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  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Anglo American PLC
    Anglo American Platinum to cut jobs in South Africa as metals prices slide

    Headcount to be reduced by almost a fifth after 71% plunge in profitability

    An Amplats smelter
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Moral Money
    Following the money behind Amazon oil development Premium content

    Santander and HSBC worked on Petroperú bond issuance despite its record of Amazon oil spills

    A drone photo of an oil production site amid lush rainforest
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    News in-depthGazprom OAO
    Gazprom grapples with collapse in sales to Europe

    Business model in tatters after biggest customer slashes Russian gas imports in wake of Ukraine war

    Montage of Vladimir Putin and Alexey Miller and Gazprom logo
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Natural gas
    Natural gas prices plunge as US set for warmest winter on record

    Lower demand during mild weather has coincided with surging production

    A Con Edison worker works on an underground pipe in New York
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Albemarle Corp
    Top lithium producer Albemarle downgrades 2030 demand forecast as EV shift slows

    Chinese consumer shift to smaller battery cars that need less of the metal is also expected to cut usage

    Lithium brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle’s lithium mine in Silver Peak, US
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    UK energy
    Britain’s energy price cap set to fall to 2-year low from April

    Analysts forecast regulator will cut level by 15% to £1,635 for second quarter in boost to efforts to curb inflation

    A person adjusts their thermostat while looking at a smart meter
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Labour must tread carefully on road towards UK’s clean, green future

    Party’s plan to extend windfall tax and cut investment allowances has enraged industry bosses, while others warn we are at ‘crux point’

    Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Mining
    Australia classifies nickel as a ‘critical’ mineral to protect ailing industry

    Producers of EV battery material fear collapse as supply glut from Indonesia knocks prices

    Employees outside the BHP Kwinana Nickel Refinery in Western Australia
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Hedge fund stampede into cocoa futures fuels record price jump

    Speculative traders have amassed a $8.7bn bet on further gains, the largest ever

    Workers collect dry cocoa beans
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2024
    Energy Source
    Shale’s new era spells higher oil prices Premium content

    Consolidation has reshaped the US energy industry — and its role in global markets

    The sun shines through the clouds as it begins to set behind a pumpjack outside Goldsmith, Texas
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Climate change
    Google joins satellite mission to scan globe for methane leaks

    Tech group’s AI tools will assist project to track oil and gas infrastructure

    MethaneSAT above the Earth
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp cuts full-year sales and profit guidance

    German industrial conglomerate writes down value of its steel business for second time in three months

    A steel worker stands amid sparks from a blast furnace at a Thyssenkrupp factory in Duisbery, Germany
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Natural gas
    LNG demand to surge 50% by 2040 in clean-fuel transition, forecasts Shell

    Switch from coal by China and other Asian countries will drive increase, says report

    Two vessels can be seen next to five large LNG storage tanks
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Venezuela
    Venezuela troop build-up breaches international law, warns Guyana

    Foreign minister says Caracas is seeking to push Georgetown into settling territorial dispute over oil-rich region

    Guyanese foreign minister Hugh Todd speaks to the pres from behind a podium
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    News in-depthShale Oil & Gas
    Permian Basin deal wave heralds new phase in shale oil revolution

    Diamondback Energy’s $26bn takeover of Endeavor furthers drive towards efficiency and lower production costs

    Oil wells pumping in the Permian Basin
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    EG Group
    Asda owners borrowed $7mn more from petrol station empire to repay private jet loans

    Issa brothers originally took on €39mn debt from EG Group to buy the two Bombardier planes in 2018

    Zuber and Mohsin Issa
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    ExxonMobil
    Exxon accused of ‘bullying’ tactics in legal pursuit of climate activist investors

    Shareholder group Follow This seeks to dismiss US oil major’s lawsuit after dropping green resolution

    Exxon’s logo on a petrol station in the US
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Energy Source
    How big a hypocrite is Norway on energy matters? Premium content

    The rich Nordic country is western Europe’s biggest petroleum producer but likes to tout its green credentials too

    An offshore oil drilling platform in the North Sea
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Exchange traded funds
    China’s ‘national team’ propels EM ETF flows to new record

    Chinese equity funds accounted for vast majority of the new money, but foreign investors preferred ex-China vehicles

    Fire dragon dancers perform under a shower of sparks from molten iron during a temple fair at the Shijingshan Amusement Park in Beijing
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Biden’s offshore drilling curbs hit by lawsuits

    Separate actions from industry and green groups take aim at the administration’s policy

    An offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    LexOil & Gas industry
    Diamondback/Endeavor deal puts pressure on US shale consolidators Premium content

    Large acquisition targets have become scarce commodities in the Permian Basin

    A well pump works at sunset in Texas
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Diamondback Energy agrees to buy Endeavor in $26bn US oil deal

    Acquisition among ‘last major outstanding M&A puzzle pieces’ in the booming Permian Basin

    A Diamondback Energy oil rig in Midland, Texas
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Glencore
    Glencore to sell stake in lossmaking New Caledonia nickel operations

    Production suspended after sharp fall in price of metal used for stainless steel and electric car batteries

    A nickel factory in New Caledonia
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    InterviewTotalEnergies
    Total boss warns governments risk mis-selling energy transition

    States must acknowledge shift to less-polluting system will lead to higher energy costs, says Patrick Pouyanné

    Patrick Pouyanné
  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    ESG investing
    Oxford under fire for increasing fossil fuel investments

    University’s exposure has risen despite landmark 2020 commitment to divestment

    students at Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
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