Nazarbayev agrees to increase Kazakh oil transit through Ukraine by 8 million tonnes
Ukraine and Kazakhstan have agreed to increase the transit of Kazakh oil across Ukraine by eight million tonnes, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has said.
Ukrainian, Kazakh presidents set to discuss oil cooperation in Kiev
The president of Kazakhstan is expected to discuss with his Ukrainian counterpart on Tuesday the resumption of Kazakh oil transit via Ukraine to Europe.
After US, Russia upset over N-law
India's new nuclear liability law has been a disappointment in the US but it is faring no better with Russia, a country with which India's civil nuclear cooperation deal extends way beyond just supply of reactors. In fact, Moscow is now looking for an "official clarification" from the government on the law, recently passed by Parliament, which leaves a window open for making suppliers of raw material and equipment liable for damages in case of an accident.
China blacks out towns to meet energy goal
Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set by Beijing.
Steel prices rise in China, EU and India
Steel prices in China rose this week, with the steel supply expected to tighten after a large number of steel mills were ordered to cut or shut down production as part of a Chinese government's efficiency drive.
China beats US in renewable energy rankings
China had overtaken the US to lead a quarterly index of the most attractive countries for renewable energy projects for the first time, according to a list compiled by the global accounting firm Ernst & Young.
‘West should be fairer in approaching Turkey,’ says report
A new report from the International Crisis Group, ‘Turkey’s crisis over Israel and Iran,’ says the country’s Western partners ‘should be fairer’ in approaching Turkey. The report says the West should not use one-sided presentations of its policy on Iran or Israel to decide whether or not it is ‘Western’ and ‘European’
Iran says it is self-sufficient in petrol
Iran has raised its gasoline output to attain self-sufficiency in the strategic product and foil sanctions targeting its energy needs, the state television’s website reported its oil minister as saying.
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