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Well, that's one way to try and help alleviate a cash crunch at your empire... SpaceX is reportedly attempting to raise a funding round that…
Europe could end winter with better-than-expected natural gas storage levels because of unseasonably warm weather across the energy-stricken continent in October and November. Traditionally the heating season…
While Europe has been keeping a generally optimistic facade ahead of the coming cold winter, signaling that it has more than enough gas in storage…
Though all eyes have been on the Polish border blast and the resulting back-and-forth on who was responsible, a separate major attack unfolded in southern…
Nickel prices jumped Tuesday on the news of production setbacks at the troubled Goro nickel mine, which has one of the world's largest deposits and…
India would be one of the countries most exposed if Russia refuses to sell crude oil at the capped price under proposed sanctions to be…
Believe it or not, another solar energy company has gone bust. This time, it was one of the largest in England. Toucan Energy Holdings 1…
Now Bloomberg reports Freeport LNG told customers that outages at its Texas terminal, which has been closed since June and was scheduled to reopen by…
The latest Bloomberg Trade Tracker reveals an ominous outlook for world trade due to soaring interest rates, the war in Ukraine, a slowdown in the…
For months the US has repeatedly tried to coerce India into cutting ties with Russia, thereby abandoning its national interests. New Delhi, however, continues to…
Currently, US semiconductors are a measly 10% of global production. Most chips are produced in Asia, particularly South Korea and Taiwan, and the Biden administration…
Private space travel is taking off, with around $265 billion having been invested in space startups since 2014. According to Space Capital, almost half of…
Energy sanctions against Russia have helped Moscow achieve the second-ever sail of a crude tanker east through the Arctic Circle toward China, a route dubbed…
As the world's biggest hypocrites arrive in their private jets at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh (or as Rabo's Michael Every puts…
Alongside the neverending charade over when/if the Fed will pivot (it will, it just needs to really break the market and the economy first, at…
France's nuclear troubles are mounting due primarily to routine maintenance of the country's 56 aging reactors. A new update from French electric utility company Electricite…
Europe has a tough winter ahead. Without Russian natural gas, the bloc has a shortage of energy. This has ratcheted up heating bills, and as…
EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) is growing its global expansion yet again. The world's largest EV battery producer, which had announced…
Three months ago, executives of Maersk expected the container shipping market to peak and turn downward sometime in the fourth quarter. Just a few weeks…
Officials for commodity mining and trading giant Glencore were found to have been involved in a "web of bribery and corruption" orchestrated by the company's…