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Miners continue down the chute on lack of demand

26.08.09

Commodity stocks were once again nursing their wounds from the decline in global demand today with shares in Antofagasta and Tullow Oil tumbling on plunging profits ... more

Troubled Toyota is to slash car production

26.08.09

Carmaker Toyota said it will slash global production to match lower sales as recession rumbles on ... more

Nissan set to create more jobs

20.07.09

Japanese car giant Nissan has announced plans to create hundreds of new jobs in a Ł200 million investment to build batteries for electric cars ... more

Smiles amid moody minimalism in Lake Tahoe

26.06.09

Lake Tahoe is funny as well as melancholy and assisted by cinematography from Alexis Zabe that is astonishingly beautiful and precise.... more

Nissan drive to build green cars in Europe

23.06.09

Nissan Motor, whose British home is in Sunderland, is looking at where to construct a new plant in Europe to produce its planned electric cars... more

Electric car trials launched

23.06.09

Labour ministers drove electric cars on to the forecourt of London's historic Guildhall today to launch trials of low-carbon vehicles... more

Car giants gear up for green motoring

19.05.09

The green automotive sector took big steps forward around the world, highlighting the seismic shift in emphasis by carmakers away from gas guzzlers ... more

Driver cut free after smash

15.05.09

A man is recovering in hospital after his car was involved in a head-on collision with a bus... more

Oil explorer Bowleven hit by fears of new cash call

14.04.09

Shareholders in Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer Bowleven may be forced to digest yet more bad news... more

Japan's US car sales confound analysts

02.04.09

Shares in Japanese carmakers Nissan, Honda and Toyota surged after it was revealed that their US sales decline last month was less than analysts feared... more

Car sales crash 59 per cent but Mandelson says industry can survive

20.03.09

The number of new cars produced last month in the UK crashed 59% according to new figures, but manufacturers can still survive, Lord Mandelson has said... more

Slump runs London Motor Show off road

19.03.09

The 2010 International Motor Show in Docklands was cancelled as the recession claimed its latest high-profile victim... more

House prices and new car sales both slump

05.03.09

The economy was hit by two sets of bad news as house prices and car sales slumped... more

Japan's record trade gap as exports dive

25.02.09

Economics: The recession in Japan is deepening rapidly with exports to the US halving in January... more

UK jobs under threat as Saab seeks bankruptcy protection

20.02.09

The future of car maker Saab is in doubt putting thousands of British jobs at risk... more

Cash key as Nissan faces a dive into red

19.02.09

Engineering: Nissan plans to tap capital markets, seek government loans and sell property to conserve cash as it faces its first loss in nine years... more

Rio shares head downhill in wake of boardroom rift

10.02.09

Rio Tinto dropped 55p to 1865p today as the miner remained locked in talks with its biggest shareholder Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) about a massive cash injection... more

UK fears as Nissan cuts another 20,000 jobs

09.02.09

Engineering: Japanese carmaker Nissan is to axe 20,000 jobs, raising fears of more losses at its giant Sunderland plant... more

Administrator in at car dealer Camden

04.02.09

Transport: One of Britain’s biggest car businesses has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, putting 800 jobs at risk... more

Mandelson set to unveil help for car industry

27.01.09

Transport: Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is set to outline a package of measures to help Britain's struggling car industry... more

Cameron offers every home a Ł6,500 energy boost

16.01.09

Every home in Britain will be entitled to up to Ł6,500 of energy efficiency improvements under Tory plans to slash carbon emissions, David Cameron revealed... more

Nissan to axe 1,200 factory staff

08.01.09

Carmaker Nissan has announced it is to axe 1,200 workers at its plant in Sunderland... more

Nissan in warning of a profits dive to zero

19.11.08

Engineering Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has warned that the company's second-half profit will probably fall to "zero" as the global motor industry crisis intensifies... more

Cameraman died in Batman crash

03.11.08

A special effects technician was killed filming a stunt for the latest Batman film as he leaned out of a moving vehicle which struck a tree, an inquest heard... more

Economy: Japan's industrial production fell at the fastest pace in at least five years in August, its unemployment rate rose and household spending crashed as the economy continued to slow... more

Overseas carmakers motor ahead in US

04.09.08

Engineering: In another grim milestone for the US automotive industry, Japanese carmaker Honda has overhauled Chrysler to grab fourth place in the sales league tables... more

Car firm unveils green 4x4 with a unique celling point

15.07.08

This is the 4x4 of the future: fuelled by hydrogen and emitting just a few drops of water for every 300 miles travelled... more

Video: One way to catch a bus

28.05.08

If running 20 yards to catch a bus leaves you red-faced and out of breath, then look away now... more

Preparing for the future

04.04.08

The Science of Survival at the Science Museum is a refreshingly upbeat take on the planet for children, with interactive games and prototype designs.... more

I won't buy Japanese as long as this cruelty lasts

22.02.08

Concern for the natural world may seem an irrelevance to the sophisticated and unnatural work of the art critic, but it nevertheless conditions my responses to people, places and the artefacts, both cultural and commercial, that stem from them. In this context Japan is very much on my mind again... more