May 2001 - (pdf file, 0.02 MB)
  

• Sweden Chooses Copper for Nuclear Waste Disposal - 20 February 2001 (pdf file, 0.04 MB)

2000

• A systems approach to reliable earthing design - July 2000 (pdf file, 0.03 MB)
  

• Antibacterial Properties of Copper and Brass Combat Toxic E. coli O157 Bacteria (pdf file, 0.08 MB) - June 2000
  
  

• Poor power quality is costing european industry over 10 billion EUROS per year (pdf file, 0.06 MB) - June 2000

1999

• The European Copper Institute (ECI) has signed a co-operation agreement with CENELEC (pdf file, 0.08 MB) -December 1999
  

• The scope for energy saving in the EU through the use of energy-efficient electricity distributions transformers (pdf file, 0.04 MB) - February 1999