COMMENT: Anyone with exposure to coal right now is enjoying a thrilling ride - though it's been a long time coming.

BP has spilled hundreds of barrels of oil in the North Sea, in a leak from its Clair platform.

New Zealand shares gained slightly in light trading, led by Tegel Group Holdings and Meridian Energy while Air New Zealand dropped.

OceanaGold's Haile mine in South Carolina has been valued at A$1.3 billion ($1.34b) with expectations it's on target to pour first gold by December.

A hikoi plans to deliver a 5000-signature petition to MPs calling for a moratorium on all seabed mining in New Zealand.

An oil glut is predicted into 2017 as supply outpaces demand with U.S. stocks slipping

The Government is defending its oil exploration programme against claims that it is dying.

Oil has been on a bull run after months in the doldrums, pushing up prices at the pump.

Motorists face higher costs as petrol edges up in response to higher global oil prices although prices could fall quickly due to weak demand.

The gain in first-half profit reflects a recovery in the price of gold.

Export log prices slip to a seven-month low amid a stronger Kiwi dollar and weaker markets.

Oil giant Mobil has escaped a $10m bill for the cleanup of a contaminated area of Auckland's Wynyard Quarter after winning a Supreme Court appeal

Can the industry win over a generation of "millennials" with very different demands and expectations?

Twenty-five years after the first diamonds were found in Canada's Northwest Territories, it's still a game of hurry-up-and-wait.

More competition is needed to cut petrol prices - and somebody should petition Gull to expand, Transport and Energy Minister Simon Bridges says.

A miner reveals the hidden pain of suffering a mental breakdown while living and working at a remote Australian site.

Solid Energy, which is being broken up and sold, has applied for consent to start a small mine near Reefton, allowing it to retain staff.

This Canadian diamond miner saw its share surge 30pc when it announced it had found the world's second biggest diamond.

One solitary asteroid might be worth trillions of dollars in platinum and other metals. Exploiting these resources could lead to a global boom in wealth, which could raise living standards worldwide and potentially benefit all of humanity.

It's been boom and bust in the US oil game for a long time - but this bust is shaping up to be the biggest ever.

WATCH: Protesters disrupt big petroleum conference at Auckland's SkyCity.

A 6 cent increase in 91-octane petrol in the past week is likely the first of several increases to come, according to Automobile Association.

Company says latest Solid Energy cuts not a 'slash and burn exercise'.

Plunging oil prices have forced New Zealand Oil & Gas to shed workers, prune its board and will lead to the shutdown of an offshore field four years early.

De Beers is ramping up diamond sales to cash in on a recovery from last year's slump.

New Zealand Oil & Gas widened its first-half loss as it wrote down the value of its Tui and Maari investments.

OceanaGold Corp, the gold and copper miner, said its annual profit halved due to low commodity prices and extra costs from its purchase of Waihi Gold Mine.

The sharp decline in oil prices is a simple case of economics 101, writes Brian Gaynor.

The last gold dredge operating on the West Coast is up for sale.