Russia has agreed to develop an Iranian zinc deposit that is among the largest in the world in a deal involving an Iranian bank facing international sanctions, its Energy Ministry said on Tuesday.

• September 21, 2011

INTERFAX-CHINA - Ukrainian coal producer OJSC Lisichanskugol hopes to secure an $85-million loan from the state-run China Development Bank to finance a pilot project to upgrade the D. Melnikov Mine, the company said in a statement posted on a state purchases web-portal.

• September 20, 2011

Following talks held in Baku between the Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan Natik Aliyev and Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Boyko, the sides signed a protocol, Ministry's press secretary Azer Mensimli told Trend.

• September 20, 2011

Central and South Asia can bring energy trade to a new level,” the Secretary Ministry for Water and Power of Pakistan Imtiaz Hussain Kazi stated at the session of the Intergovernmental Council on CASA-1000 today.

• September 19, 2011

Pakistan is in an advanced stage of negotiations with China for its latest third-generation nuclear technology to build a power plant, said a daily Monday.

• September 19, 2011

Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev and Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boyko are discussing cooperation in the energy sector in Baku, the Ukrainian Embassy in Baku told Trend on Monday.

• September 19, 2011

The United States (US) has reaffirmed its commitment to help Pakistan in its endeavours to resolve the energy crises which is affecting the socio-economic progress of the country.

• September 16, 2011

State-controlled energy giant Gazprom is planning, along with western partners, two huge gas pipeline projects whose stated goals are to secure Europe's energy supplies but which critics say will increase the EU's dependence on Russia.

• September 16, 2011