Commodities
BHP’s takeover bid for Anglo American is clever but far too low | Nils Pratley
Shareholders in the mining firm are unimpressed by the offer as it stands but what happens next could be interesting
Nils Pratley
25, Apr, 2024 @4:49 PM
‘Privileged access’: pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third
Fossil fuel and petrochemical campaigners at Ottawa summit outnumber scientists, EU and Indigenous delegates
Sandra Laville
25, Apr, 2024 @1:44 PM
Oil price could exceed $100 a barrel if Middle East conflict worsens, World Bank warns
Increase in cost of crude could drive inflation up and force central banks to keep interest rates high
Larry Elliott Economics editor
25, Apr, 2024 @12:31 PM
Ofcom warns broadcasters to remain impartial ahead of election, FTSE 100 hits new record high – as it happened
FTSE shows ‘more stamina’ and is on track for its sixth consecutive session of gains, the first such winning streak since August 2023
Julia Kollewe
24, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
Share of electricity generated by fossil fuels in Great Britain drops to record low
Gas and coal accounted for just 2.4% of power generation for an hour last week, data shows, amid ‘zero-carbon grid’ plans
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
24, Apr, 2024 @1:23 PM
Kingsmill owner warns of price rises due to ‘very small’ expected harvests in UK
ABF, which also owns Dorset Cereals, says it is not yet planning rises but it may need to import ‘quite a lot’ of grain
Sarah Butler
23, Apr, 2024 @5:41 PM
Middle East conflict risks sharp rise in oil prices, says IMF
In the UK, anxiety over the crisis after Iran’s missile strike on Israel drives down UK shares
Larry Elliott in Washington
16, Apr, 2024 @6:08 PM
What next for oil prices after Iran’s attack on Israel?
Prices have fallen but an escalation could spark a rise, with knock-on effects in a big election year
Jasper Jolly
15, Apr, 2024 @3:12 PM
Oil price falls despite Middle East tensions; Tesla ‘to cut 10% of staff’; Goldman Sachs profits jump – as it happened
Brent crude dips to $90 per barrel as markets monitor Israel-Iran, while 14,000 jobs could be cut at Tesla
Graeme Wearden
15, Apr, 2024 @3:07 PM
Abu Dhabi state oil company reportedly looked at buying BP
Adnoc decided move was not right fit but it is latest sign of foreign buyers circling UK firms
Jane Croft and Jillian Ambrose
12, Apr, 2024 @11:14 AM
Is Shell trying to kill the London stock market?
The biggest company on the market is threatening to leave. That is a different order of seriousness than seeing Flutter and CRH flee
Nils Pratley
11, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities
Fossil fuel exports were meant to fund a revolutionary leftist agenda. But the state’s move to drill in Tariquía reserve has led to bitter conflict and diminishing returns
Thomas Graham in Tariquía, Bolivia
10, Apr, 2024 @6:00 AM
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