China Raises Coal and Gas Output to Records After Prices Surge

(Bloomberg) — China boosted coal and gas output to record levels in March, as the nation turned to its domestic producers for security of supply after international prices skyrocketed in the wak...

Norwegian DLTx Acquires US-Based DMS to Double Filecoin Mining Output

The Norway-based technology and operations company operating in the blockchain industry, DLTx has officially acquired US-based DSM Tech Enterprises LLC, a Bitcoin mining and large scale Filecoin opera...

Tesla Needs Lithium. Elon Musk Suggests It Could Get Into Mining Business.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has suggested that the electric vehicle maker might get into the mining business. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk lamented the rising cost of ...

Shell’s 13-Year Journey From Discovery to First Oil Shows Why U.S. Output Is Flat

(Bloomberg) — Questioned by U.S. lawmakers this week, chief executives from the nation’s biggest oil companies took great pains to explain why they haven’t raised production fast enough to tame ...

Rivian’s Production of Electric Trucks More Than Doubles. The Stock Falls.

Text size Courtesy Rivian Production at Rivian Automotive grew in the first quarter from the fourth, but the stock was falling Wednesday. Rivian (ticker: RIVN) reported first-quarter production on Tue...

Russia Seeks New Ways to Sell Its $20-Billion-a-Year Gold Output

(Bloomberg) — Russia’s huge gold industry is searching for new ways to sell its metal, such as exporting more to China and the Middle East, as sanctions choke off its traditional sales routes. M...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

How would the economy handle $200 oil? Here’s what one simulation found

Oil has been one of the most volatile assets since the Russian invasion of Ukraine as traders balance the impact of sanctions with both the likelihood of increased production elsewhere and the possibi...

Apple Stock Falls and Suppliers Decline on Report of iPhone SE Output Cuts

Text size The next-generation iPhone SE Courtesy Apple Shares of Apple and the tech giant’s suppliers were falling early Monday following a Nikkei Asia report that said Apple plans to make about 20% f...

Will Opec increase oil output as Russia disruption lifts prices?

Will Opec boost oil output to counter Russia supply disruptions? In the oil market this week all eyes will be on Opec’s next ministerial meeting on Thursday, after G7 leaders called on the producer gr...

‘You can’t just turn on the taps’: bottlenecks hit hopes of US oil output surge

Shortages of staff and supplies are weighing on the recovery of US oilfields, derailing hopes that Texas drillers could unleash gushers of crude to help bring soaring global prices under control. The ...

Opinion: What would it take for U.S. oil companies to ramp up production? A lot.

Even with oil prices above $100 a barrel and gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon at the pump, frackers show little interest in ramping up output. Companies including Devon Energy DVN, +1.56%, EOG Re...

After Oil’s Surge, Saudi Aramco Hikes Spending to Boost Output

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Aramco will increase spending and issue bonus shares as oil’s surge to more than $100 a barrel bolsters the company’s plan to boost production. Most Read from Bloomberg The S...

Unless OPEC increases output, oil market will fall into deficit after Russian invasion, IEA says

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on its oil exports threaten a supply shock that will weigh on the global economy and push the oil market into a deficit unless major producers increase outpu...

Rivian Racks Up $4.7 Billion Loss, Sees Supply Snags Curbing EV Output

Newly built Rivian R1 T electric pickups. Rivian Rivian, the best-funded electric vehicle startup in U.S. history, said losses during its initial year of electric truck production were nearly $5 billi...

Frackers Say Bottlenecks Impede Output Boost as Oil Prices Soar

American shale drillers say there are limits to how much and how quickly they can boost shaky oil supplies following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cautioning that supply-chain issues, investors wary o...

OPEC: There’s ‘no capacity’ to replace Russia’s 7 million barrels of oil per day

“ “There is no capacity in the world that could replace 7 million barrels per day.”” That was OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo talking to reporters about potential bans on Russian oil imports ...

Global Commodities Skyrocket, Ounce of Gold Nears $2K, Musk Says ‘There’s a Need to Increase Oil and Gas Output’ – Economics Bitcoin News

While the cryptocurrency prices dropped toward the end of the week, precious metals, energy stocks, and global commodities skyrocketed in value amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. The price of one ounce ...

At Ford, the Chip Shortage Isn’t Getting Any Better. There Are More Output Cuts.

Text size The Ford company logo is displayed on a sign outside of the Chicago Assembly Plant on February 03, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images The semiconductor shortage that is cons...

‘We need to increase oil & gas output immediately,’ Elon Musk says as Ukraine crisis jolts U.S. crude to 2008 high

Elon Musk voiced an unusual stance for an electric-vehicle executive on Friday. Tesla Inc.’s TSLA, -0.12% chief executive said the U.S. needs to immediately increase production of oil and gas in a twe...

Iraq Shuts Down Two Oil Fields, Further Curtailing OPEC Output

(Bloomberg) — Iraq stopped oil production from two southern fields with a combined capacity of almost half a million barrels a day. Most Read from Bloomberg The shutdowns curtail the ability of ...

Why Barrick Gold’s CEO Is Looking to Boost Its Copper Business

Text size Barrick aims to boost its gold production to 4.8 million ounces annually by the end of decade from 4.4 million in 2021. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images Mark Bristow, the CEO of one of the bi...

Is Venezuela Lying About Its Oil Output?

A surprise jump in Venezuela’s crude oil output at the end of 2021 caught industry analysts by surprise. According to data provided by Caracas to OPEC the crisis-riven country pumped an average of 871...

Ford Takes More Capacity Offline Because of Trucker Blockade in Canada

Text size Demonstrators against Covid-19 vaccine mandates block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Feb. 9. Geoff Robins / AFP via Getty Images Ford Mo...

Opinion: Amid a global chip shortage, Intel is making less money — how did that happen?

Intel INTC, -2.48% was the world’s largest chipmaker until 2021, when it was dethroned by Samsung. Though Samsung’s main business is memory chips, which is a different segment of the market to Intel’s...

Input Output All Set To Expand Cardano’s Block Size

The core development team of Cardano, Input-Output, disclosed that it is expanding the network’s block size by 11 %. Cardano block size will be bumped to 80KB from 72KB.  Besides, the team also intend...

Tesla earnings: News about the Cybertruck and new factories could set the tone for 2022

Tesla Inc. is slated to report fourth-quarter earnings next Wednesday, with investors expecting a return of Chief Executive Elon Musk to the post-results call and bracing for what could be worrying ne...

Chinese semiconductor output surged 33 per cent last year, double the growth rate in 2020

China’s output of integrated circuits (ICs), including those produced by local companies and foreign-owned factories, last year grew at double the rate seen in 2020, according to Chinese governm...

Rivian Stock Drops on Hints of Vehicle Production Issues

Text size 2022 Rivian R1T Courtesy of Rivian Stock in electric truck startup Rivian Automotive was falling Tuesday because of two issues that impact the same key success factor for the company: vehicl...

Ford Sales Impress. The Company Handled the Chip Shortage Admirably.

Text size Courtesy Ford Ford Motor’s December and fourth-quarter sales impressed. Especially given the supply-chain woes faced by the entire industry. Investors have rewarded the company for managing ...

Ford Plans To Nearly Double Output Of Hot F-150 Lightning To 150,000

Vehicle-to-vehicle charging with the Ford F-150 Lightning. Ford Responding to surprising demand from “handraisers” for the vehicle, Ford Motor made the stunning decision to nearly double production ca...