China is to spend about Yn300bn by 2010 to double its hydroelectric capacity, said Chen Dongping, a deputy director general of the State Power Corp. Generating capacity is set to increase to... Read more

The South African fuel company Sasol is in talks with the Chinese government over a US$2bn-US$4bn project to turn central China's vast coals reserves into petrol and other liquid fuels.... Read more

A total of Yn44.5bn is to be spent on cleaning up Guangdong's Pearl River, said Xinhua. The money will go towards building wastewater processing plants and other schemes for cleaning up... Read more

The Ministry of Water Resources has ordered more water to be released from the Xiaolangdi reservoir in an attempt to ease the water crisis in Shandong province. The water flow has been incre... Read more

A consortium that includes BP and the Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina has signed an US$8.5bn contract with China National Offshore Oil Company to develop the huge Tangguh natural ga... Read more