The spot gold price rose to $1,582 per ounce on Monday, its highest closing level in nearly seven years, as […]
History’s largest mining operation is about to begin
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The best investment of the decade turned $1 into $90,000
The decade is almost over, and one incredibly volatile investment stood out from all the rest as the best of […]
The Natural Gas Nation Every Exporter Is Targeting
Germany’s economy is the biggest and most dynamic in Europe and its gas demand makes it Gazprom’s largest customer in […]
The Water Wars that Defined the American West Are Heading East
CAMILLA, Ga.—Water stress, a hallmark of the American West, is spreading east. The shift is evident on Casey Cox’s family […]
Manure, trash and wastewater: US utilities get dirty in climate fight
By Nichola Groom PIXLEY, Calif., Oct 23 (Reuters) – Joey Airoso has always been proud of his cows, whose milk […]
How I got sucked into the cryptocurrency craze and walked away with $13 million
This is the first-person account of Dan Conway, an ex-middle manager in corporate America who made a fortune betting his […]
He paid $1.50 an acre for barren Texas land now worth $7 billion
So much of the Permian Basin is under production that the lights glowing at night, on well pads and rigs […]
Inside a Siberian Crypto Mining Complex
In Siberia, cheap hydropower, cold climate, and abandoned Soviet industrial infrastructure has made the region of Irkutsk an attractive spot […]
Insiders Are Buying Energy Stocks on the Cheap
Wall Street has rarely been this bearish on energy stocks. The sector makes up its smallest percentage of the S&P 500 index in […]