Energy Top Stories

China spent over $6 billion on Russian energy imports in April

Purchases of oil, gas and coal jumped 75%.

Bloomberg News | May 20, 2022 | 12:18 pm

Highest efficiency solar cell now a reality

National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers created a solar cell with…

Staff Writer | May 20, 2022 | 6:06 am

McMaster University, USNC, GFP sign MOU to study deployment of micro modular reactor

Partnership is an important step in the launch of the…

Staff Writer | May 20, 2022 | 6:00 am

Skyharbour buys into Rio Tinto’s Russell Lake uranium project

The Canadian explorer has secured an initial 51% stake in…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 20, 2022 | 4:03 am

Woodside shareholders back BHP petroleum merger

Deal creates a top ten global independent oil and gas…

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 19, 2022 | 3:52 am

Zimbabwe’s mineral-backed loans may complicate talks with creditors, IMF says

Unable to get funding from lenders like the IMF since defaulting on its debt in 1999, Zimbabwe has over the last five years relied on the African Export and Import Bank for mineral-backed loans

Reuters | June 3, 2019 | 7:16 am

Energy prices crash in Europe as old, new fuels vie for share

Gas and coal prices are plunging in Europe, hurt by the relentless threat of ever-cheaper clean energy.

Bloomberg News | June 2, 2019 | 10:21 am

IMO 2020, EVs, and steel — a perfect storm in the needle coke sector?

The new regulations may have a further, more unexpected effect on the steel sector, and the nascent electric vehicle battery industry.

Wood Mackenzie | May 30, 2019 | 11:57 am

Trump campaign official lobbies for Ohio coal, nuclear subsidies

Bob Paduchik, who also led the Ohio Trump campaign in 2016, called lawmakers urging them to support the legislation and stressing that the president was behind it as well.

Bloomberg News | May 30, 2019 | 10:39 am

Namibia says China can buy Rio’s uranium stake if it respects laws

Rio Tinto, which is seeking to divest less profitable assets, said last November that it was selling its 69% stake in the world's longest-running open pit uranium mine to China for up to $106.5 million.

Reuters | May 29, 2019 | 9:44 am