Energy companies flocked to Poland after a 2011 US Department of Energy report estimated its shale gas reserves as perhaps the largest in Europe, 22.5…
Following on the Libor and Euribor interest rate fixing scandals, the European Commission (EC, the executive arm of the EU) has just on Tuesday this…
One does not hear much these days about "peak oil", as new technologies are developed and implemented that, together with market conditions, make feasible the…
ExxonMobil has announced the start of production at the Kearl oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, which holds up to 4.6 billion barrels of oil…
The Canadian energy company Suncor Energy has been struggling since hitting a high of 74 five years ago. It is now trading in the high…
Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast, visiting Beijing, has officially confirmed that Ottawa will welcome further continued investment from Chinese energy companies. "Chinese investors looking for…
A recent report by Finance Canada says that the discount to international prices at which Canadian oil and gas exports are selling, is causing the…
The world price of copper both reflects and drives the hopes and fears of economic recovery and disaster. Roughly 50 pounds (22.7 kg) of copper…
The results of the bank stress test in Europe have been greeted with widespread skepticism; even though financial markets seem calmer, the system is not…
Political friction over economic issues between the US and China has faded for the time being, but its sources remain and may reappear at any…
Adjusting the arcane rules governing exchange trading execution will not remedy broader financial-system problems and global macroeconomic mismanagement that are producing a new wave of…