US confronts new north Africa crisis The United States was rocked Thursday by a new crisis spurred by Islamic militants amid a deadly hostage-taking in Algeria, prompting warnings to US interests in north Africa to boost security.
19 January 2013
Anxiety mounts over deadly hostage raid in Algeria Western governments voiced alarm over the fate of dozens of foreigners seized by Islamists at a gas plant in the Algerian desert after several hostages were killed in a dramatic rescue operation.
China 'biggest' nuclear plant construction resumes China has resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be its biggest-ever nuclear facility.
Japan utilities dive on atomic plant shutdown fears Shares in Japanese power companies plunged Tuesday after a panel of experts said one of the nation's nuclear plants may sit over an active seismic fault, raising fears it would have to be scrapped.
Pavlodar steel plant to cut over 400 jobsThe company explained that the cuts were a forced measure caused by decreasing demand for their products and shrinking production volumes.
29 November 2012
Troubled Iranian reactor in focus at UN nuclear agency Iran is set to be in focus at a UN atomic agency board meeting starting Thursday, not only because of ongoing suspicions of a covert weapons drive but also over safety concerns over its only operating nuclear power plant.
27 November 2012
ArcelorMittal warns France over pressure on Florange Steel giant ArcelorMittal warned the French government Friday that efforts to force it to sell all of its Florange plant, rather than just the parts it wants to close, threaten the company's presence in France.
Alstom suspends work on Slovenia coal plant over financing French energy giant Alstom has begun suspending work on a 1.3-billion-euro ($1.67-billion) coal-fired electricity plant in Slovenia after failing to receive financing guarantees from the government.
04 November 2012
Deadly storm floods and blacks out Manhattan Hurricane Sandy sent crippling floods pouring onto New York streets Monday, provoking a power plant explosion, blacking out much of Manhattan and leaving widespread storm devastation.
30 October 2012
China protesters wary after chemical plant victory Protesters who forced a Chinese city to halt a new chemical plant massed outside government offices Monday in a wary response to their victory, which highlighted the country's growing environmental activism.
Samsung starts to build $7bn chip plant in China South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it had started building a new $7 billion chip plant in the Chinese city of Xian -- its biggest-ever investment in the country.
12 September 2012
Samsung acknowledges criticism of China plants South Korea's Samsung Electronics acknowledged Wednesday criticisms of working conditions at its plants in China, but rejected a US-based watchdog's charge that they were "inhumane".