McClean Lake mine resumes production after 17-year hiatus

Friday, 18 July 2025 Uranium mining operations have started at the McClean Lake project in Saskatchewan, Canada, using the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction mining method, joint venture partners Orano…

Bulgaria partners with Citi for financing of new Kozloduy units

Friday, 18 July 2025 Bulgaria’s Ministry of Energy and the US’s Citi bank have agreed on a partnership to secure funding for the construction of two new units at the…

US seeks pilot production lines for advanced reactor fuel

Friday, 18 July 2025 The US Department of Energy has announced the start of a new pilot programme to accelerate the development of advanced nuclear reactors and strengthen domestic supply…

Westinghouse plans ten AP1000 reactors in the USA

Friday, 18 July 2025 Westinghouse plans to start construction of the first of ten new AP1000 reactors in the USA by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump…

ČEZ and Rolls-Royce SMR sign Temelín early works agreement

Friday, 18 July 2025 The Czech Republic’s ČEZ and UK-based Rolls-Royce SMR have signed an Early Works Agreement to start site specific work for potential small modular reactors at the…

Goldman: The Boom Years of U.S. Oil Output Growth Are Over

The years of very rapid growth in U.S. crude oil production are behind us, in large part due to the maturing of the biggest growth engine, the Permian, according to…

India Unfazed by Trump Threat of Secondary Sanctions on Russian Oil Buyers

India is not concerned about President Trump’s threat to crack down on Russia’s oil exports and slap secondary sanctions or tariffs on buyers of Russian crude if no peace deal…

Natural Gas Inventories Rise but Heat Wave Could Fuel Strong Demand

U.S. natural gas inventories climbed by 46 billion cubic feet (Bcf) last week, keeping total storage comfortably above seasonal norms. But while the headline number suggests plenty of supply, traders…

  • Coal
  • July 17, 2025
PSC Greenlights Georgia Power Plan to Expand Coal, Gas, Nuclear, and Grid Infrastructure

The Georgia Public Service (PSC) Commission has unanimously approved Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), authorizing a massive energy expansion to accommodate what the utility calls “extraordinary” growth in…

Exxon Resumes Mars Crude Purchases After Quality Scare

ExxonMobil has bought Mars crude produced offshore Louisiana for August delivery, for the first time in several days after briefly halting purchases due to a quality issue with zinc contamination,…