COMMENT: Price is lower now than at the start of Opec cuts, writes Sheldon Slabbert.

Investors wonder: Is oil the water of the coming Space Age?

Gold rallied to its highest in five months after the US missile strike against Syria.

She's the fourth richest woman in Australia, worth A$1.8b, yet little is known about her

More than 5000km2 in Hawke's Bay is on the table for oil and gas exploration.

Chatham Rock Phosphate argued in the High Court that EPA charges were unreasonable.

BP New Zealand is selling down part of its holding in the nation's only oil refinery operator, NZ Refining.

New Zealand's petrol companies are weary of change to customs excise law.

New Zealand Oil & Gas plans to return $100 million of the $168m it reaped on the sale of its stake in the Kupe oil and gas fields.

New Zealand Refining's annual profit sank 69 per cent from a record a year earlier.

New Zealand Oil & Gas is in talks with prospective partners for the deepwater Barque prospect off Oamaru's coast.

Fisheries groups have teamed up to oppose Trans Tasman Resources' second bid to mine iron sands from the ocean floor in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Trans Tasman Resource will try again in hearings starting this week to get permission to mine iron sands from the ocean floor in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Solid Energy has announced the closure of the Spring Creek Mine after failing to find a buyer.

Solid Energy will shut and seal the Spring Creek mine after failing to find a buyer for the shuttered Dunollie operation on the West Coast.

Opus International Consultants sank into the red as a struggling oil and gas sector weighed on the engineering firm's Canadian business.

Gold volumes increased from major suppliers in Switzerland and Hong Kong, in the run-up to the Lunar New Year.

The national price of 91 petrol has topped $2 per litre, but with some stations still charging lower prices it pays to shop around.

NZOG made its final pitch to shareholders to sign off the sale of its stake in the Kupe oil and gas field to Genesis Energy for $168 million.

The New Zealand dollar extended its decline after this week's Federal Reserve decision to hike interest rates.

The dollar fell after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate and signalled a faster pace of hikes in 2017.

The price for hard coking coal has plummeted US$45/tonne since peaking at US$310/tonne last month.

New Zealand Oil & Gas says it's considering an offer to buy its 27.5 per cent interest in the Tui oil field.

The New Zealand dollar was little changed against the US dollar and reached its highest level this year against the yen.

The AA is advising motorists to shop around for petrol as more oil-producing nations slash production.

The New Zealand dollar gained along with other commodity-linked currencies.

Billing disputes are the main issue for utility customers but the number of those complaining about disconnections is growing.

OceanaGold Corp, owner of New Zealand's biggest gold mine at Macraes, is to delist from the NZX at the end of the year to reduce compliance costs.

Japanese lawmakers are revisiting a plan to build a $6.7 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia ahead of a visit by President Vladimir Putin.

BP decreased oil prices across New Zealand today with 3 cents per litre from both diesel and petrol.