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Thursday, October 25, 2012 Phillips 66's (PSX) Los Angeles-area refinery is restarting units that experienced a "power dip" We » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/10/24/phillips-66-restarting-units-at-california-refinery-spokesman/
Thursday, October 25, 2012 Spot diesel in San Francisco gained for a second day against futures after Tesoro Corp. (TSO) was s » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-24/san-francisco-diesel-climbs-after-tesoro-said-to-cut-coker-rates
Thursday, October 25, 2012 The refinery business has long been the difficult stepchild of the oil industry, expensive to run, » http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/business/energy-environment/cheaper-oil-and-gas-give-a-lift-to-the-refining-business.htm...
Thursday, October 25, 2012 U.S. crude oil stocks rose sharply last week as imports increased and refinery utilization fell, go » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/24/energy-stocks-eia-idUSL1E8LO4TL20121024
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 World crude steel production for the 62 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldst » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Global_crude_steel_production_in_9_months_up_marginally_YoY/288777.html
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Polish miner JSW, the European Union's top coking coal producer, may report net losses in the comin » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E8LN41420121023
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 Gasoline weakened on the Gulf Coast today as Citgo Petroleum Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) re » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-22/gulf-gasoline-falls-as-citgo-to-valero-finish-maintenance.html
Monday, October 22, 2012 Rain Commodities is acquiring Belgium's RUTGERS N.V. - a Coal Tar Pitch manufacturer, for an enterp » http://www.dealcurry.com/20121022-Rain-Commodities-To-Acquire-Triton-Backed-RUTGERS-N-V-.htm
Monday, October 22, 2012 Oil giant BP has agreed to sell its 50% stake in TNK-BP to Russia's Rosneft in return for cash and » http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20030610
Monday, October 22, 2012 Four decades of aluminium production officially ends today at the Kurri Kurri smelter when the last » http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-22/aluminium-production-ends-at-kurri-smelter/4325834
Monday, October 22, 2012 Japan’s exports fell the most since the aftermath of last year’s earthquake as a global slowdown, t » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-22/japan-exports-fall-at-fastest-pace-since-post-earthquake-slump.html
Monday, October 22, 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd , owner of the world's biggest refining complex, has imported its first par » http://www.petroleumworld.com/storyt12102201.htm
Monday, October 22, 2012 San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. could be looking to exit the California refining business. » http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Valero-may-look-to-shed-California-refineries-3965673.php
Monday, October 22, 2012 The 238,000-barrel-a-day Joliet refinery released gasoline and heavier materials from a coker today » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-19/chicago-gasoline-strengthens-on-exxon-joliet-bp-whiting.html
Monday, October 22, 2012 BP PLC (BP, BP.LN) Thursday shut the smallest of three crude distillation units, or CDU, at its ref » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/10/18/bp-shuts-crude-unit-at-indiana-refinery-source/
Friday, October 19, 2012 Ohio regulators on Wednesday tossed a temporary lifeline to US aluminum producer Ormet Corp. that a » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/6699897
Thursday, October 18, 2012 Abundant stocks of aluminium and lukewarm demand in the global market may cap prices on the London » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/lmeweek-chinalco-idUSL5E8LHN1O20121017
Thursday, October 18, 2012 Chinese refineries processed a record high amount of crude oil in September, bucking recent trends » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/10/18/oil-data-china-september-crude-runs-at-record-high/
Thursday, October 18, 2012 Diesel and heating oil users in Europe and the United States may wonder why they are paying near re » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/17/distillate-supply-crunch-idUSL5E8LCEXP20121017
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 The company's third quarter production results show a 16 per cent drop in hard coking coal producti » http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-17/rio-tinto-results-in-qld-a-mixed-bag/4317646?section=qld
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC) will shut the West plant at its Tulsa, Oklahoma, refinery starting in Nov » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-16/canadian-oils-weaken-ahead-of-midcontinent-refinery-maintenance
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Saudi Arabia appears to be keeping its pledge to ensure global markets are well supplied with oil, » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/16/us-saudi-usa-oil-idUSBRE89F1BK20121016
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Gasoil refining margins traded on the ICE platform rose on Tuesday, boosted by a tight supply outlo » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/16/markets-europe-distillates-idUSL5E8LGSF920121016
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 U.S. retail sales rose in September as Americans stepped up purchases of everything from cars to el » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/usa-economy-idUSL1E8LCGI020121015?type=marketsNews
Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) is raising sales from the world’s biggest refining complex, helping » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-15/reliance-beats-sinopec-as-exports-lift-refining.html
Monday, October 15, 2012 Russia's aluminium giant RUSAL said on Friday it mulls a tie-up with unnamed Chinese partners to bu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/12/russia-rusal-china-idUSL5E8LCJT220121012
Monday, October 15, 2012 Aluminium Bahrain , the world's fourth-largest aluminum smelter, said production and sales were ste » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/14/aluminium-alba-output-idUSL5E8LE3A220121014
Monday, October 15, 2012 Czech coal miner NWR said on Monday that coking coal prices agreed for the fourth quarter dropped b » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/15/nwr-sales-idUSL5E8LF0SN20121015
Monday, October 15, 2012 Profit margins of steelmakers in China may shrink as a demand recovery falters and iron ore prices » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-15/steel-margins-in-china-may-shrink-on-weak-demand-mirae-says
Monday, October 15, 2012 Top global coking coal exporter BHP Billiton declined on Thursday to comment on a report that it ha » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/13/bhp-coal-idUSL3E8KD01820120913
Monday, October 15, 2012 Crumbling iron-ore prices may have stolen much of the spotlight in the bulk commodities markets of » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443884104577646993124152180.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, October 15, 2012 China’s inflation was close to the slowest pace in two years in September, giving the government ro » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-14/china-inflation-close-to-slowest-pace-in-two-years-at-1-dot-9-percent
Monday, October 15, 2012 RusAl, the world's largest aluminum producer, is looking for Chinese partners to build a smelter in » http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/ministry-to-help-rusal-seek-chinese-partners-for-smelter/469726.html
Monday, October 15, 2012 A day after shutting down its bauxite refining unit at Lanjigarh temporarily citing unavailability » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/refinery-closure-to-hit-vedantas-aluminium-smelter/489573/
Monday, October 15, 2012 Other measures reportedly contained in the blueprint include a ban on the use of petroleum coke, th » http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/17276/Ilva-steelworks-to-cut-production-by-30-.html
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