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Thursday, November 15, 2012 The announced planned sell-off of steelworks U.S. Steel Kosice this week has produced at least two » http://www.thedaily.sk/abramovich-possibly-interested-in-acquiring-us-steel-kosice/
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Russian steelmaker Severstal expects its fourth quarter to be hit by globally sagging steel prices » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/russia-severstal-earnings-idUSL5E8MF2F320121115
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Steelmakers and other metals industries fear that limits the EU is considering » http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-recycling-society/industry-eyes-leaving-eu-resourc-news-515906
Thursday, November 15, 2012 China's state reserves body had planned to buy 160,000 tonnes of the metal at the tender, as part o » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/china-srb-aluminium-idUSL3E8ME0ZK20121115
Thursday, November 15, 2012 China, which imports more iron ore than the rest of the world combined, will buy a record amount th » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-13/iron-ore-rebound-boosts-stx-with-record-chinese-imports-freight.html
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Germany's economy slowed in the third quarter and looks set to shrink this quarter as Europe's econ » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/us-germany-economy-idUSBRE8AE0FM20121115
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Qatar Holding LLC, Xstrata’s second- largest shareholder, is poised to approve Glencore Internation » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-14/qatar-said-to-support-glencore-bid-xstrata-bonuses-in-deal-vote
Thursday, November 15, 2012 The U.S. economy is recovering at an agonizingly slow pace largely because its potential growth rat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/14/usa-fiscal-growth-idUSL1E8MEH0H20121114
Thursday, November 15, 2012 The euro zone is in its worst downturn since the early days of 2009, at least if the latest busines » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/14/us-eurozone-gdp-pmis-idUSBRE8AD10P20121114
Thursday, November 15, 2012 South Korea has bought a total of 4,000 tonnes of aluminium for arrivals by Jan. 31, 2013 via tende » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/aluminium-korea-idUSL3E8MF20V20121115
Thursday, November 15, 2012 With aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) hitting closer to $1,900 (Rs 1 lakh) per t » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indian-firms-to-add-aluminium-capacity/492601/
Thursday, November 15, 2012 By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News -- Delek US Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DK » http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-11-14&val=713532&cat=energy
Thursday, November 15, 2012 Chinese refiners have finalised annual crude oil supply deals for next year with OPEC producer Kuwa » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/15/china-oil-sinopec-idUSL3E8MF0Y220121115
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 According to the General Administration of Customs, China's coal imports rose by 33.5% from a year » http://www.coalguru.com/china/chinese_coal_imports_up_by_33_5pct/5224
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Russia’s economy expanded in the third quarter at the slowest pace since it began recovering at the » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-12/russian-third-quarter-gdp-grew-2-dot-9-percent-slowest-since-2010-rebound
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 The International Energy Agency reported this week that the US was poised to become the world’s big » http://www.livemint.com/Industry/rkyrGbLCe5Al6Es0JiaUcJ/Energy-independence-in-America-Dont-pop-the-cork-yet.html
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Tajikistan, central Asia's biggest producer of primary aluminium, is likely to cut output to just o » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/08/aluminium-tajikistan-output-idAFL5E8M829H20121108
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 The Samalaju plant, owned and operated by wholly-owned subsidiary Press Metal Bintulu Sdn Bhd, has » http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/11/10/sarawak/12300187&sec=
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 China's State Reserves Bureau (SRB) has issued a tender to buy 160,000 tonnes of primary aluminum f » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/12/us-china-aluminium-reserves-idUSBRE8AB0CN20121112
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Japan’s economy shrank last quarter as exports tumbled and consumer spending slumped, putting press » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-11/japan-s-economy-shrinks-at-fastest-pace-since-earthquake.html
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Growth in Germany, Europe's largest economy, slowed in the third quarter as firms unnerved by the e » http://www.cnbc.com/id/49786221
Monday, November 12, 2012 Qatar International, a Qatari joint venture grouping Qatar Steel and Qatar Mining, » http://me-confidential.com/6062-qatar-firms-to-build-2-billion-steel-plant-in-algeria.html
Monday, November 12, 2012 Investors have expressed interest in U.S. Steel Corp's Slovak unit because of its location, » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/12/ussteel-slovakia-approaches-idUSE9E8HK02020121112
Monday, November 12, 2012 Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt is urging the Government to intervene in negotiations between New Z » http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/120572/mayor-urging-govt-action-over-southland-smelter
Monday, November 12, 2012 By the end of this month, Motiva's chief executive, Bob Pease, hopes to have all repairs made and t » http://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Repairs-wrapping-up-at-Motiva-s-Port-Arthur-4025256.php
Monday, November 12, 2012 A coker has been restarted at Tesoro's 166,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Martinez, Calif., according » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-coker-restarted-at-tesoros-refinery-in-martinez-california-20121109-00725#.U...
Thursday, November 8, 2012 ICIS reported that coal stocks at Richards Bay Coal Terminal were flat MoM at 4 million tonnes at t » http://www.coalguru.com/africa/south_african_coal_stocks_steady_at_4_million_tonnes_end_of_oct/5110
Thursday, November 8, 2012 Coal production in the Illinois Basin during the first half of 2012 (64.4 million short tonnes) was » http://www.coalguru.com/north_america/illinois_basin_coal_output_up_by_13pct_yoy_in_h1_2012/5121
Thursday, November 8, 2012 The wave of closures in the coal mining sector may have reduced coal production nationwide by over » http://www.coalguru.com/china/summary_of_coal_mine_closures_in_china_ahead_of_national_congress/5132
Thursday, November 8, 2012 German manufacturing, the locomotive of Europe's largest economy, is running out of steam three yea » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/germany-economy-idUSL5E8M7BY920121107
Thursday, November 8, 2012 Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Wednesday said it plans to restart a flexicoker unit, shut since Sept. 11, » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/11/07/exxon-mobil-baytown-refinery-flexicoker-restart-seen-in-few-weeks/
Thursday, November 8, 2012 HollyFrontier Corp has scheduled turnarounds at its Oklahoma and New Mexico refineries in the first » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/refinery-operations-hollyfrontier-idUSWEN851020121107
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Total thermal capacity is expected to increase at a CAGR of 4.8% to reach 1.2 million MW in 2020 an » http://www.coalguru.com/china/chinese_thermal_capacity_expected_to_reach_1_2_million_by_2020/5060
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 It is reported that a steel major in India after much haggling has finally settled Q3 coking coal p » http://www.coalguru.com/india_north_america/indian_steel_major_settles_the_q3_coking_coal_price_with_us_supplier/5064
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 China is the world's top consumer of industrial metals, but its smelters, hit by slowing economic g » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/06/china-metals-stockpiling-idUSL3E8M64KY20121106
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