State oil and gas group Petrovietnam is
looking to buy around 10 million tonnes of coal a year, mostly from
Australia and Indonesia, to feed domestic thermal power plants from
2017, a company official said on Monday. SEE MORE The nation's total revenue from retail sales and services topped
VND273.49 trillion (US$13 billion) in January, a year-on-year rise of 13
per cent, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. SEE MORE MUSCAT (ICIS)--Oman’s petrochemical
industry is expected to significantly grow in the years leading to major
world events that will be hosted in the Middle East, market players
said on Tuesday. SEE MORE HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) must
finalise all conditions that will help develop the competitive power
generation market (VCGM) and get it trial-ready by 2016. SEE MORE Gold rose to a two-week high, set
for the longest rally since October, as U.S. jobs data missed
estimates and Chinese buyers returned after the Lunar New Year
break. Silver headed for the longest winning run since August. SEE MORE