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Thursday, May 31, 2012 Whatcom County has selected environmental consulting company CH2M Hill to play a key role in » http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/05/30/2542933/ch2m-hill-will-play-key-role-in.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, agreed to pay a record premium to producers » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-29/japan-aluminum-buyers-said-to-agree-to-record-quarterly-premium
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Americans confidence in the economy suffered the biggest drop in eight months as worries about the » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9V2F89G0.htm
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, agreed to pay a record premium to producers next » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-29/japan-aluminum-buyers-said-to-agree-to-record-quarterly-premium
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 May 30 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, plans to refine 5.23 milli » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/energy-japan-jx-idUSL4E8GU35420120530
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Valero Energy Corp.'s 142,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery reported flaring » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/refinery-operations-valero-corpuschrsti-idUSH5E8E502120120529
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A minor fire at Imperial Oil Ltd's 121,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Sarnia, Ontario » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/refinery-operations-imperial-sarnia-idUSL1E8GU3SI20120530?type=companyNews
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A multi-million dollar upgrade is planned at the oil refinery at McPherson. » http://1350kman.com/?p=15633
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 OAO Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia’s natural-gas producer and exporter, opened a catalytic cra » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/gazprom-neft-starts-catcracker-hydrotreater-at-omsk-refinery.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The construction of an oil refinery suggested for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) by Ky » http://abc.az/eng/news_30_05_2012_65266.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The state Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Century Aluminum's attempt to get the property value of » http://www.dailymail.com/News/201205290222
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The State-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) and Russian steel maker Severstal are » http://www.deccanherald.com/content/251993/nmdc-set-up-steel-plant.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The Bonneville Power Administration has given the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter west of Fern » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/05/24/2155792/intalco-smelter-near-ferndale.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 A Ukrainian court upheld a March ruling to restore government control over the Zaporizhskyi aluminu » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/ukraine-court-snubs-deripaska-appeal-to-retain-zalk-plant-rights.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 ABC reported that there is a chance the price of coal could rise if the industrial dispute at six B » http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/BHPB_BMA_mining_strike_could_affect_the_price_of_coking_coal/265722.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 JSW Steel Ltd. (JSTL), India’s second- largest importer of coking coal, is turning to Rio Tinto Gro » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-21/jsw-seeks-african-coal-to-beat-australian-rains-corporate-india.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Despite a recent slowdown, the world’s second-biggest economy is more resilient than its critics th » http://www.economist.com/node/21555915?scode=3d26b0b17065c2cf29c06c010184c684
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 More Australian aluminum smelters will close if there isn't a coordinated state and federal governm » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/23/australian-union-says-expect-more-aluminum-smelter-closures/
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Big deals: Earlier this month, reports said PetroChina (PTR) is close to buying an old refinery on » http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/29/investing/china-oil-energy/index.htm
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Trafigura TRAFGF.UL and U.S. aluminum producer Ormet Corp have formed a joint venture to buy » http://www.chinamining.org/News/2012-05-25/1337916400d56934.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Lower prices for aluminum have pushed a number of aluminum plants "under water," unable » http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Upgrade+vastly+increase+smelter+efficiency/6693335/story.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 (Reuters) - State-run Petroperu said on Monday it plans to use capital earned through an initial pu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-latam-summit-peru-petroperu-idUSBRE84R0P520120528
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is planning a 10-week-long maintenance shutdown of its » http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3466780.ece
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 SINGAPORE: India's fire-damaged 60,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Numaligarh refinery is in the process » http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-28/news/31877088_1_refinery-fire-numaligarh-refinery-bharat-petroleum...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 NCRA is in the midst of engineering the project and will begin construction early next year. It exp » http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/27/2350329/mcpherson-oil-refinery-to-undergo.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 May 28 (Reuters) - Indian refiners' output fell an annual 2.8 percent to about 3.33 million barrels » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/india-refinery-output-idUSL4E8GS1VJ20120528
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 May 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has awarded a $1.5 billion contract to Sou » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/27/maaden-hyundai-saudi-idUSL5E8GR1WL20120527
Saturday, May 26, 2012 The Australian aluminium industry is in the doldrums. A high dollar, low prices and Asian competiti » http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/the-trouble-with-aluminium
Saturday, May 26, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possib » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0PrXqeRLv7b_mt3JTEv7RtUkGkw?docId=31a1b2bb5e1448bbb9b2c56cf6255580
Saturday, May 26, 2012 LONDON/NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The shadows over the global economy darkened on Thursday as the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/global-economy-idUSL5E8GO30L20120524
Saturday, May 26, 2012 ANGUL: Nalco has invited entrepreneurs and manufacturers to set up downstream and upstream units at » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Nalco-invites-business-players-for-industrial-park/articleshow/1350767...
Saturday, May 26, 2012 May 25 (Reuters) - Insolvent German aluminium plant Voerde Aluminium has agreed a deal to maintain » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/voerde-insolvency-idUSL5E8GP8ZR20120525
Saturday, May 26, 2012 China's top aluminum-producing province has idled about 700,000 metric tons of capacity in recent m » http://www.cnbc.com/id/47543721
Saturday, May 26, 2012 THE electricity industry has warned that the exit of more aluminium smelters from the Australian ma » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/threat-to-smelters-sparks-power-alarm/story-e6frg6xf-1226366237935
Saturday, May 26, 2012 (Reuters) - A rout in commodity markets has pushed prices of aluminum, zinc and nickel down to leve » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/us-metals-cutbacks-idUSBRE84O0EB20120525
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