At the hub of Iraq's oil and gas infrastructure regeneration, SCOP shows how complex engineering projects can be delivered in a challenging environment through innovative contracting and creative partnership models.

Joseph Otieno, acting managing director, discusses how KVM, and Kenya as a whole, is attracting the interest of some of the planet’s most recognisable players in the automotive industry.

Chief commercial officer Danie du Toit talks about a phase of expansion at South African coach services company Intercape, and the latest luxurious addition to the Sleepliner fleet.

Dan Cartwright, president of Walter Energy’s Canadian operations, talks about developing reserves of a material that society can neither do without, nor replace.

Prospecting for natural resources is such a hit and miss affair that finding anything must come as a great relief. When new deposits of coal are found to consist of metallurgical rather than thermal grades, however, the champagne really starts to flow.

Andrew Pellizarri, general manager of Flinders Logistics and Peter Cheers, general manager of Flinders Adelaide Container Terminal, discuss how Flinders Ports has adapted to evolve.

The announcement comes as a time when global airlines have been increasing their levels of cooperation in the face of rising fuel prices. Reacting to the news, analysts state that it shows that Singapore Airlines, the second biggest airline in the world, is backing Virgin to counter the threat Qantas poses in Asia’s lucrative aviation market.

The New York Stock Exchange will be closed today and potentially tomorrow as Hurricane Sandy threatens to unleash unprecedented havoc on the US east coast.

We generally think of hurricane season as affecting Florida and the Caribbean in August and September. It’s not something readily associated with New York City in October.

This is, in fact, the first time since Hurricane Gloria in September 1985 that the stock market has closed for a full day because of the weather.

Under the terms of the deal, the two will run a joint venture dubbed Penguin Random House, with Bertelsmann owning 53 percent, while Pearson will hold 47 percent.

The deal marks the first ever tie-up between any of the world’s six biggest publishers, yet such a move has been seen as an inevitability with experts pointing to the need for firms to adapt to changes within the market.

A total of 224 applications covering 418 blocks were lodged, the most ever in one round, with 330 new licenses awarded and a further 61 facing environmental assessment.

The strong level of interest that continues to be shown in the North Sea, together with the wide range of companies that have successful gained new acreage in recent years, supports the views of experts that substantial value remains in the region for well-funded explorers and producers.