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Because the US citizens are not using natural gas, the Energy Information Administratino reported that the gas is nearing the US storage capacity. The price for natural gas is severely dropping and may drop even more. However, it is assumed that the price for natural gas to spring back as winter approaches. Because of such cheap price, people will choose to use natural gas in the coming winter.

This article is about an agreement between three of Europe's biggest gas monopolies, Russia's Gazprom, Italy's Eni and France's EDF, to share the South Stream gas pipeline project. Natural gas is a natural monopoly because of very high startup costs and capital costs (for example the building of oil pipelines).

This article shows a natural monopoly in the market for chocolate. There are four main chocolate companies and the tests talked about in the article are to try and see which chocolate is voted the best. The chocolate companies are competing to stop themselves from being kicked out of the market because they stop selling and to stop one of the companies becoming the main producer for chocolate because this would mean the market would become a natural monopoly and the other three would have to shut down.

This article mentions one natural monopoly in Brazil, that one of eletric power. The electricity company Furnas is now facing serious problems in Brazil when trying to provide electric power, due to bad weather conditions, which have come so far as to cause a blackout in 18 states.

This is a discussion between specialists Ken Auletta, Fred Wilson, and John Markoff concerning Google's current position in the market and where it may hope to progress in the future. Since Google has few competitors and many economies of scale, it is very close to a natural monopoly. However, what will happen to Google in the future? What about developments in technology and industry? Google will have to work hard to stay on top.

This article doesn't specifically mention a natural monopoly, but it refers to one because it is an industry with high sunk costs that is more efficient with less firms and central infrastructure.

This is an example of a negative externality created by the rapid industrialization of China. This externality is created because the market price does not take into account the costs incurred by third-parties not involved in the transaction. In this case polluted waters damage the natural environment and pose a hazard to the people, but corruption and lack of legislation means that little is being done.

This article is about a mining company in Zimbabwe. Since the company is licensed by the government to mine there while other countries aren't, they have a natural monopoly.

Colombia-based multi-utility EPM has launched a prepaid electric power program for marginalized communities. EPM has monpoly over the electricity and water-supply which makes the firm narturally monopolistic.