UK energy companies were allowed by regulator to recoup rising costs through customer bills
Environmentalists aim to stop Rio Tinto’s Jadar project despite Belgrade’s promise of economic boom
Long-term shortage of rare metal antimony, a critical material in the defence supply chain, could pose security risk
Declining fossil fuel output and surging demand spark energy shortage despite production from vast Zohr field
Trading software companies fear project will make Brussels a competitor and believe tender is misconceived
Imports into Europe expected to surge later this year
Democratic presidential candidate has dropped her opposition to fracking but still supports green transition
Substituting one mineral for another takes time and money
Sadiq al-Kabir the focus of high-stakes power struggle that has shut down most of the country’s oil production
Chief executive Bernhard Osburg, chair Sigmar Gabriel and five directors go in row with group head Lopez
Chief executive Wael Sawan’s cost-cutting drive has reached the oil major’s core upstream business
Fears of an international hunger emergency after the Ukraine invasion proved unfounded
Also in today’s newsletter, the familiar name foiling Democrats’ efforts to rein in big business, and falling petrol prices
Bank’s analysts cut share price targets for BP, TotalEnergies, Shell, Equinor and Repsol over weaker fossil fuel prices
Fire onboard the Greek-owned Sounion had sparked warning of an imminent ‘ecological disaster’
Decision casts doubt on the future of the project, one of the North Sea’s biggest
Coalition reduces financing by $15bn but does not deliver equivalent rise in funding for clean energy projects
The Sounion has a cargo of 1mn barrels of crude and is on fire after being attacked by Houthi rebels in Yemen
Central banks bought 483 tonnes of the precious metal in the first half
Its projects are not delivering sizeable growth and picking up assets on the cheap is proving difficult
Climate activists might celebrate the contraction in production but countries need to finance their energy transitions
US says vessel targeted by Houthis appears to be leaking crude from its 1mn-barrel cargo
The metal has climbed way past the rate of inflation. Why?
Boom for traders that followed Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine may be coming to an end
Endeavour Mining had agreed to sell sites to rival last year for $300mn