Gold and mining cover the search for, extraction, and refining of metals and minerals — from gold and silver to copper and iron. Miners crush ore into concentrate, then refine it into pure metal. Prices move with inflation fears, central-bank buying, and mine supply, making this sector a barometer for the whole resource market.
Petroleum
Petroleum is crude oil pumped from underground reservoirs — the raw material behind gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and countless plastics and chemicals. Pumpjacks like this one draw oil to the surface before it is shipped to refineries. Petroleum prices respond to OPEC decisions, global demand, and geopolitical supply risks.
Oil & Gas
The oil and gas industry spans exploration, drilling, production, transport, and refining. Natural gas heats homes and generates power, while refined oil products fuel transport and industry. Together they remain the backbone of the global energy system, even as renewables grow.
Forestry & Logging
Forestry and logging supply the timber behind lumber, paper, and packaging. Crews harvest mature trees, haul logs by truck to mills, and replant for the next rotation. The sector tracks housing construction, lumber prices, and sustainable-forestry regulation.
Crude oil prices retreated from yesterday’s highs earlier today, on the news that President Trump was considering lifting sanctions on tankers used to transport oil and fuels from Venezuela, Russia, and Iran in a bid to ease a deepening tanker crunch. At the time of writing, Brent crude was…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has announced a landmark $100-billion private investment to turn the former uranium enrichment site in Western Kentucky into the new Paducah American Energy Hub, marking one of the largest economic development projects in Kentucky's history. Led by U.S.…
Brent crude is once again over $106, Iran is intensifying attacks on tankers in Hormuz, and global inventories are draining, while OPEC just forecast stronger demand for next year. Six months ago, one well-timed TruthSocial post by President Trump would have calmed traders down. Now, this no…
HIGHLIGHTS Six drill holes have confirmed the presence of a new zone of ferrosyenite, the same rock type as the current TG deposit resource (MRE 2025), along a 500-metre portion of a 750-metre-long untested magnetic anomaly to date; These drill holes intersected this ferrosyenite over appreciable…
The United States has used a 1950 authority to help boost fuel production at a small Texas refinery, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, as the Trump Administration is running out of levers to lower record-high fuel prices. “I am pleased to announce that the Trump administration, working with…
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by a massive 11.12 million barrels in the week ending October 9. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories fell by 2.09 million barrels. Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have…
The discount on Western Canada Select, WCS, crude oil to North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures widened slightly on Wednesday. WCS for November delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $25.55 a barrel below the US benchmark WTI, compared with $25.50 on Tuesday, according to…
Announcement – October 14, 2026 Alberta Energy Regulator Issues Suspension Order to Sumerian Oil & Gas Inc. The Alberta Energy Regulator (the AER) issued a suspension order on October 5, 2026, to Sumerian Oil & Gas Inc. (Sumerian) based on a failure to comply with requirements related to…
Next-day physical pricing for natural gas strengthened in most regions on Wednesday, helped by robust LNG exports and an expected cooldown in the Upper Midwest and Northeast.
Oct 13, 2026 Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Energy and Minerals Brian Jean issued the following statement on the groundbreaking of the Yellowhead Pipeline: “Today’s groundbreaking marks an important milestone for the Yellowhead Pipeline and another step toward securing Alberta’s economic…
President Donald Trump has announced a massive new energy agreement with Taiwan, claiming the island will purchase between $70 billion and $80 billion worth of liquefied natural gas from Alaska over the next two decades, as Asian importers scramble to secure supplies beyond the increasingly…
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. NEWSWIRE OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES REGINA, SK / ACCESS Newswire / October 14, 2026 / ROK Resources Inc. (“ROK” or the “Company“) (TSXV:ROK)(OTCQB:ROKRF) is pleased to provide an update on 2026 operations and an expanded Q4 2026 capital program,…
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Approval for more oil and gas drilling at the North Sea sites Jackdaw and Rosebank have been delayed by “government process” and lengthy bureaucratic wrangling, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. Burnham told MPs that he would take a “pragmatic approach” on oil and gas drilling amid calls from…
The midpoint of a whipsaw trading week saw natural gas futures move sharply lower amid signs of recovering supply and sluggish weather-driven demand in the forecast.
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Iran has quite obviously been surging its attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to wreak uncertainty and economic havoc for the Trump administration ahead of the November midterm elections, undermining a recent recovery in Persian Gulf oil shipments. The attacks are…
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National Fuel Gas (NFG), a diversified natural gas company with production, gathering, pipeline, storage and utility operations, plans to spin off its Appalachian natural gas production subsidiary, Seneca Resources, along with its gathering business, NFG Midstream, into a separate publicly traded…
The European Commission (EC) has formally adopted a proposal to postpone by one year certain parts of its far-reaching methane regulations after concerns mounted over how the continent’s top suppliers would comply with them.
Lofty energy prices amid the war in Iran sent US inflation upward in September, further incentivizing policymakers to ratchet up interest rates to tame spending and contain costs.
Back in 1991, the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States placed the final nail in the Soviet Union’s coffin. Since then, the CIS itself has proven mostly moribund, falling far short of fulfilling the aims outlined in its 1993 charter. The results of the recent CIS summit in…
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Yemen's Houthis said Wednesday they will resume attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities "in the coming days," after Saudi authorities reported a limited fire at Aramco's office complex in Dhahran during a Houthi missile attack Tuesday night. The Houthis claimed strikes on Aramco facilities in…
Supervisors at BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, said they would strike at 8 a.m. local time Wednesday after government-led mediation failed to produce a contract. The union represents about 1,020 workers at a mine that supplies roughly a quarter of Chile’s copper, and the stoppage…
US natural gas futures retreated Wednesday despite strengthening cash prices and robust LNG feedgas demand, with recovering offshore production and forecasts for late-October warmth weighing on the outlook ahead of Thursday's storage report.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that the diesel agreement with the United States is linked to higher Russian refining and production and means additional taxes for the budget. He spoke to journalists at Russian Energy Week in Moscow, calling the agreement "a…
A mild 2026/27 winter in the Lower 48 due to a historically strong El Niño is looking increasingly likely, but extreme cold events and rising LNG exports could still stoke natural gas price volatility.
When Big Tech signed President Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge in March, promising to pay for all the new grid infrastructure upgrades required to service their data centers, we cautioned that "voluntary pledges from trillion-dollar tech giants have a habit of evolving." Seven months later,…
Taiwan to Buy 30% of Proposed Alaska Pipeline Gas, President Trump Says Daniel Onyango Wed, 10/14/2026 - 15:31 U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Taiwan has agreed to purchase 30% of the gas produced by a proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline project over the next two…
China’s imports of coal fell in September by 6% from a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday, as Chinese inventories remain robust, supply from key exporter Indonesia remains restricted, and import prices jump. Last month, China imported 43.37 million tons of all types of coal, up by 3%…
An unseasonable heat blast across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic has landed in the middle of PJM Interconnection’s fall maintenance season, and the grid that serves 67 million people is running thin. PJM issued a Maximum Generation Alert for Tuesday and kept a capacity advisory in place through…
96% of exploration and production companies expect to increase production over the next year, while 90% of energy services respondents anticipate higher activity in 2027. 76% of institutional investors have become more bullish on energy over the past six months, and 63% expect Canadian energy…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that “massive oil, gas and mineral exploration”was set to begin on Greenland, a contentious statement on a territory that has resisted his efforts to control it and has banned new drilling for crude. Trump described the Danish Arctic island which is run…
KPC CEO Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah 'reaffirmed the corporation's commitment to meeting its obligations to customers and partners worldwide, despite ongoing challenges'.
'On a pro-forma basis, Centalion's Haynesville footprint ranks as one of the largest amongst private operators and positions it as a significant market participant in the U.S. natural gas market'.
The jump to record highs in the cost of shipping oil in supertankers is squeezing profit margins for Asian oil refiners, who are heavily dependent on Middle Eastern crude, the International Energy Agency said in a monthly report. * Asian oil refiners have faced the highest transportation costs as…
India’s natural gas demand has declined by 1.5 million tons so far this year as the Iran war choked LNG supplies from the Middle East, hiked spot prices, and destroyed some demand across South Asia, energy consultants Wood Mackenzie said in a report. Before the war, WoodMac’s analysts had expected…
Natural gas futures fluctuated this week in a span bordered by pivotal technical floors and ceilings as fundamentals painted a varied picture, with weather demand fading and LNG feedgas consumption ascending.
Chevron and Egypt Near Final Deal on $4 Billion Eastern Med Gas Pipeline Daniel Onyango Wed, 10/14/2026 - 14:16 U.S. energy major Chevron Corp. and Egyptian officials are finalizing agreements to construct a 280-kilometer subsea pipeline, a key component in a $4 billion project to bring Cyprus'…
Norwegian natural gas exports to Europe are running ahead of last year’s pace heading into winter with the Nordic country’s largest oil and gas producer expanding its supply commitments with another five-year agreement covering nearly 1 Bcm annually.
After four years of speculation, leaks, and briefings by anonymous sources, the world is finally about to hear evidence given publicly under oath in a German courtroom about how the Nord Stream gas pipelines were blown up -- in a case that could prove politically explosive. German prosecutors have…
The new range is designed to provide secure, reliable and versatile anchor options, helping climbers create more efficient work positioning and rescue systems.
Power LNG secured a lease agreement with the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees for a small-scale, modular liquefied natural gas production, storage and fuel bunkering facility on Pelican Island.
India Considering Digital Gold Regulations Including 1-to-1 Gold Backing Currently, Indian law doesn't require digital gold providers to back their product with actual metal...they could run a fractional reserve system with only a small amount of gold on hand. Mike Maharrey Wed, 10/14/2026 - 09:30
Russian strikes on October 13 and 14 cut power to at least 600,000 people in Ukraine, Zelenskyy said, four days after the Trump administration licensed imports of Russian diesel while pressing Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries. Zelenskyy said Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles and…
Soaring electricity consumption in Mexico is driving record demand for US pipeline gas, helping absorb robust Lower 48 production even as infrastructure vulnerabilities underscore Mexico’s deep reliance on imported energy.
Gold: A Rally To $5400 From Here? Given the potential for a US dollar and interest rate tumble, once this week’s CPI and PPI inflation reports are out of the way, what’s most likely is a surge to $4700, and then to $5400. Stewart Thomson Wed, 10/14/2026 - 09:10
Hong Kong's Rise as Global Gold Hub Boosts Status of Chinese Currency Over the next three years, Hong Kong plans to expand its gold vaulting capacity from 150 to over 2,000 tonnes. Mike Maharrey Wed, 10/14/2026 - 09:00
Natural gas futures probed lower early Wednesday as traders sized up low but recovering production, weaker weather demand, robust LNG feedgas consumption and expectations for a seasonally lean storage print.
Saudi Aramco’s newest joint venture refinery in China has received its first cargo of Arab crude as it prepares for start-up, the Saudi oil giant said in a statement to Bloomberg on Wednesday, without providing a timeline for the start of commercial operations. Saudi Arabia and its state-owned oil…
A container ship has sunk near the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by a projectile and a separate dry bulk vessel is sinking in another incident, maritime security sources said on Wednesday. The Singapore-flagged GFS Pride container ship, with a small 2,824 TEU (20-ft equivalent unit) capacity,…
Silver North Intersects 4.41 metres of 1,669 g/t Silver, 0.34 g/t Gold, 3.33% Lead and 2.00% Zinc in Step Out Drilling at the Haldane Silver Property, Yukon Individual samples within interval returned 4,910 g/t silver over 0.30 m (TW) and 6,610 g/t silver over 0.41 m (TW). Silver North R… Wed,…
A Russia-US deal on supplies of Russian diesel can pave the way for further economic cooperation between the two countries, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow would overcome any sanctions-related difficulties to ensure the fuel was delivered. US President Donald…
Kuwait Approves Public Tender for New Sour Gas Export Pipeline Daniel Onyango Wed, 10/14/2026 - 12:02 Kuwait’s state oil operator has received clearance to launch a public tender for a new sour gas pipeline, advancing the nation’s infrastructure expansion to support long-term production targets.…
Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran suffered extensive damage in an attack on Tuesday, with a fire spreading across several floors, three people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Operations at the complex in eastern Saudi Arabia have continued normally but some…
Oman was India’s single biggest LNG supplier in September, toppling the United States that held the top spot for months after the Iran war began, as European buyers are snapping up American cargoes and intensifying the competition of spot U.S. supply with Asia. The arbitrage economics have worked…
Metals: Still Sideways to Lower Action Ira Epstein covers the current state of the metals market, highlighting gold's stability around the $4,200 mark and silver's struggle to maintain levels above $60. Ira Epstein Wed, 10/14/2026 - 07:20
Equinor and its partners discovered oil and gas near the Oseberg field on Norway's side of the North Sea, with preliminary estimates of 19-50 million barrels of oil equivalent.
“Massive” oil, gas, and minerals exploration will soon begin in Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, claiming that the territory has enormous resources of readily available oil. Last month, the United States, Denmark, and Greenland signed an agreement to strengthen defense and…
The European Commission foresees a “very, very difficult winter” regarding higher energy prices, spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen said on Wednesday. She added there is an “affordability” crisis and that the situation is very volatile and very unpredictable. (Reporting by Inti Landauro, Editing by…
'Energy security must unite us, not divide us', Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs, and the President and CEO of QatarEnergy, said.
Yemen’s Houthis vowed on Wednesday to press on with attacks on airports and oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and said they struck the headquarters of oil giant Saudi Aramco, which was hit the day before. The Iran-aligned group said it had launched ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at…
Kinder Morgan Resumes US-Mexico Gas Deliveries After Tennessee Gas Pipeline Repair Daniel Onyango Wed, 10/14/2026 - 09:40 Kinder Morgan, Inc. has resumed natural gas deliveries to Mexico via its Tennessee Gas Pipeline after completing repairs to the affected infrastructure, resolving an…
Saudi Aramco’s administrative building in Dharan, eastern Saudi Arabia, was hit in attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, amid an escalation of the Saudi-Houthi standoff in recent days. Limited fire was reported at Aramco’s headquarters as Saudi Arabia…
Taiwan has agreed to invest up to $4.4 billion in the Alaska LNG project and commit to buying 30% of its output over a period of 20 years, President Trump said, as quoted by AFP, during a campaign rally in Alaska. Earlier today, Taiwan confirmed its intention to spend over $4 billion on the Alaska…
Constrained diesel supplies could persist well into next year as large counter-seasonal stock drawdowns have combined with restricted production ahead of the peak winter demand season, the International Energy Agency said in its latest monthly oil market report. Diesel refining margins, the fuel’s…
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