OIL & GAS 6:24pm

Statoil sees new era in Arctic oil hub

Billions of dollars to be spent on the project

OIL & GAS 5:10pm

Dragon Oil forecasts 10% production rise

Further investment in Turkmenistan fields planned

A worker on a Cnooc oil drilling platform in the South China Sea ©Reuters OIL & GAS 5:06pm

US approves $18bn Cnooc bid for Nexen

Deal paves way for largest Chinese foreign acquisition

Coal mining from PT Bumi Resources in Indonesia. ©Bloomberg MINING 11:48am

Falling coal price bears on Bumi subsidiary

Price decline of 31% comes amid output rise of 15%

OIL & GAS 9:32am

Fresh doubts about Shell’s Alaska plans

Rigs sent to Asia for repair forcing further delays

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EDF seeks state backing on nuclear site

Request for Hinkley Point finances guarantee

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Feb 11, 2013

Companies hit by Venezuela move

Currency devaluation to affect multinationals

A security guard pulls a gate outside Hutchison Essar's corporate office in Mumbai, India ©Bloomberg OIL & GAS Feb 11, 2013

Essar Energy margins leap in UK and India

Improvements at refineries help boost earnings forecasts

Nick Butler Feb 11, 2013

Nick Butler: Climate change: time for Plan B

MINING Feb 11, 2013

Australian miners face rising costs

Nation’s natural gas sector has also been hit

MINING Feb 11, 2013

Miners feel the widespread tremors

Platinum and iron ore miners are paying for heavy spending

UTILITIES Feb 11, 2013

Finnish reactor hit by further delays

Areva-built nuclear reactor seven years behind schedule

From WORLD Feb 11, 2013

Ramphele discreet on her ANC challenge

Speculation mounts over challenge to ruling party

MINING Feb 11, 2013

Impala warns of plunge in earnings

Platinum producer blames lower output, rising costs and writedown

MINING Feb 11, 2013

Gold miners in search of richer seams

Companies are having to reshape to generate cash

From WORLD Feb 10, 2013

Lobbyists fight over ethanol subsidies

Controversy over biofuels mandate

From WORLD Feb 10, 2013

Food group denies tax avoidance in Zambia

ActionAid claims ABF subsidiary used tax havens

Feb 10, 2013

Dong eyes partial sale of London Array stake

Offshore wind farm operates under existing subsidy rules

OIL & GAS Feb 10, 2013

Essar set to shift debt into dollars

Bid to cut financing costs for London-listed parent company

From TECHNOLOGY Feb 10, 2013

Dell puts special committees in focus

Board’s move in effect shut out founder from talks

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