21.06.2011
- The U.N. nuclear chief proposed international safety checks on reactors worldwide to help prevent any repeat of Japan's atomic crisis, a plan which may face resistance from nations...
21.06.2011
- Japan's economy will suffer major damage if it reduces output from nuclear power stations to zero in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, its trade minister said on Monday. Routine...
20.06.2011
- Japan's oil and gas imports gained sharply in May from a year ago to fuel power plants running hard to compensate for nuclear reactors either crippled by the March earthquake and...
11.05.2011
- Boom Region - In 2011, the markets for bio-based materials are continuing to develop dynamically (with annual growth rates of 15-30 %). It is estimated that a global production...
18.04.2011
- Japan's Tokyo Electric Power said on Sunday it hoped to achieve a "cold shutdown" of its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in six to nine months, setting a timeframe for...
13.04.2011
- Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 10% in March from the same month a year earlier, government figures showed on Wednesday, reflecting the impact of last...
13.04.2011
- An increase in the severity level of Japan's nuclear accident does not mean the public health risk is any worse or that the disaster resembles Chernobyl in 1986, global expert...
23.03.2011
- Russia is set to double its crude oil supply to earthquake-devastated Japan this year to some 18 million tons as a part of an energy aid package, top Russian energy official Igor...
