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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 The Bank of Japan announced on Tuesday its most determined effort yet to end years of economic stag » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/22/us-japan-economy-boj-idUSBRE90K08J20130122
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 A person familiar with Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur Refinery said Tuesday that the refinery » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/01/22/refinery-status-source-says-motiva-unit-has-been-2/
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Carbon-dioxide permits in the European Union emissions trading system, the world’s largest, are “wo » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/eu-carbon-permits-worthless-without-change-of-rules-ubs-says.html
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Reuters reported that Chinese coal imports jumped to a record of nearly 30 million tonnes in Decemb » http://www.coalguru.com/china/chinese_coal_imports_in_2012_hit_record_high_of_234_million_tonnes/6770
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 China, the world's largest steel producer, aims to bring around 60 percent of total steel capacity » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/01/22/china-says-top-10-steel-mills-to-control-60-percent-capacity-by-2015/
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 The Bundesbank said the German economy, Europe’s largest, has started to show signs of recovery aft » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-21/bundesbank-says-german-economy-already-showing-signs-of-recovery.html
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 ST. CROIX - A year after HOVENSA announced it would be shuttering its refinery operations, the V.I. » http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/year-after-shutdown-of-st-croix-oil-refinery-hovensa-and-v-i-government-continue-ta...
Monday, January 21, 2013 The steel sector would continue to battle excess global steelmaking capacity in 2013, but should se » http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/global-steel-oversupply-volatile-material-costs-remain-2013-01-21
Monday, January 21, 2013 China, which produces almost half the world’s steel, boosted production by 3.1 percent last year as » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/china-s-steel-production-rises-3-1-in-2012-as-economy-expanded.html
Monday, January 21, 2013 South Africa’s only two primary smelters, controlled by BHP Billiton and situated in Hillside and B » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/south-africas-primary-aluminium-smelters-showing-successive-losses-2013-01-18
Monday, January 21, 2013 A delayed coker unit at HollyFrontier's oil refinery in Cheyenne, Wyo., experienced a fire on Wedne » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3142759/Latest-News/HollyFrontier-reportedly-hit-by-fire-at-Wyoming-refinery-...
Monday, January 21, 2013 New Year heralds some path breaking development in the coking coal market. Opening with scoop of Ch » http://www.coalguru.com/china/china_likely_to_spearhead_revival_of_coking_coal_market_in_2013/6577
Monday, January 21, 2013 China's economic growth rose in the fourth quarter of 2012, helping the world's most populous natio » http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/17/business/china-gdp-2012/?hpt=hp_t3
Monday, January 21, 2013 China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, though a year-end spurt supported by » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-china-economy-gdp-idUSBRE90H03020130118
Monday, January 21, 2013 ESKOM has reached a confidential agreement with mining giants Glencore and Xstrata that relates to » http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/mining/2013/01/18/eskom-reaches-confidential-coal-supply-agreement-with-glencore-xstrata
Monday, January 21, 2013 The API 5 index represents 5,500 kcal/kg NAR high-ash coal shipped from Australia and, together wit » http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/01/21/4556465/asian-coal-market-develops-with.html
Monday, January 21, 2013 European power for delivery in 2014 slid to a record as prices for emissions and coal tumbled. » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/european-power-for-february-drops-to-record-amid-warmer-forecast.html
Monday, January 21, 2013 Refining Canada’s oil sands into gasoline may speed global warming more than previously estimated a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/keystone-s-tar-sands-waste-said-to-warm-climate-more-than-coal.html
Monday, January 21, 2013 Comments are being accepted through Feb. 20 for an environmental review of Flint Hills Resources’ p » http://sunthisweek.com/2013/01/18/comment-on-environmental-assessment-of-rosemount-refinerys-proposed-construction/
Monday, January 21, 2013 The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported b » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/01/14/refinery-status-flint-hills-shuts-unit-at-corpus-2/
Monday, January 21, 2013 Spot gasoline in Los Angeles slid against futures for the fourth straight day after Valero Energy C » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-18/california-gasoline-premiums-narrow-on-refinery-unit-startups.html
Thursday, January 17, 2013 The U.S. economy ended 2012 on a surprisingly sound note as factory output climbed and low inflatio » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE90E0KL20130116
Thursday, January 17, 2013 With the State Department close to completing a new environmental impact statement on the revised K » http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-keystone-xl-debate-environmental-group-wants-petcoke-counted-in-impact-s...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Rio Tinto Alcan's aluminium production was nine per cent lower in 2012 compared with the previous y » http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10859494
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Increasing annual infrastructure spending in the U.S. by $157 billion over the next eight years wou » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-15/road-power-gaps-may-cost-u-s-gdp-3-1-trillion-group-says-1-.html
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Indian economic growth may rebound in 2013 while falling short of the government’s 8 percent target » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-16/india-growth-rebound-faces-inflation-crimping-rate-cuts-economy.html
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The rebound in China's economic growth is likely to have driven up the GDP growth rate to 7.7 perce » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-01/15/content_16117292.htm
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 The German economy was hit hard by the euro zone crisis in the final quarter of last year, shrinkin » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/15/us-germany-gdp-idUSBRE90E09Q20130115
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 China will add 18 percent more coal- transporting rail capacity this year than initially forecast, » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-16/china-to-boost-coal-rail-capacity-after-delays-bernstein-says.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported b » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-flint-hills-shuts-unit-at-corpus-christi-refinery-20130114-00815#.UPVb9h3O0uQ
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 Phillips 66 (PSX) shut a crude unit at its 356,000-barrel-a-day refinery in Wood River, Illinois, a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-14/canada-heavy-oil-falls-as-wood-river-refinery-shuts-crude-unit.html
Monday, January 14, 2013 The U.S. economy is expected to grow by 2.5 percent in 2013, improving to 3.5 percent growth in 201 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/usa-fed-evans-idUSL4N0AJ1JA20130114
Monday, January 14, 2013 China will cut coal imports this year as the cost of domestic supplies declines, Sanford C. Bernste » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-14/china-coal-imports-to-fall-with-domestic-prices-bernstein-says.html
Monday, January 14, 2013 North American coking coal producers may pull demand away from Australia, the world’s top miner of » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-10/u-s-coking-coal-may-gain-share-against-australia-dahlman-says.html
Monday, January 14, 2013 A boom in shale-gas extraction, the technique that made the U.S. the top producer of the fuel, woul » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-10/shale-gas-boom-can-complement-renewables-to-cut-coal-irena-says.html
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