Canada's federal government has agreed to join the British Columbia Government to extend the powerline along the Highway 57 corridor, which will finally provide electrical power to a number of mining projects.

The Kazakh mining group is planning to expand into Africa; offer could start a bidding battle with the Chinese

Silicon is one of the basic but expensive materials used in designing solar panels. If we can use something else as effective as silicon but more economical, solar power will be within the reach of the common consumers. Cornell researchers are thinking on somewhat similar lines. They are using a carbon nanotube instead of [...]
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While encouraged by recent moves by the country, more is required before foreign investors flood back in.

The defence group plans to acquire the US maker of separation systems for satellites for £80m in order to build its position in the space and missile markets

Volkswagen is considering an overhaul of the business in a move that could herald a tie-up with the German truckmaker and the creation of an integrated car and truck empire

BVT Surface Fleet has secured a £309m deal to keep the Royal Navy's fleet of Type 45 destroyers operational and available.

A shrinking pool of available contracts has provoked the return of aggressive bidding as UK companies are forced to take on work at low profit margins or even losses

Renault's future in Formula One is in jeopardy after it announced on Wednesday that it would not dispute charges that one of its drivers deliberately crashed in last season's Singapore Grand Prix to help the team fix the outcome of the race

Chairman of Sabanci, one of the country's biggest industrial conglomerates, shrugs off suggestions that she is a contrarian when it comes to business strategy