Solid Energy says a decision on whether the Stockton coal mine should be closed is "pending", and it expects to make a decision in the next few months.

Prices slashed for a second time this week with another tipped for tomorrow.

US President Barack Obama is proposing a $10-a-barrel oil tax, phased in over five years, to pay for a variety of transportation initiatives.

Crude oil prices have risen to their highest in three weeks on hopes for a pact among oil producers to cut output.

What's happening on world markets and what does it mean for us here in New Zealand? Business editor Liam Dann takes a look.

The latest evidence that 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy is in, and it's particularly telling.

The New Zealand dollar rose as oil prices gained from a 12-year low and Chinese stocks gained in afternoon trading.

United States oil futures in New York slid to the lowest in 12 years as turmoil in China's markets pushes crude closer to US$30 ($45) a barrel.

Former Contact Energy director Phil Pryke is an Australian prawn fisherman-turned-hippie, who washed up here in the mid-1970. Pattrick Smellie writes that he has never been far from controversy since.

Low oil prices plunged further, falling as low as $34.26 per barrel for Brent crude, a global benchmark.

Rokkasho reprocessing complex in a northeast corner of Japan's main island of Honshu is raising speculation.

Iran will raise its oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day within a week after the removal of international sanctions.

Oil is headed for its biggest two-year loss on record as an expansion in U.S. crude stockpiles exacerbated a global glut.

For an industry that already was pushing its cost-cutting efforts to the limits, the new declines are a devastating blow.

It is still common practice in many households to wash the dishes by hand to get all the grimy food off of them, but here's why you shouldn't.

The price of petrol is falling, aided and abetted by a regional price war, but has it declined far enough, given the slump in oil prices?

Wall Street moved lower with the price of oil amid concern about the global glut at a time of weakening worldwide economic growth.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by New Zealand Carbon Farming against a decision in favour of Mighty River Power over a $34.7 million liability.

Fuel company Z says it has built New Zealand's first commercial-scale biodiesel plant, at Wiri, for $26 million.

Genesis Energy named AGL Energy executive Marc England as chief executive, replacing Albert Brantley who leaves after seven years

Mike Bennetts has driven Z Energy since its inception and this year has been a particularly strong one for shareholders.

Contact Energy's stock price slumped as the power firm failed to meet market forecasts amid tough competition and higher than expected costs related to bad debt and the separation from Origin Energy.

For Berliner Anke Seemann, Germany's energy transformation is the chance to exercise her green conscience.

A cartoon circulating on Twitter carries a warning for the oil industry.