The first meeting of industry ministers of developing eight countries (D-8) has been kicking off in Tehran since February 28 to March 2, 2010. “The event is aimed to utilize capacities in order to increase the influence of D8 countries ...

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Cairo aims to embark on an ambitious national plan to exploit its geographic location to become a regional energy hub, the Egyptian energy minister said. Mahmoud Latif, chairman of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., said natural gas reserves in ...

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D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, was on a official visit to Abuja, Nigeria, on 25-26 January 2010 as a part of series of his working visit to relevant D-8 Member countries to coordinate the preparation for the Abuja Head of ...

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Egypt is planning to explore for oil and gas and to develop hydrocarbon fields in 2010 with about US$6 billion in investments, the The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum said. The ministry also unveiled on Friday a plan to drill 520 ...

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The Bangladeshi government is keen to procure palm oil from Malaysia using its state-owned trading arm to ensure consistent edible oil supply and price stability prevails in the domestic market, reported Malaysian News Agency, BERNAMA. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister ...

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In what they have described as historical record, the African nations and led by Nigeria and countries in the European Union, have called for a more legally binding agreement from the developed countries at the coming conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...

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Nigeria is currently producing between 1.8 million and 1.85 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil plus 600,000 bpd of condensate, the Nigerian minister of state of petroleum said on Sunday. “We haven’t produced 2 million per day for ...

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The United Nations hosted a World Food Summit between November 16 and 18 in Rome, Italy, with the fact that more than one billion people are hungry echoing in the minds of concerned participants. Following the opening ceremony, Heads of ...

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will address members of Pakistan’s Parliament during an official visit to the country, scheduled to take place on Sunday and Monday, Pakistani media have reported. On Monday, two houses of the Pakistani Parliament, the ...

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D-8 Organization willing to work together with Turkey on renewable energy and also to import boron, Turkish energy minister said earlier this month. Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz had a meeting with Dipo Alam, Secretary-General of D-8, in the Ministerial ...

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