(Mon, 05 Oct 2015) Kazakhstan became the leading supplier of uranium for the 100 operating U.S. nuclear power reactors in 2014, supplying 12 million pounds, or 23%, of the 53.3 million pounds of uranium purchased by owners and operators of U.S. reactors. This level is almost double the 6.5 million pounds of Kazakh-origin uranium purchased in 2013.
(Mon, 05 Oct 2015) South Korea, which lacks domestic energy reserves, ranks among the world?s top five importers of liquefied natural gas, coal, crude oil, and refined oil products. Despite its lack of resources, South Korea has some of the most advanced oil refineries in the world, and its companies have investments in overseas oil and natural gas assets.
MELBOURNE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum's chief executive said the company does not want to raise its A$11.6 billion ($8.2 billion) offer for Oil Search Ltd because it would hurt his shareholders, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday.
MANCHESTER, England, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Finance minister George Osborne will launch a programme on Monday to spur infrastructure investment in Britain, poaching the policy from the left-wing opposition to stake the government's claim to the centre ground.
Lukoil has started operations of a second catalytic cracking complex of vacuum gas oil (CCC-2) at the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in the Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia.
BERLIN, Oct 4 (Reuters) - German wind turbine maker Nordex is buying the wind power business from Spain's Acciona SA for 785 million euros ($880.77 million) in cash and shares, it said late on Sunday.
South African coal miners began a strike on Sunday after wage talks collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity and exports coal to Europe and Asia.
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