Rio sells Australian coal mine stake for $1.02 bn
Resources giant Rio Tinto announced the US$1.02 billion sale of its stake in Australia's Clermont thermal coal mine Monday as it seeks to shore up its ailing bottom line.
Turkey fulfils sultan's dream with opening of Bosphorus rail tunnel
Turkey will on Tuesday unveil the world's first sea tunnel connecting two continents, fulfilling a sultan's dream 150 years ago, but also fuelling recent anti-government sentiment for such mega projects.
Newest Indian airline expects to take flight by mid-2014
India's newest planned airline, a joint venture of the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, expects to win swift regulatory clearance and be able to start flying by mid-next year.
Greenland awards first big mining exploitation license
Greenland awarded Thursday its first big mining exploitation license, approving an iron extraction project by British company London Mining, and lifted a ban on exploiting uranium.
Kazakhstan and Qatar planning to esbalish direct flights
Kazakhstan and Qatar are planning to launch direct flights.
Future of inefficient Kazakhstan's free economic zones to be decided
The future of the ineffective free economic zones in Kazakhstan will be decided on by the year end.
Myanmar-to-China gas pipeline fully open: media
A pipeline pumping natural gas from Myanmar to energy-hungry China has gone fully operational.
Argentina braces for European biodiesel duty hikes
Argentina's biodiesel industry warned Friday it faces collapse if Europe makes good on a threat to impose stiff duties on their product next month.
High-velocity trains to be launched along another 5 new routes in 2014
The trains are expected to meet the growing demand for passenger carriage and twice reduce the travel time.