Not Such Great Expectations: Energy Insiders Contemplate 2016
Rigzone surveys oil and gas experts on a variety of issues expected to confront the industry during the next 12 months. As we move toward the conclusion of a difficult Continue Reading
China orders SOEs to hire former soldiers
China’s government is promising “jobs for the boys” after ordering state-owned enterprises to employ some of the 300,000 soldiers who are being laid off as part of an ambitious modernisation Continue Reading
Large China smelters to cut 200,000 T spot copper sales in 2016: source
Nine large copper smelters in China have agreed to cut sales of spot metal by as much as 200,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2016 to counter low prices, Continue Reading
10 Big Stories News Media Ignored in 2015
When Sonoma State University professor Carl Jensen started looking into the new media’s practice of self-censorship in 1976, the Internet was only a dream and most computers were still big Continue Reading
Iraqi army needs Kurds’ help to retake Mosul
Volunteers to fight the Islamic State, from different Iraqi factions including Kurdish and Yazidis, train at a camping area near Kurdish security points on Bashiqa mountain, around 15km Northeast of Continue Reading
Oil Halts Gains Near 3-Week High as Iran Says Exports `Priority’
Oil in New York halted gains near a three-week high as Iran repeated its goal of boosting exports after sanctions on the country are lifted. Futures were little changed after Continue Reading
Survival of fittest for commodities shipping firms in 2016
Shipping companies that transport commodities such as coal, iron ore and grain face a painful year ahead, with only the strongest expected to weather a deepening crisis caused by tepid Continue Reading
All about China and oil again as shares slip
Shares in Europe and Asia fell on Monday in trade thinned by holidays in a number of financial centres, hit by slumping oil prices and concerns over Chinese growth and Continue Reading
Iraqi Forces Recapture Islamic State-Held Compound in Ramadi
Iraqi forces have recaptured the main government complex in Ramadi held by Islamic State since May, a day after the extremist group’s leader said in a rare audio address that Continue Reading
Mutual fund investors burnt by energy in 2015
One of the hottest categories of mutual funds in recent years inflicted the harshest losses on investors in 2015, the result of a toxic combination of sliding oil prices and Continue Reading