September 1, 2022 Colombia may require environmental licenses for mining exploration Colombia currently only requires environmental permissions for projects in the exploitation and production phases.
August 29, 2022 Oil rises to highest in a month amidst global energy crunch Cries of supply shortages continue to come from all corners.
August 29, 2022 Elon Musk says the world needs more oil and gas as a bridge to renewables Musk made his comments as Europe is grappling with its worst energy crisis in decades.
August 29, 2022 Goldman says ‘buy commodities now, worry about recession later’ “Our economists view the risk of a recession outside Europe in the next 12 months as relatively low,” bank analysts said.
August 29, 2022 Colombia abandons plan to tax gold exports The government has scrapped plans to introduce a 10% export tax on gold as part of the tax reform bill submitted by President Gustavo Petro in early August.
August 26, 2022 Fracking may decrease magnitude of microearthquakes at mining operations – study New research proposes the idea that hydraulic fracturing may decrease the magnitude of seismic events and microearthquakes at certain mining operations.
August 22, 2022 China boosts spending on Russian energy to $35 billion since war Purchases of crude, oil products, gas and coal rose to $35 billion since the war in Ukraine began, from about $20 billion a year earlier.
August 17, 2022 Biden’s freeze on oil, gas leases on public land is reinstated — for now Court on Wednesday threw out the judge’s nationwide injunction forcing a restart of leasing from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska.
August 12, 2022 Five Chinese state-owned companies, under scrutiny in US, will delist from NYSE Oil giant Sinopec, Aluminium Corporation of China PetroChina and Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical said they would apply to delist their American Depository Shares this month.
August 12, 2022 Ex-platinum partners fund manager guilty in $70 million fraud Daniel Small was accused of conspiring with Mark Nordlicht, Platinum’s co-founder, in a scheme to defraud bondholders of Black Elk Energy Offshore LLC of the proceeds of a lucrative asset…
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
