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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) will begin exporting crude oil from Texas to its refinery in Quebec this » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/12/valero-to-send-crude-to-canadian-refinery-this-summer/
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Crude-steel production in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the alloy, gained 9.8 percent in F » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-12/china-s-february-steel-production-gains-as-demand-increases
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 China's bloated steel sector is facing a wave of closures in the next few years, with slowing deman » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/uk-china-steel-idUKBRE92A05F20130311
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 TRANSNET wants to be first in line to purchase the land at the Bayside Aluminium smelter in Richard » http://za.news.yahoo.com/transnet-targets-bhp-aluminium-smelters-060836613--finance.html
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 A formal request for federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and the International Joint Commission » http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/03/07/formal-request-made-for-ottawa-to-act-on-petroleum-coke-pile-on-detroit-river/
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 The benchmark price for China’s power-station coal fell to the lowest in more than three years as i » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-11/china-coal-price-falls-to-three-year-low-as-inventories-rise.html
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Valero Energy (VLO) on March 11 said the new 57,000 barrels-a-day hydrocracking unit at its Port Ar » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/12/refinery-status-valero-port-arthur-refinery-2/
Friday, March 8, 2013 The company would not buy aluminium smelting assets because of a global oversupply of the metal and » http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1158646/citic-resources-says-no-aluminium-smelter-purchases
Friday, March 8, 2013 Russian aluminum giant Rusal has quietly abandoned plans for a multibillion-dollar aluminum smelter » http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/rusal-drops-plan-for-guinea-aluminum-smelter-govt-source-2013-03-08
Friday, March 8, 2013 Aspirations are vanishing in the coking coal market about price revival. Till about fortnight ago m » http://www.coalguru.com/australia_china_north_america/coking_coal_price_unlikely_to_climb_on_inventory_and_poor_demand/7937
Friday, March 8, 2013 Japan's economy did better than first thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expan » http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2013/03/08/japan-economy-grew-in-last-quarter-of-2012
Friday, March 8, 2013 Euro-area exports fell in the fourth quarter for the first time in more than three years and invest » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-06/euro-area-economy-slumped-in-fourth-quarter-on-trade-investment.html
Friday, March 8, 2013 The nation's economy expanded in all 12 Federal Reserve districts in late January and February, tho » http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/06/fed-beige-book-march/1967791/
Friday, March 8, 2013 China’s exports exceeded forecasts in February, an indication that improving global demand may help » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-08/china-february-exports-rise-more-than-estimated-21-8-.html
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Two aluminum smelters that employ 1,200 have said they will close the facilities because what they » http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130304/NEWS0101/303040096/Lawmakers-say-aluminum-company-jobs-risk-without-cheape...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 With the annual results for 2012 in from Lafarge, Holcim and CRH we now return to look at how the E » http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/1481-despite-europe-european-cement-production-in-2012-continued
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Thermal coal producers around the world face the prospect of mine closures as oversupply and weak d » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/06/energy-coal-miners-idUSL6N0BYCBU20130306
Thursday, March 7, 2013 A recent increase in U.S. natural gas prices and a decline in coal is set to dent demand for gas as » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/utilities-coal-gas-idUSL1N0BX38Y20130305
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Global shipments of thermal coal could be 18 percent lower than forecasted by 2015 should China, th » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-04/china-clean-air-policies-seen-by-deutsche-cutting-coal-trade-18-percent
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Colombia's government has ended a nearly monthlong ban on coal shipments by the U.S. -based Drummon » http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/01/colombia-government-lifts-coal-shipping-ban-imposed-on-us-based-drummond-after/
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Coal exports from Australia fell sharply in January as torrential rains cut shipments from some of » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/02/28/australian-coal-exports-fall-after-heavy-rains/
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Motiva Enterprises LLC on Wednesday said its oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, which has a daily » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/06/motiva-port-arthur-texas-refinery-reaches-planned-rate/
Thursday, March 7, 2013 A two-month advance in gas prices weakened over the past several days, as sidelined refineries retu » http://news.investors.com/business/030513-646850-motiva-refinery-changes-gas-supply-picture.htm
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Indian Oil Corporation BSE 0.39 % Ltd's (IOC) grassroot refinery at Paradip is at an advanced stage » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/psu-press-releases/paradeep-refinery-likely-to-be-completed-in-november-2013/arti...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) will spend $30 million to add a crude oil receiving terminal at its refin » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/04/valero-to-expand-crude-by-rail-capacity-at-benicia-refinery/
Thursday, March 7, 2013 The amount of U.S. oil refinery capacity in maintenance should decline by almost 50 percent in the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/04/refinery-maintenance-iir-idUSL1N0BWE9N20130304
Thursday, February 28, 2013 Britain's economy contracted by 0.3 percent in the last quarter of 2012 as first thought, keeping a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/27/us-britain-gdp-idUSBRE91Q0EC20130227
Thursday, February 28, 2013 German unemployment unexpectedly fell in February amid signs that Europe’s biggest economy is retur » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/german-february-unemployment-falls-as-economy-returns-to-growth.html
Thursday, February 28, 2013 The U.S. economy didn't contract in the fourth quarter after all, but the bigger picture remains th » http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/28/news/economy/gdp-report/
Thursday, February 28, 2013 India will raise import taxes on thermal coal and export duties on bauxite, part of a plan to incre » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-28/india-will-increase-taxes-on-power-station-coal-bauxite.html
Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Legislation approved by the Indiana Senate on Tuesday would send a southern Indiana coal gasificati » http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/senate-approves-bill-rockport-coal-gasification-plant-45639/
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, the Brazilian steelmaker that posted losses in every quarte » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-26/usiminas-to-boost-brazil-steel-prices-up-to-12-santander-says.html
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 One global aluminum smelting company asked two buyers in Japan, Asia’s biggest importer, for a 6.3 » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-26/aluminum-smelter-said-to-offer-japanese-buyers-6-3-fee-increase.html
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Following is the table for India’s January refinery production by company from the Ministry of Petr » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-26/india-s-january-refinery-output-by-company-table-.html
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 HollyFrontier Corp. reported fourth quarter profits of $391.6 million or $1.92 per diluted share, u » http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/26/2692255/hollyfrontier-owner-of-el-dorado.html
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