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China's coal consumption has grown rapidly in recent years, and is now far larger than anything the world has ever seen, with more than 3.2…
Commodities trading and mining company Glencore Xstrata (LON:GLEN) announced Thursday it has named Tony Hayward, the former chief executive of oil major BP ((NYSE:BP), who…
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and a team of other artists and engineers are developing a new, energy-friendly mechanism that sucks smog out of the air…
Kinder Morgan’s (NYSE:KMI) assertion that oil spills could bring economic benefits is triggering heated reactions.The company’s statement, part of its $5.4 billion proposal to the…
Saudi Arabia – known for its massive oil resources – is making a serious push for a different kind of energy: Nuclear power.Last week the…
About 30 artificial lakes may be built in Canada’s oil sand rich province of Alberta by the time companies currently extracting heavy crude from the…
Keystone watchers are in something of a swivet over comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama in a recent interview with the New York Times.…
George Mitchell, who doggedly pursued new techniques to extract natural gas from fields other considered unrecoverable, passed away at his home in Galveston. He was…
PLS Inc., a Houston-based research, transaction and advisory firm, in conjunction with its international partner, Derrick Petroleum Services, announced that global M&A oil and gas…
Despite current setbacks in the global economy and Africa’s failure to take advantage of the last decade’s resources boom, experts believe agricultural, mining and energy…
What most Americans don't realize is that dependence on foreign oil isn't the main obstacle to US energy autonomy. If you think America's energy supply…
ICT Group, controlled by Russian tycoon Alexander Nesis and state-owned corporation Rostec has reached a $1 billion deal to develop the Tomtor rare metals deposit…
Australia predicts it will be the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the world within five years, the country's federal resources minister said…
In the 1990s, China opened up the country’s vast mineral resources to international investment.Over the past decade, it has reformulated its mining legislation to attract…
The UK government decided Wednesday to get a foot on the door to Afghanistan’s $1 trillion of untapped mineral wealth, by providing a three-year, $15…
For the first time in almost 40 years, the U.S. has lost its top net oil importer position to China according to preliminary figures published…
Glencore (LON:GLEN) and Xstrata (LON:XTA) announced Friday they have, once again, extended the deadline for closing their long-awaited $80 billion merger, scrapping March 15 as…
A significant discovery of new uranium deposits equivalent to three times its estimated uranium reserves, announced Iran this weekend, only days before the nation was…
The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP)(LSE: BLT)(NYSE: BHP) reported Tuesday its profits had plunged 58% and revenues declined 14% during the last half…