6:27pm

EDF insists nuclear plans on track

Talks held with Chinese groups after Centrica pulls out

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Centrica nuclear exit opens door to China

Energy group concerned over reactor production costs

From MARKETS 6:27pm

Platinum high after strikes cut output

Strikes lead to group reporting a 6 per cent fall in output

From LEX 6:23pm

Nuclear power: fission for investors

Centrica’s UK exit suggests the task is too daunting a task for the private sector

MINING 6:05pm

Randgold burnished by higher gold sales

Stronger earnings despite civil war and military coups

Lombard from UTILITIES 5:19pm

Centrica: A footnote to a bigger failure

UK disengages from financial and political risks of atomic power

From MARKETS 3:15pm

Europe refiners pump up US sales margins

Huge boost comes from petrol shipped to New York

From WORLD 2:14pm

Nations struggle to sustain fuel subsidy

Short-term policy under pressure from market shifts

Lombard from MINING 12:17pm

Ripping Randgold

A FTSE 100 tale of derring-do in exotic locales

MINING 8:31am

Amplats plunges to an annual loss

Wildcat strikes in South Africa lead to sharp rise in costs

From WORLD 12:07am

Governments accused over Sellafield expense

Committee decries several missed opportunities

MINING 10:15pm

Guinea seeks iron ore deposit deal

Stand-off over Vale and Beny Steinmetz’s claim to rights

From FINANCIALS 10:14pm

Trafigura bets $800m on Australia energy

Growing appetite for the island-continent

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 3, 2013

Centrica set for ‘new nuclear’ exit

Expected pullout from Hinkley Point and Sizewell opens door to Chinese

MINING Feb 3, 2013

SA mining industry faces volatile year

Rapid shift in workforce union affiliations

MINING Feb 3, 2013

SA must dig deep to beat mine unrest

Expectations are of another volatile year ahead

Feb 3, 2013

Unhappy consequences of coal’s revival

Sharp increase in level of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions

Feb 3, 2013

Shale gas boom sparks EU coal revival

Trend shows unforeseen outcomes of fracking

OIL & GAS Feb 2, 2013

Exxon and Chevron toil in hunt for growth

Boom in US domestic oil output benefits smaller independent groups

OIL & GAS Feb 1, 2013

Faroe Petroleum ends barren spell

Significant gas condensate discovery announced

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