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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Germany's top court is set to deliver a crucial judgment on the viability of the European Stability » http://www.rttnews.com/1963869/european-economics-preview-german-constitutional-court-ruling-on-esm-due.aspx?type=fts&utm_...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 A Turin-based renewable energy group has come forward with a third offer to buy aluminum-maker Alco » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-alcoa-smelter-offer-idINBRE88B08C20120912
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Prices for benchmark Japanese imports of coal for its steel and metals-making furnaces may drop by » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E8KB9WN20120912?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 A strange thing is happening on the way to the commodity collapse. It’s the most powerful rally tha » http://www.cnbc.com/id/48980576
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 CB&I’s Lummus Technology business sector successfully commissioned the delayed coking unit (DCU) fo » http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/0616903343/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/refining/2012/september/vadinar...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Venezuela's PDVSA has until November to decide if it will participate in a refinery under construct » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/petrobras-foster-idINR6E8F400X20120911
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 China's production of most base metals rose in August, reversing declines in the previous month, wi » http://www.brecorder.com/markets/commodities/asia/78514-china-august-metals-output-up-aluminium-at-record-.html
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 SYDNEY, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Australia's resource-rich state of Queensland hiked taxes on coal miner » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/australia-queensland-budget-idUSL3E8KB21F20120911
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The downside risks to the global economy from Europe's debt crisis should not be understated and As » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/wef-china-wrapup-idINDEE88A09E20120911
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Italy's economy will return to growth in 2013, thanks to a decline in interest rates that is alread » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/italy-gdp-idINL1E8KAHL020120910
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 The permanent closure of refineries, mainly in Europe and the U.S., is unlikely to boost profits fr » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/refinery-closures-won-t-boost-oil-processing-margins-opec-says.html
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Gasoline gained after a report that flooding and mechanical issues have slowed the startup of Motiv » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/gasoline-gains-as-flooding-slows-louisiana-refinery-start.html
Monday, September 10, 2012 The Indian economy has arrived at a point where a non-ferrous metal such as aluminium will come in » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indias-aluminium-use-intensity-set-to-increase/485973/
Monday, September 10, 2012 Swiss industrial group Klesch has presented a formal expression of interest in aluminum-maker Alcoa » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/alcoa-italy-idINL5E8KABWG20120910
Monday, September 10, 2012 South Korea unveiled a $5.2 billion stimulus package on Monday, including tax breaks worth $2 billi » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/korea-economy-stimulus-idINL3E8KA18M20120910
Monday, September 10, 2012 Japan's economy grew less than initially estimated in the second quarter as companies cut capital s » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/10/japan-economy-gdp-idUSL4E8K626G20120910
Monday, September 10, 2012 China's demand for crude oil is an important gauge of the health of the world's second-largest econ » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/10/oil-data-china-august-crude-imports-at-22-month-low/
Monday, September 10, 2012 When operators of Alliance refinery began efforts to shed the Louisiana facility in December, it be » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Gulf-Coast-refineries-look-seaward-for-sales-3849067.php
Friday, September 7, 2012 American employers added just 96,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday. The unem » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/august-jobs-report-unemployment-falls-81-percent/story?id=17173284#.UEn9PbKPUxo
Friday, September 7, 2012 A U.S. multinational has expressed interest in acquiring Alcoa Inc's loss-making aluminium smelter » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/alcoa-italy-interest-idUSL6E8K5IAL20120905
Friday, September 7, 2012 The in-house electric power generation capacity of Emirates Aluminium, or Emal, will get a shot in » http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093554464/UAE-Emal-power-plant-set-to-increase-capacity
Friday, September 7, 2012 Polish coal miner JSW plans to reduce its reliance on coking coal and focus on more promising and s » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/20/poland-jsw-idINL6E8JK8TQ20120820
Friday, September 7, 2012 Claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in a month and American companies added m » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/jobless-claims-in-u-s-fell-last-week-to-lowest-level-in-a-month.html
Friday, September 7, 2012 AL KHOBAR: Saudi Aramco and France's Total have started testing their new refinery at Jubail, sourc » http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=337293
Friday, September 7, 2012 A $14 billion refinery being built in the east of Saudi Arabia by a joint venture between Saudi Ara » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/06/saudi-aramco-total-refinery-on-schedule/
Friday, September 7, 2012 Production at Venezuela's Amuay oil refinery, which was rocked by an explosion that killed at least » http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/09/05/output-at-venezuela-amuay-refinery-up-to-264000-bpd/
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Asia's services sector expanded in August despite a global economic downturn, business surveys show » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/global-economy-services-idINL4E8K520S20120905
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Australia's current account deficit narrowed last quarter as rising export volumes gave a lift to e » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/australia-economy-idUSL4E8K30N320120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Saudi Aramco and France's Total have started testing their new refinery at Jubail, three sources wi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/saudi-total-refinery-idUSL6E8K53UW20120905
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported b » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-marathon-garyville-refinery-back-to-normal-after-storm-20120904-00997
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Following are major projects to build new refineries or upgrade existing ones, from company officia » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/refinery-upgrades-construction-idINL3E7JH18D20120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 A union is calling for the Government to step in to ensure the future of the Tiwai Point smelter » http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/115115/govt-urged-to-step-in-to-ensure-smelter's-future
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Phillips 66 reported that a leaking oil storage facility released an unknown amount of oil into the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/us-refinery-operations-phillips66-allian-idUSBRE88302420120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Valero Energy Corp said its 205,000-barrel-per-day St. Charles refinery in Louisiana had not yet be » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/03/us-storm-isaac-energy-valero-idUSBRE8820H920120903
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Valero Energy Corp. announced Monday that it will convert its shuttered oil refinery on the souther » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-03/aruba-refinery-to-turn-into-storage-facility
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