Bloomberg India expects to woo 1 trillion rupees ($15 billion) of investment over five years to double mining output and cut mineral imports. The government’s goal is to fast-track exploration, including upfront payments for discovered deposits when the mines are auctioned, Mines Minister Piyush Goyal said in an interview. The administration will invite foreign companies to participate, he said, …

  Bloomberg China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., the world’s biggest oil refiner, posted a 22 percent decline in profit for the first half of the year as oil’s collapse overpowered the boost from cheaper crude used to make fuels and chemicals. Net income dropped to 19.9 billion yuan ($3 billion), the Beijing-based company known as Sinopec said in a statement …

  Bloomberg Signs of life returning to Asian trade have stirred up some optimism of a recovery, but a closer look at the data coming out of the region indicates the malaise is far from over. While export figures from Malaysia and Thailand showed surprising strength in June, trade continues to contract across most of Asia in the face of …