Energy Top Stories

Namibia’s uranium production to triple by 2017

Uranium production in Namibia is expected to triple by 2017 with the ramp-up of the massive Husab mine, states a senior government official.

Andrew Topf | March 27, 2016 | 12:52 pm

This country just ended its coal power production

Scotland has stopped generating electricity from coal for the first…

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2016 | 6:05 am

Current oil price rally reaching its limits

Oil prices have climbed by about 50 percent from their…

Oilprice.com | March 24, 2016 | 8:59 am

Commodity bulls twisting in the wind

After rebound in sentiment, mining and metals sector increasingly vulnerable…

Frik Els | March 23, 2016 | 3:09 pm

Animation: How China trumps the US in trade

The U.S. trade deficit with China reached record proportions in…

Visual Capitalist | March 23, 2016 | 12:46 pm

Rio Tinto makes first coal shipment‎ from Mozambique

Giant miner Rio Tinto said Monday that it has started exporting premium hard coking coal from its Mozambique Benga Mine, its first shipment of 34,000 tons has left the Port of Beira and is bound for an Indian steel mill.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 25, 2012 | 1:22 pm

Mapping coal port expansion in the Pacific Northwest

The Columbian, a newspaper out of Vancouver, WA, put together a handy map showing proposed development plans for six coal terminals in Oregon and Washington, the status of each along with what the project has going for it and opposition lined up against.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 24, 2012 | 4:07 pm

Why stocks outperformed all other gold investments

Companies with gold in the ground now will be the ones to prosper. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Ian Gordon discusses where he thinks the Dow will bottom and what companies will come out on top.

The Gold Report | June 22, 2012 | 9:34 pm

Six percent can draw gold from the moon

Following many years of net annual sales in the 400 to 500 tonne range, central banks, underweighted in gold and overweight in dollars and euro’s, became net buyers of gold.

Richard Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 22, 2012 | 6:03 pm

Fortescue takes the Federal Government to court

Fortescue Metals has lodged a challenge in the High Court of Australia against the Federal Government's Minerals Resource Rent Tax on constitutional grounds.

Joshua Zapf | June 22, 2012 | 5:29 pm

Colombia goes ‘all in’ setting aside 17.6 million hectares for mining

The lands will be open for mining licenses, but a majority of them are in protected zones, so officials would have to carefully pick specific regions to auction.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 22, 2012 | 11:49 am

Drug tests coming to the oil sands this fall

Despite misgivings by unions, random drug and alcohol testing for oil sands workers will get underway later this year. The Drug and Alcohol […]

Michael Allan McCrae | June 22, 2012 | 5:10 am

Arch Coal lays off 750 workers due to ‘unprecedented downturn’

Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI), the second largest supplier of coal in the USA, is laying off 750 full-time workers at its Appalachia mining operations after owners said that demand had reached a 20-year low.

Michael Allan McCrae | June 22, 2012 | 4:45 am

Iron ore hits 5-week high as China continues to forge steel near record pace

The performance of iron ore is in stark contrast to other commodities including copper which has shed 4% over the last two days and crude oil which touched a 52-week low of under $78 a barrel today.

Frik Els | June 21, 2012 | 7:05 pm

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