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Mar 24, 2015 at 11:00

Momentum has been building amongst gold stocks this week. With gauges like the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index up 9% over the last week of trading. The interesting thing is, this…

Mar 23, 2015 at 18:58

More than four years after the catastrophic tsunami that crippled several nuclear reactors in Fukushima, the Japanese utility that owns the site is struggling to deal…

Mar 23, 2015 at 18:42

As of late last year coal formed the backbone of US electric generation capacity. At a share of roughly 39 percent, it still does. However,…

Mar 23, 2015 at 18:30

The plunging price of oil over the past nine months has forced many if not most energy companies to cut back drastically on spending, especially on…

Mar 23, 2015 at 18:22

The Obama administration’s new rules on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are being denounced by the energy industry as impeding a US oil renaissance and by environmental…

Mar 23, 2015 at 16:21

The definitive answer to Texas’ drought, concerns about future supplies of potable water, and oil industry fears of fracking drying up is next generation technology that…

Mar 23, 2015 at 14:56

It is a staple of oil industry apologists to say that the recent swift decline in the price of oil is indicative of long-term abundance. This…

Mar 23, 2015 at 11:23

A relatively high-profile natural gas pipeline cleared a key legal hurdle just as another saw increasing opposition from affected landowners.The shale gas revolution has…

Mar 23, 2015 at 11:05

Mining just got a lot tougher in one key commodities nation this week. Struggling metals producer India. The minerals industry is feeling the pinch after a slate of new measures…

Mar 22, 2015 at 19:39

Oil companies continue to get burned by low oil prices, but the pain is bleeding over into the financial industry. Major banks are suffering huge losses…

Mar 22, 2015 at 19:26

Spending cuts for oil-directed drilling have dominated first quarter 2015 energy news but rig counts for shale gas drilling are too high. Investors should pay attention…

Mar 22, 2015 at 18:57

A recent report from GTM Research and the Energy Storage Association, ‘U.S. Energy Storage Monitor,’ projected that…

Mar 21, 2015 at 09:19

Things are starting to get interesting in the global coal market.The key word being "starting".The strategy unveiled by South Africa's power authority Eskom may be a…

Mar 20, 2015 at 15:03

How quickly has the oil market has changed? Since November of last year, oil predictions have run the gamut from complete wipeout to $20 a barrel…

Mar 20, 2015 at 15:01

In general, when a company announces plans to issue more stock, it has a rapid negative effect of the share price. That is understandable, each share…

Mar 20, 2015 at 14:53

Introduction The United States is hoping to take drastic measures to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. However, with the U.S. Congress gridlocked and unable to take…

Mar 20, 2015 at 14:36

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Iraqi forces (backed by Shi’ite militias) have retaken most of the towns and the area surrounding Tikrit, in central Iraq, but…

Mar 20, 2015 at 14:29

Crude Oil Crude oil support fell apart last week, leading to a price collapse. The selling momentum was strong enough to drive the market into a…

Mar 20, 2015 at 13:52

Along with the rest of the energy world, we have been closely tracking rig counts (now down 40 percent from last fall) and other data to…

Mar 20, 2015 at 10:18

Prices in the worldwide thermal coal market appear to be stabilizing. Leading to the question: is there any hope of a recovery in sight soon? To…