Alliant Energy to fork out over $7 million on cutting pollution from coal-fired power plants
Spending corresponds to a $1.1 million pollution fine and further $6 million on environmental mitigation projects.
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BHP Billiton to take a $2.8 billion write-down on US assets
With this impairment BHP will have written down its oil and gas business by more than $4 billion since 2011.
Nevermind the machines how about paying attention to the minerals?
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Only permanent supply cuts can lift metal prices
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Suncor Energy tests use of radio waves instead of water at oil sands
Instead of high-pressure steam, Canada's largest oil and gas producer wants to send radio waves down to heat the bitumen.
$85 billion in write-offs may fuel small gold mining stocks
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Congo’s Gecamines sells copper assets to Chinese for $52 million
The deal increases Chinese miners presence in Congo, which is Africa’s top copper producer and the world’s largest producer of cobalt.
OPEC, get ready for the second U.S. oil boom
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