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Monday, November 4, 2013 Independent U.S. refiner PBF Energy Inc is expanding crude-by-rail offloading infrastructure at its » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/pbf-rail-offloading-idUSL1N0IL22S20131031
Monday, November 4, 2013 Tesoro's Golden Eagle refinery is performing repairs at the crude unit after an October 26 blaze an » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3272643/Latest-News/Tesoro-repairs-California-refinery-crude-unit-after-minor...
Monday, November 4, 2013 Top Japanese oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp plans to refine 1.24 million barrels per day ( » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/energy-japan-jx-idUSL3N0IL4FM20131031
Monday, November 4, 2013 CVR Refining, LP (NYSE: CVRR), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced third qua » http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131101-907583.html?dsk=y
Monday, November 4, 2013 Century Aluminum has issued a conditional notice to employees at the Sebree aluminum smelter in Rob » http://www.statejournal.com/story/23854860/century-issues-warn-notice-to-sebree-ky-smelter-workers
Monday, November 4, 2013 Spot metallurgical coal in the U.S. rose on increased demand from European countries, IHS Inc.’s En » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-01/spot-coking-coal-in-u-s-advances-on-more-demand-from-europe.html
Monday, November 4, 2013 India’s industrial economy looks to be on the rise, as output of its eight core industries increase » http://www.india-briefing.com/news/indias-industrial-output-rises-7084.html/
Monday, November 4, 2013 Indonesia has taken control of the country's only aluminium smelter even though the government and » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/01/indonesia-inalum-idINL3N0IM2Y120131101
Thursday, October 31, 2013 BP Plc said on Tuesday that its upgraded 405,000 barrel per day (bpd) Whiting refinery in Indiana w » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/29/bp-results-whiting-idUSL5N0IJ37920131029
Thursday, October 31, 2013 Rain CII will move its corporate headquarters to a 3-acre site, and 40,000 square foot office campu » http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsItems/10-31-2013/rain-cii-corporate-headquarters-covington-louisiana782347.shtml
Thursday, October 31, 2013 U.S. refining company Marathon Petroleum Corp posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thur » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/marathonpetroleum-results-idUSL1N0IL0VR20131031
Thursday, October 31, 2013 CEO Mario Longhi told investors Tuesday the iron and steelmaking operations at the old Stelco plant » http://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2013/10/29/us_steel_to_close_hamilton_operations.html
Thursday, October 31, 2013 China’s steel output will exceed 800 million metric tons next year as fixed-asset investment and ec » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-30/china-steel-group-sees-output-above-800-million-tons-in-2014.html
Thursday, October 31, 2013 Rio Tinto Alcan says weak metal prices has forced the aluminum producer to close its 72-year-old sm » http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tinto+Alcan+close+Shawinigan+smelter+affecting+workers/8759803/story.html
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Along with the CDU and the VDU, most of the refinery's other units, including the 69,000 bpd gasoli » http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-officials-fire-at-lemont-refinery-caused-by-leak-20131030,0,6980499....
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Citgo says part of a crude oil unit at a suburban Chicago refinery will restart at the end of next » http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/fd7d402f180a4cc48890e972ba3676a6/IL--Refinery-Fire/#.UnFsK3Dkv3U
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Chevron Corp. (CVX:US)’s El Segundo complex, the largest single refinery on the U.S. West Coast, de » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-29/chevron-el-segundo-said-to-delay-unit-shutdowns-until-late-april
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Tesoro Corp. (TSO:US)’s Golden Eagle refinery is performing repairs at the crude unit after an Oct. » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-10-29/tesoro-golden-eagle-seen-bringing-crude-unit-online-tomorrow
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 "Third quarter refining margins were challenged, but our story remains intact," said Valero Chairma » http://online.wsj.com/article/HUG1738661.html
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Consol Energy (NYSE:CNX), the largest coal producer in the eastern US, has signed an agreement to s » http://www.mining.com/major-us-coal-miner-sells-five-coal-mines-focus-on-natural-gas-95449/
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 In the Quebec National Assembly, in response to opposition questions, Premier Pauline Marois said s » http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Alcoa+threatens+shut+Quebec+smelters+reports/9101488/story.html
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 BP's upgraded Whiting refinery in Indiana, one of the main refineries serving Greater Chicago, will » http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-whiting-refinery-rampup-delayed-20131029,0,3315899.story
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (386), Asia’s biggest refiner, posted a 20 percent increase in thi » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-29/sinopec-third-quarter-profit-beats-estimates-on-refining-margins.html
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 BP PLC Tuesday reported a 33.6% decline in third-quarter net profit from a year earlier, largely on » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bp-profit-falls-34-on-lower-refining-margins-2013-10-29?link=MW_latest_news
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Asian oil refiners face shrinking margins next year as China triples new processing capacity and Sa » http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1342232/refinery-boom-cuts-margins-region
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 The long-delayed Abreu e Lima oil refinery in northeastern Brazil is 82 percent built, Jose Carlos » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/brazil-petrobras-refinery-idUSE5N0F70G120131028
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 In India, a new smelter would remain globally competitive provided it is backed by a captive power » http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/can-a-new-aluminium-smelter-do-without-a-coal-block-113102801058_1.html
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Japanese consumers are spending more as the economy improves and people look to buy big-ticket item » http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-367044/
Monday, October 28, 2013 North China's Tianjin municipality plans to reduce steel and cement output amid the country's effor » http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-10/28/c_132837581.htm
Monday, October 28, 2013 Embattled European refiners face an uphill battle with U.S. and Asian competitors to supply Africa' » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/28/oil-trade-africa-idUSL5N0IC3K820131028
Monday, October 28, 2013 The fire-damaged crude distillation unit at Citgo Petroleum Corp's 174,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Lem » http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-refinery-operations-citgo-lemont-20131025,0,6766377.story
Monday, October 28, 2013 New rules will boost costs to transport crude by rail in North America as trains are forecast to ca » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/10/18/new-crude-transport-rules-to-boost-rail-costs/
Friday, October 25, 2013 The company will need to determine the extent of damage to the crude distillation unit before any p » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3270745/Latest-News/Citgo-shuts-crude-unit-at-Illinois-refinery-after-fire.html
Friday, October 25, 2013 The Labor Department reported that the economy added 148,000 jobs, well below analysts’ expectation » http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/economy-added-148000-jobs-in-september-jobless-rate-fell-to-72-percent/2013...
Friday, October 25, 2013 The price of the benchmark 5,500kcal coal in Qinhuangdao rose by 20 yuan to 540 yuan/ton in the pas » http://www.thechinaperspective.com/articles/china-commodities-weekly-coal-prices-rise-for-2-weeks-10486/
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