India will double the tax on coal production as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government commits to financing clean environment initiatives

Figures show that a five-year-old commitment to phase out inefficient fossil fuels has failed to materialise. However, we could be about to see a change of fortunes

Once one of the poorest countries in South America, Bolivia’s petrochemical industry has helped drive its economy forward, and with a new plant set to begin operations in a few months, YPFB insists that the growth is showing no signs of slowing

Natural gas is the most rapidly growing primary energy source in Thailand, but reserves are declining. More needs to be done to alleviate the shortage that will soon hit the nation, by increasing gas exploration inland and outsourcing more goods and services

As Unilever becomes the first global company to achieve zero waste, more and more businesses are investing in green methods of waste removal and encouraging the transition to a circular waste-free economy

Firms are beginning to discover unexplored oil and gas reserves available in central Asia. As technology develops, oil production is set to increase 20 percent by 2020

Although it is a country full of economic promise, Mozambique has a lot of development challenges to overcome if it is to fulfil its true potential

Before the fuel for the journey, there’s the journey for the fuel. World Finance talks to Graham O’Donoghue and Zack Friedman, CEO and CFO of Mina Group, about the challenges of delivering fuel to the most remote places on earth

World Finance speaks to Baroness Nicholson, Executive Chairman of the Iraq Britain Business Council, about Iraq’s economic contraction as ISIS’ insurgency drags on

Falling oil prices have forced Nigeria to make cuts to its budget and lower its economic projections for 2015

There are fears that China’s ambitions to boost shale gas production could compromise the nation’s already inadequate fresh water reserves

Record low oil prices will force major companies to curb their ambitions, whereas lesser names will struggle to break even

Rapid industrialisation over the past few decades in China has seen a number of firms come to the forefront as strong global engineering players

Following decades of decline, new sources have allowed Canada and the US to climb to the summit of the energy production world and work towards sustainable, long-term growth

In the past, eastern Siberia had to rely mostly on coal for its energy supply. Now, Irkutsk Oil has begun plans to utilise the region’s gas reserves