Canada’s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline squashed by court

Main power utility, Eskom, is struggling to meet demand in a country that depends on coal to generate 85% of its electricity.

The vast majority of nuclear reactors in the US have been steaming along for decades and are approaching their decommissioning date.

This is first time Romania grants a mining license without the involvement of a state-owned enterprise.

Necessary tougher measures are likely to meet fierce Republican opposition.

China needs supply for its 22 operating reactors and the other 24 currently are under construction.

Energy regulator says it holds as much as 200 billion barrels of shale oil reserves, comparable to North Dakota’s thriving Bakken field.

"I sort of approach it with some tepid enthusiasm from what I can see. We are hopefully going to see a couple of mining projects–predominantly in eastern Canada–that will come to fruition in the next quarter."

A fast-moving wildfire in northeastern Alberta has forced the evacuation of staff at two oil sands facilities representing over 7 percent of Alberta's oil production.

Uranium investors are being urged to exercise caution in the short term due to three events which could affect the prices of the nuclear fuel and the companies that mine it.