The state planning body plans to boost output and reserves of oil, gas, as well as coal, which powers more than 60% of China's electricity generation plants

Japan's Nikkei sinks 3.2%, Sensex opens 2.3% down, while the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan loses 1.6% and Chinese blue chips shed 0.8% amid a sea of red 

  Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and international asset manager Brookfield have raised their bid to buy Australian energy giant AGL...

Minister of agriculture and rural affairs Tang Renjian said that rare heavy rainfall last year delayed the planting of a third of the normal acreage

  China reaffirmed its intention to build 450 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power generation capacity on the Gobi...

Benchmark wheat prices in Chicago have surged by more than 40% this week on fears of supply disruptions due to sanctions on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Jinzhou Port, located in Liaoning province, close to Russia, reached its 10% price limit for six consecutive sessions on the Shanghai Stock Exchange

Asia's third-largest economy, which imports 80% of its oil needs, faces retail inflation staying above the central bank's tolerance limit of 6%

Russia produces about 6% of the world's aluminium. It is also a major producer of natural gas used to generate electricity that powers production of aluminium.

Momentum has gathered on reconditioned models that can be put back on the market, and the recycling of plastics and rare metals used in their manufacture

Investor sources said Stanmore and its broker Petra Capital were taking early bids from institutional investors in Australia and offshore

Gulf producers have not committed to additional supplies for BPCL, as allocations for April loading are due to be finalised next week