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Monday, July 23, 2012 Alcoa (AA.N) on Friday said it expects to keep its Point Henry aluminum smelter in Australia operat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-australia-alcoa-idUSBRE85S06920120629
Monday, July 23, 2012 A raft of economic news Thursday sketched a picture of a weakening U.S. economy held back by sluggi » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-economic-data-add-signs-slowing-recovery-16814557
Monday, July 23, 2012 Spain's economy will contract by 0.5 percent in 2013 after shrinking by 1.5 percent this year, the » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/spain-economy-idINL6E8IK8BH20120720
Monday, July 23, 2012 A work stoppage is being threatened at Kitimat's aluminum smelter as the company and union disagree » http://www.cftktv.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=1742663
Monday, July 23, 2012 Chinese offshore oil and gas giant CNOOC Ltd. said Monday it has agreed to buy Canadian producer Ne » http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/chinas-cnooc-agrees-to-buy-canadas-nexen-for-151-billion/2012/07/23/gJQAYbtu3W_stor...
Monday, July 23, 2012 The U.K. economy probably contracted for a third consecutive quarter in the three months through Ju » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-20/u-k-second-quarter-gdp-seen-declining-0-2-as-recession-deepens.html
Monday, July 23, 2012 The U.S. housing sector is poised to boost economic growth. While existing home sales fell 5.4 perc » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/idINL2E8IJEF620120719
Monday, July 23, 2012 The global oil refining industry has been pressured recently by high crude oil prices combined with » http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/1500842053/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/refining/2012/july/rise-of_shal...
Monday, July 23, 2012 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (386), Asia’s biggest refiner, boosted first-half crude-oil output » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-20/sinopec-crude-oil-production-rises-on-higher-overseas-output-1-.html
Monday, July 23, 2012 DELAWARE CITY — PBF Energy has put on hold a $1 billion Delaware City refinery expansion project. » http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20120721/NEWS01/120721009/DEL-BIZ-Refinery-expansion-plans-postponed?odyssey=nav%7Chead
Monday, July 23, 2012 Summary of current U.S. refinery operations (in '000 bpd) » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/energy-diary-refinery-idUSL2E8IK5G220120720
Monday, July 23, 2012 Valero's 147,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, was running at planned rates on Ju » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-valero-refinery-back-at-planned-rates-20120720-00716
Monday, July 23, 2012 European oil refiners increased production in the month of June to take advantage of improved margi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/euroilstock-monthly-june-idUSL6E8IKC2P20120720
Monday, July 23, 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd , India's third-most valuable listed company, posted its third consecutive » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/india-reliance-idINL4E8II35220120720
Monday, July 23, 2012 China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's biggest oil producer, is in talks with Ecuador' » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/ecuador-refinery-cnpc-idINL2E8IK0CE20120720
Thursday, July 19, 2012 China's economy is likely to recover modestly in the third quarter of 2012 in response to policy st » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/us-china-economy-poll-idUSBRE86I0E920120719
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Cities will be leading contributors to U.S. economic expansion over the next year, and much of thei » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/usa-cities-economies-idINL2E8II9RI20120719
Thursday, July 19, 2012 The IMF recently cut its forecast for Russia’s 2013 GDP growth from 4 percent to 3.9 percent, and r » http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2012/07/18/russias-economy-in-2012-a-strong-start-and-an-uncertain-future/
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Crude and coker units were in the process of coming back on line Tuesday, at the 207,000 barrel-a-d » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/07/17/units-coming-back-on-line-at-marathon-robinson-ill-refinery/
Thursday, July 19, 2012 The refinery, which Saudi Aramco is building jointly with Total SA (FP) in the Saudi city of Jubail » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-19/satorp-refinery-to-get-first-oil-in-december-eqtisadiah-says.html
Thursday, July 19, 2012 BP Cherry Point Refinery may eventually use the railroad to get part of its crude oil supply from t » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/07/18/2219436/bp-cherry-point-refinery-could.html
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Summary of current U.S. refinery operations (in '000 bpd) » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/energy-diary-refinery-idUSL2E8II3OF20120718
Thursday, July 19, 2012 Tesoro Corp's 103,800 Ÿbarrel-per-day Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California, was resu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/refinery-operations-tesoro-idUSWNAB448120120718
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 A Travis County Judge on Thursday may issue a much-anticipated ruling over the Las Brisas air permi » http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jul/18/las-brisas-air-permit-rulling-may-come-thursday/
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Petrobras on Tuesday reported a power outage at its 100,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Pasadena, Te » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/17/refinery-operations-petrobras-idINL2E8IHD1Y20120717
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Despite the benchmark aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange (LME) falling below the cost of » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/aluminium-majors-buck-global-trend-avoid-production-cuts/480716/
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Industrial production increased in June, paced by gains among auto and machinery makers that may ea » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-17/u-s-industrial-production-rises-in-sign-of-factory-resilience.html
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 If the International Monetary Fund is right, in a mere four years the U.S. will no longer be the wo » http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-17/the-last-years-of-americas-historic-gdp-reign
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s biggest coking coal exporter, lifted a force majeure on its Qu » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-17/bhp-lifts-force-majeure-at-queensland-coal-mines-doyle-says-1-.html
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: KMP) today announced long- » http://www.peabodyenergy.com/content/120/Press-Releases
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Samsung Engineering, the first and largest engineering company in Korea, announced today that it ha » http://www.samsungvillage.com/blog/2012/06/samsung-engineering-lands-major-carbon-black-project-in-uae.html
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Talks are on between Nalco and the Indonesian government on a range of options, including picking u » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/nalco-in-talks-to-operate-a-2-25-la...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 An aluminum company warned Monday that its nearly 800-employee Hawesville smelter in western Kentuc » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-16/power-rate-talks-stall-between-utility-smelter
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Century Aluminum on Monday warned that its 700-employee aluminum smelter at Hawesville » http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/jul/17/60pt-hed1-15-inches-of-story/
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 However, Rio Tinto said it now expected its production of copper, coking coal and thermal coal to f » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303754904577532402426966694.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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