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Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Electricity had to cut at one of BHP Billiton’s aluminium smelters last week, power utility Eskom s » http://ewn.co.za/2013/07/02/Eskom-cuts-power-to-BHP-smelter
Monday, July 1, 2013 Greater use of domestic crude oil from unconventional plays, increased rail transport and more pipe » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/28/international-and-domestic-crude-oil-prices-are-moving-closer/
Monday, July 1, 2013 Conventional wisdom around town has quoted $5 as the natural gas price needed to increase productio » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/07/01/natural-gas-production-remains-stable-despite-falling-prices/
Monday, July 1, 2013 The U.S. energy rig count declined to the lowest level in two months this week, according to Baker » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-28/u-s-rig-count-falls-to-lowest-level-in-two-months.html
Monday, July 1, 2013 BP has announced the centerpiece of its $3.8 billion expansion is now in operation, bringing the re » http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/bp-starts-new-crude-unit-at-whiting-refinery/article_4648e140-9b5e-5d6f-8729-954edc...
Monday, July 1, 2013 National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has cut aluminium prices by around Rs 4,000 per tonne for the » http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/nalco-cuts-price-hindalco-balco-likely-follow-suit-264
Monday, July 1, 2013 A massive, $4 billion project west of Bakersfield in Kern County that would gasify coal and petrole » http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=23723
Monday, July 1, 2013 Europe's prolonged economic decline may have stabilised and even rebounded in some areas, business » http://www.lse.co.uk/macroeconomicNews.asp?code=bhl6oi3e&headline=GLOBAL_ECONOMYEurope_and_Japan_show_signs_of_stabilising...
Monday, July 1, 2013 BP's refinery at Cherry Point and the Phillips 66 refinery in Ferndale, both in the northwestern co » http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Wash-refineries-readying-for-North-Dakota-oil-4638309.php
Monday, July 1, 2013 ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE), Germany's biggest steelmaker, is examining the possibility of selling part » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/29/us-thyssenkrupp-sale-idUSBRE95S06O20130629
Monday, July 1, 2013 COLIN Barnett has delivered a downbeat outlook for Australia's two most valuable export commodities » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/coal-facing-a-structural-decline/story-fnivd8cj-1226671643971
Monday, July 1, 2013 ABOUT 7000 jobs have been lost from the state's coal sector in the past 15 months as the boom ends » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/coal-companies-adjust-to-new-realities-as-gas-insulates-queensland-from-worst-of-glob...
Monday, July 1, 2013 The Montenegrin government filed a court motion on Friday to consider bankruptcy for the country's » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/14/montenegro-kap-idUSL5N0EQ3KS20130614
Monday, July 1, 2013 Big Rivers is also preparing to file a request for a second rate increase, to take effect early nex » http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jun/30/big-rivers-rate-hearing-to-start-monday-in/
Monday, July 1, 2013 US-based aluminium major Alcoa on Friday announced it would permanently close its Fusina primary al » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/alcoa-permanently-closes-italian-aluminium-smelter-2013-06-28
Friday, June 28, 2013 New Delhi: India is burning coal in power plants at the fastest pace in 31 years. At the same time » http://www.livemint.com/Industry/XMjjcBwUquyk97VEGVe9nN/India-to-exceed-China-as-worlds-coal-power-buoying-BHP.html
Friday, June 28, 2013 New Delhi: India, the world’s third-largest coal consumer, imported 43% more of the fuel than a yea » http://www.livemint.com/Industry/lF2AA9oL75qn8AoFXAzwsN/Indias-coal-imports-climb-43-in-May-shipping-data-shows.html
Friday, June 28, 2013 Rising water on the Mississippi River will force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close numerous » http://gcaptain.com/rising-mississippi-river-halt/
Friday, June 28, 2013 Citgo Petroleum Corp. said June 27 that its Lemont, Ill., refinery has resolved "support system dis » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130627-708894.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Friday, June 28, 2013 Glencore Xstrata said on Thursday it has cut back coal production and laid off 450 workers at two o » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/27/glencore-coal-idUSL3N0F30SH20130627
Friday, June 28, 2013 The last remaining company storing petroleum coke on the banks of the Detroit River says it's makin » http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/06/26/wdr-pet-coke-detroit-bulk-storage-permits.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 The U.K. said fields of shale gas in northern England are twice as large as previously estimated, o » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/27/u-k-says-shale-gas-fields-twice-size-of-previous-estimates/
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Repsol SA (REP), Spain’s largest oil driller, said its board rejected an offer by the Argentine gov » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/repsol-rejects-argentina-s-5-billion-ypf-compensation-offer.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Growth in the world’s largest economy was less than originally estimated in the first quarter as an » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/economy-in-u-s-expanded-less-than-projected-in-first-quarter.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Calcined petroleum coke, a key raw material commodity in aluminum production, is at the center of a » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/27/aluminum-oversupply-petcoke-production-down/
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Key drivers in the Middle East are infrastructure spending and high oil prices. The crisis in Syria » http://www.worldcement.com/news/cement/articles/Cement_industry_overview_Middle_East_13.aspx
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Newbuilding orders for dry bulk carriers were already high, compared to last year, prior to the lat » http://www.carbonpositive.net/media-centre/industry-updates/1341-dry-bulk-carriers-dominate-newbuilding-orders-as-ship-own...
Thursday, June 27, 2013 The U.K. called on the European Union to assess the impact of pending laws on the region’s struggli » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/refinery-fitness-check-should-cover-pending-eu-laws.html
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 South African power utility Eskom briefly cut supply to one of BHP Billiton's aluminium smelters on » http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/eskom-shuts-bhp-smelter-to-save-power-1.1537317#.Ucr7IzvYjSg
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Flint Hills Resources on June 7 said a coker unit wet-gas compressor at its Corpus Christi, Texas, » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130624-708848.html
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 The economy appears to be gaining momentum with data showing strong gains in business spending plan » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE95O0S520130625
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Coal prices in Asia are showing little sign of recovery after the biggest quarterly decline in a ye » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-26/coal-crippled-by-supply-in-worst-quarter-in-year-energy-markets
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 The coking coal benchmark contract for the third quarter fell to $145 a metric ton, the lowest leve » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/coking-coal-benchmark-declines-to-145-a-metric-ton-doyle-says.html
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 As two large neighboring countries, China and Russia have strengthened their energy ties by deepeni » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-06/25/content_16654143.htm
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Coal futures prices fell below the psychologically important $85 level on Tuesday, their lowest sin » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/energy-coal-prices-idUSL5N0F01UN20130625
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