The New Year is bringing some seismic shifts across the natural resources industry. With a huge swath of mining and energy companies being warned this week on coming changes to…
The biggest result from the collapse in oil prices could be a future price spike. Oil prices at $30 per barrel have put most producers under…
As three Michigan gas stations aggressively battled for customers last week in an all-out price war, sending gas prices down to 47 cents per gallon—just pennies above the federal…
Anyone looking for evidence that solar power is more than just a passing fad need only look at Australia’s newest solar plants. Recently, the country saw two new solar plants…
Investors are suddenly finding value in beaten down natural gas stocks as crude oil prices hit new lows, in what might signal a bottom for gas…
We begin with a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week before looking at some of the key market movers and…
The U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FERC Order 745: Bad News for Electric Generators and Good News for Consumers On Monday (January 25) the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 6 to…
A few days after Christmas I appeared on CNBC Asia’s Squawk Box to discuss the volatility in the oil market. Bernie Lo asked a question about OPEC’s strategy, and…
Sixty years to the day after Buddy Holly’s first official recording session took place, and “Blue Days, Black Nights” have become a common occurrence for the…
In the minerals sector — all the way from exploration projects up to mining operations — it’s critical to know who the potential buyers are for…
Inventories will continue to rise, but the momentum is slowing. The following are some observations as to how we got here and how we’re gonna get…
(Click to enlarge) The one given in this industry is that the analyst community is consistently wrong about where…
The head of OPEC called on oil producers around the world to work together to address the current state of oversupply. “It is vital the market…
The global economy is slipping into recession. The evidence is showing up in all the usual ways: slowing output growth, slumping purchasing-manager indexes, widening credit spreads, declining corporate earnings, falling…
The sharp rally in oil prices at the end of last week came to an abrupt halt on Monday, with WTI and Brent both trading down…
We may be enjoying amazingly low prices at the gas pump, but as oil prices continueing to slide we must also remember the catastrophic events that have followed almost every…
One hundred and thirty-four years after the birth of Virginia Woolf, and action in the crude complex is night and day compared to Friday. After rampant…
A lot of eyes in the global gold sector on India the last few months. Looking to see what effect radical new plans in the bullion business here might have…
The U.S. land rig count for the week ending 22 January 2016 was 607, down 16, and the horizontal land rig count was 500, down 11…
There’s an old saying in journalism that goes, “Never let the facts ruin a good story.” This accurately describes what should be called The Incredible Shrinking…