Turkey is negotiating with Japan, Canada, China and South Korea to build a second nuclear power plant, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said, the newspaper Sabah reported.

• August 22, 2012

Oil production in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, rose to 10.103 million barrels a day in June, from 9.807 million barrels a day in May, overtaking Russia as the world’s largest producer, official data showed.

• August 22, 2012

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) is demanding theUnited Statesto remove supporting measures for its renewable energy industry, accusing it of violating the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

• August 21, 2012

China could carry out a cyber attack against India with the help of computer hardware and spare parts, according to a report by intelligence agencies. The agencies further believe that China would become an expert in such stealth attacks by 2017.

• August 21, 2012

Hong Kong-listed Indonesian coal mining company Agritrade Resources said demand for cheap energy alternatives from developing economies is not expected to wane. It supplies "sub-bituminous coal" - or lower grade thermal coal - which is seen an affordable source of energy for developing nations.

• August 20, 2012

Turkmenistan has sufficient gas to provide India's fast-growing economy with this fuel, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake told journalists.

• August 20, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov feels that Iran's nuclear problem is no more dangerous than other international problems, The Voice of Russia reported.

• August 18, 2012

Kazakhstan will not be supplying Iran with uranium, head of Kazakh national atomic company "Kazatomprom" Vladimir Shkolnick said, IA Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.

• August 15, 2012