Energy Top Stories

New plant in the UK aims to transform biomass into ‘coal’

This would be the first complex of its type in the country.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 24, 2017 | 4:37 pm

European investors to fund $53-million bio-coal plant

Baltania OÜ wants to supply clean energy to utility companies…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 4:28 pm

Legal kerfuffle in Spain around uranium mine environmental assessment

Spain's National Audience dismissed a series of allegations presented by…

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 23, 2017 | 6:08 am

South Africa’s NUM union signs three-year wage deal in coal sector

Deal averts a sector-wide strike that could have impacted power…

Reuters | November 23, 2017 | 3:00 am

LME launches probe on cobalt suppliers over fears of child exploitation

The LME has sent a directive to all suppliers asking…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 22, 2017 | 10:25 am

Bolivia to revise new mining law

Bolivian President Evo Morales and leaders of the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives have formed a commission to quickly redraft at least three controversial articles of the recently-approved ruling.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2014 | 3:14 pm

Former JPMorgan commodities chief under federal probe

The probe was opened following a settlement with regulators that alleged JPMorgan manipulated power markets in the Midwest and California.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2014 | 1:00 pm

Green Germany returning to brown coal, villages in limbo

The nation is sweeping away entire towns of its map because they are sitting on vast coal deposits.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2014 | 10:35 am

Gold price up on Fed minutes, Ukraine worries and tanking stocks

Trifecta boosts gold to two-week high.

Frik Els | April 10, 2014 | 11:18 pm

Maritime piracy shifts to Atlantic, Southeast Asia

Of the 70 pirate attacks so far this year, 53 have been in the waters off Southeast Asia and West Africa and some 50 crew remain in captivity.

Frik Els | April 10, 2014 | 5:44 pm

SNL Energy: James River Coal’s recovery from bankruptcy could be hindered by contracts

Rocked by weakening thermal coal demand and a depressed metallurgical coal market, James River Coal Co. filed for bankruptcy reorganization April 7.

SNL Financial | April 10, 2014 | 2:15 pm

Russia invaded Crimea and these US Energy companies made a killing

Don't put all your investments in one stock, warns S&A Resource Report Editor Matt Badiali.

The Energy Report | April 10, 2014 | 11:38 am

Are you prepared for a Bull Market that will shock even the most ardent goldbugs?

Gold juniors with cash and good projects are trading at tiny fractions of their worth.

The Gold Report | April 9, 2014 | 9:25 pm

Gold fear trade returns on Ukraine escalation

Retakes $1,300 an ounce after Russia says Ukraine headed for a civil war.

Frik Els | April 8, 2014 | 11:12 pm

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