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FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
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Canadian miner FQM to launch formal arbitration versus Panama

First Quantum Minerals will launch formal arbitration proceedings against Panama over the country's decision to close the Cobre Panama mine.

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Q&A: What does the ‘landmark’ Horse Hill judgment mean for UK fossil fuels?

On June 20, the British Supreme Court ruled that a local council acted unlawfully by granting planning permission for an oil project. Carbon...

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the logo of Spanish oil major Repsol outside its headquarters in Madrid, Spain, December 26, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
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Repsol in talks to merge UK North Sea operations with NEO, sources say

Spain's Repsol is in talks to merge its UK North Sea oil and gas business with private equity-backed NEO Energy, three industry sources...

Smoke rising out of chimneys at Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham. File photo. (David Jones/PA)
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UK government met oil and gas lobbyists every working day in 2023

At least 65 fossil fuel organisations and industry bodies were identified meeting with ministers over the course of 2023.

FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, June 27, 2024.     REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
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European shares post quarterly loss as markets await French elections

European shares opened higher on Friday, as firmer crude oil prices lifted energy stocks, though the focus was also on a U.S. inflation...

FILE PHOTO: General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed//File Photo
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Saudi Arabia may cut oil prices for Asia for second month in August

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may cut prices for crude grades it sells to Asia for a second month in August, trade sources...

FILE- Members of Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California coalition campaign for Keep The Law (SB 1137) in Inglewood, Calif., on Friday, March. 22, 2024. The California Independent Petroleum Association says it will withdraw a referendum asking voters to block the law, clearing the way for it to take effect. The association announced Wednesday, Jun26, 2024 it plans to file a lawsuit to ask a judge to block the law instead. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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Law limiting new oil wells in California set to take effect

California law banning new oil wells near sensitive areas like homes and schools will soon take effect after the oil industry withdrew a...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with Reuters in Washington, D.C., U.S.,  June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Leah Douglas/File Photo
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US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to buy domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to steer the country away from buying it from Russia.

FILE - A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission Thursday, June27, 2024 although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear in light of a Biden administration delay on such projects announced earlier this year. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)
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Louisiana LNG export terminal gets energy panel’s nod. Will Biden okay it?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG export terminal in Louisiana, potentially the largest in the nation....

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Electric vehicle tariffs: What’s next for the future of EVs in Canada?

The Conversation: As the Canadian federal government considers a tariff on Chinese electric vehicles — intended to offset some of China’s intentional market...

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