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Monday, July 2, 2012 Phillips 66's joint-venture 328,000 barrel per day (bpd) joint-venture refinery in Wood River, Illi » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/refinery-operations-phillips-woodriver-idINL2E8I12ZF20120701
Friday, June 29, 2012 TASMANIA has cut the price of power for a Rio Tinto aluminium smelter to save 500 jobs. The deal h » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/cut-price-power-deal-saves-smelter-jobs/story-e6frg6n6-1226410946583
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Alcoa (AA.N) on Friday said it expects to keep its Point Henry aluminum smelter in Aust » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-australia-alcoa-idUSBRE85S06920120629
Friday, June 29, 2012 The U.S. economy grew 1.9 percent in the first quarter, reflecting a gain in consumer spending that » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-28/u-s-economy-grew-1-9-in-first-quarter-on-consumer-spending.html
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Vedanta Aluminium, a unit of Vedanta Resources Plc, said on Thursday it has sold 3,000 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/india-aluminium-tender-idUSL3E8HS3N020120628
Friday, June 29, 2012 Manama, June 10. (BNA) -- Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s position as one of the world’s leading » http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/512396
Friday, June 29, 2012 PARAGUANA, Venezuela, June 28 (Reuters) - Several plants at Venezuela's largest refinery, the 645,0 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/venezuela-refinery-idUSL2E8HS2KE20120628
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - A sharp fall in crude oil prices has gifted European oil refineries a surprise profits » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-refining-margins-idUSBRE85R0TY20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Australia's Bell Bay aluminium smelter reached a new 13-year power supply deal to help » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/australia-smelter-idINL3E8HS0UI20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Britain's economy shrank by 0.3 percent during the first three months of this year, off » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/uk-economy-shrank-03-percent-in-first-qu-idUKBRE85R0CZ20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's 149,500 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Torrance, » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/refinery-operations-exxon-torrance-idINH5E8GG00E20120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Even as Vedanta and Nalco bagged higher premiums for the lightweight metal, signalling a tightening » http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=154054&sn=Detail&pid=102055
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 In a difficult economic environment, with risk emanating from both Europe and the U.S., the Confere » http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/06/26/consumer-confidence-drops-to-lowest-level-since-january-as-the-econom...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 SHANGHAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Aluminium smelters in China's Xinjiang province, which aims to become » http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-21/news/sns-rt-china-aluminiumxinjiangl3e8hi52w-20120621_1_power-plants-yuan-po...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (Reuters) - Top Asia refiner Sinopec Corp has shut down its Wuhan refinery from early June to July » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/china-sinopec-wuhan-idUSL3E8HR3I820120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, plans to refine 1 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/energy-japan-jx-idUSL3E8HR3F320120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 June 27 (Reuters) - Indian refiners processed 2.9 percent more oil in May from a year ago, the high » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/india-refinery-oil-idUSL3E8HR3UU20120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp.'s (XOM.N) 149,500 barrel per day (bpd) Torrance, California, refinery » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/26/us-refinery-operations-exxon-torrance-idUSBRE85P10D20120626
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the first-ever U.S. proposed regulations governing heat-trapping » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/26/us-usa-co2-ruling-idUSBRE85P10920120626
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Pasadena Refining System Incorporated has contracted GSD Demolition (Houston, Texas) to demolish de » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pasadena-refining-system-incorporated-plans-to-rebuild-coker-damaged-by-fire-an-industria...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Mining titan Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) has started exporting its first shipment of hard coking coal from » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/06/25/rio-exports-begins-coking-coal-exports-from-mozambique/
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Federal Industry Minister Greg Combet has rejected a call from NSW for the commonwealth to bail out » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/combet-rejects-nsw-call-to-save-smelter/story-fn3dxiwe-1226408717918
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, June 26 (Reuters) - China's top aluminium producing province of Henan has rolle » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/26/china-aluminium-power-idUSL3E8HQ3AH20120626
Monday, June 25, 2012 The Australian government was working on a plan that might save aluminium major Alcoa’s Point Henry » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/a42m-bailout-mooted-to-save-alcoa-smelter-in-australia-2012-06-25
Monday, June 25, 2012 Europe is a "big question mark" for commodity markets but at the same time demand for aluminum is s » http://www.cnbc.com/id/47918106
Monday, June 25, 2012 NO Australian wants to see others lose their jobs, leading to family hardship and an uncertain futu » http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/cash-for-jobs-as-tax-starts/story-fnbdxfy6-1226408250538
Monday, June 25, 2012 THE Point Henry aluminium smelter has been offered a $42 million lifeline by the Gillard government » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/hopes-a-42m-lifeline-will-save-aluminium-smelter/story-fn59niix-122640707...
Monday, June 25, 2012 RUSAL has announced the completion of the first stage of its Aluminium Division West modernisation. » http://www.packagingeurope.com/Packaging-Europe-News/47951/RUSAL-COMPLETES-FIRST-STAGE-OF-MODERNISATION.html
Monday, June 25, 2012 (Reuters) - In the end, all it took was a small chemical spill -- perhaps less than a barrelful -- » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/25/usa-refinery-motiva-idINL2E8HO4GH20120625
Monday, June 25, 2012 SAO PAULO, June 25 (Reuters) - Brazilian consumer confidence waned in June and analysts chopped the » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/25/brazil-economy-survey-idINL2E8HP1O220120625
Monday, June 25, 2012 Brazil's government-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR) expects its Venezuelan p » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/06/25/brazil-petrobras-expects-venezuela-pdvsa-to-be-refinery-partner/
Monday, June 25, 2012 June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. regional refined product margins fell 1.8 percent on average in the week e » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/25/refinery-margins-usa-idUSL2E8HP5XJ20120625
Monday, June 25, 2012 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delta Air Lines subsidiary closed Friday on a deal to purchase a suburban Phi » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06-22/delta-closes-on-deal-for-philly-area-refinery
Friday, June 22, 2012 LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - The downturn in the euro zone's private sector is becoming entrenched a » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/21/economy-global-idINL5E8HL42620120621
Friday, June 22, 2012 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises LLC moved to prepare half its giant Port Arthur, Texas, refinery for » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/21/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idINL1E8HLBZ020120621
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