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• China Burning and Consuming Most Of World's Coal

  Published 15 May 2014 | viewed 15,043 times

  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…

• Former BP boss Tony Hayward is Glencore Xstrata’s New Chairman

  Published 08 May 2014 | viewed 10,839 times

  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…

• Diamonds From Smog? China Plans To Try It

  Published 05 May 2014 | viewed 8,999 times

  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…

• Economic Benefits From Oil Spills? Canadian Company Thinks So

  Published 01 May 2014 | viewed 30,491 times

  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…

• Why has Nuclear Power become so Important to Saudi Arabia?

  Published 10 January 2014 | viewed 24,106 times

  Saudi Arabia – known for its massive oil resources – is making a serious push for a different kind of energy: Nuclear power.Last week the…

• Canada to Build World’s Largest Artificial Lake District to Store Oil Sand Waste

  Published 25 November 2013 | viewed 15,889 times

  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…

• Obama’s Latest Comments Cast Even More Doubt on Keystone XL Approval

  Published 13 September 2013 | viewed 43,324 times

  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.…

• Father of Hydraulic Fracturing Dies at 94

  Published 29 July 2013 | viewed 4,962 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…

• Oil and Gas M&As; Reached $25 Billion in Q2 2013

  Published 15 July 2013 | viewed 6,514 times

  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…

• Africa Ready to Reverse its Resource Curse

  Published 28 May 2013 | viewed 7,686 times

  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…

• Not Just Oil: The US is also Dependent on Foreign Uranium

  Published 14 May 2013 | viewed 13,443 times

  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…

• Russia Attempts to Loosen China’s Grip on the Global Rare Earth Industry

  Published 29 April 2013 | viewed 10,993 times

  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 Set to Become World’s Biggest LNG Exporter by 2018

  Published 18 April 2013 | viewed 7,027 times

  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…

• Foreign Mining Companies Flee China

  Published 12 March 2013 | viewed 22,030 times

  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…

• UK Aims to Capture Share of $1 Trillion Afghan Natural Resource Reserves

  Published 07 March 2013 | viewed 4,920 times

  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…

• China Overtakes the US to become the World’s Largest Oil Importer

  Published 04 March 2013 | viewed 17,628 times

  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…

• $80 Billion Merger Deal between Glencore and Xstrata Delayed Again

  Published 02 March 2013 | viewed 4,283 times

  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…

• Iran Announces Discovery of Huge Uranium Deposits

  Published 25 February 2013 | viewed 6,703 times

  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…

• BHP profits Fall 58% in Second Half of 2012

  Published 20 February 2013 | viewed 4,738 times

  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…