For all the excitement over Wyoming coal making its way to Chinese power plants, the trend reveals a dampening outlook for the industry here in the United States. Coal proponents and opponents alike seem to agree that the lack of a U.S. energy policy hasn’t served anybody well, including the mining industry.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from newwest.net

China may reach an initial agreement with Russia on natural gas pricing - a subject of great contention for years - by the middle of 2011, industry experts close to the matter said.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from ce.cn

Uzbek President Islam Karimov will pay a visit to Brussels early next week, foreign media quoted European Commission representatives as reporting.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from trend.az

Alexander Lukashenko is due to be inaugurated for a fourth term as Belarus's president in the capital Minsk, after his election last month.

• Date: 21.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 21.01.2011  |  Markets  |  from bbc.co.uk

The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on $45 billion in U.S. export deals and to give U.S. companies greater access to China's $88 billion-plus government contracts market at the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from Yahoo! news

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with his Belarusian counterpart Mikhail Myasnikovich to discuss economic and energy cooperation.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  Energy  |  from rian.ru

The EU's top diplomat Catherine Ashton said the European Union is set to adopt 'targeted measures' against the Belarusian regime, possibly including a travel ban on President Alexander Lukashenko.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from dw-world.de

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly appointed ambassador of Switzerland to the country Mrs. Sabine Ulmann Shaban.

• Date: 20.01.2011  |  Published on EGF: 20.01.2011  |  External Relations  |  from news.az