Fuel and energy

UK-Australian mining firm BHP Billiton expects growth in the seaborne coking coal market to outstrip pig iron production, as Chinese steel mills relocate to coastal areas and emerging markets such as India continue to grow

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. today announced that its Australian platform company, Australian Future Energy Pty Ltd (AFE), has successfully closed the acquisition of the 270MM metric ton (MT) JORC compliant thermal coal resource, near Pentland, Queensland

The controlling shareholders of Essar Oil Limited (EOL)—Essar Energy Holdings Limited and Oil Bidco (Mauritius) Limited, both companies incorporated and managed under the laws of Mauritius—are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the sale of 98.26% of EOL

Alta Mesa Holdings, LP (“Alta Mesa) and Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II (“Silver Run II”) (NASDAQ:SRUN) (NASDAQ:SRUNU) (NASDAQ:SRUNW) today announced that, subject to certain conditions, it has entered into definitive agreements to combine with Kingfisher Midstream, LLC 

The competitive selection of innovative projects under the “Gazprom Neft Innovation Challenge” has started at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovo).

Sri Lanka can meet its current and future electricity demand by judicial use of renewable energy by 2050, according to a joint study by the UN Development Programme and the Asian Development Bank.

The 453MW wind farm development will power the equivalent of more than 260,000 homes GE to supply and install 123 wind turbinesThis is GE’s first wind farm development in Queensland GE’s installed wind capacity will reach almost 1.4 GW in Australia by 2019