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Monday, April 16, 2012 Alcoa has pole position when it comes to each quarterly reporting season on Wall Street. This trad » http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/australia-smelter-limbo-despite-alcoa-rebound-116572
Monday, April 16, 2012 (Reuters) - Czech coal miner NWR said on Monday that average agreed prices of coking coal and coke » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/nwr-idUSP7E7LJ02Q20120416
Monday, April 16, 2012 Even if BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance ( BMA ) produces about one fifth of the global supply of s » http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-04/bhp-billiton-declaration-of-force-majeure-would-have-limited-impact-on-coking-coa...
Monday, April 16, 2012 Lihua Reiterates 2012 Projections to Increase Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Net Income by More than 20% » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lihua-on-track-to-launch-production-on-new-smelters-in-april-2012-04-09
Monday, April 16, 2012 The business sections of the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News last year collabora » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Commentary-Mexico-s-economy-on-right-path-3481812.php
Monday, April 16, 2012 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The foundation for a gradually improving U.S. economy has been laid by r » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-consumers-manufacturers-lead-way-2012-04-15?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Monday, April 16, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell in February to its lowest point in four months. Ameri » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gu8dQerPXnwsIWI2QZzcrAO3mXXA?docId=2d6413e60dce4b76ad5803903c9338bd
Monday, April 16, 2012 BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - China's economy grew at its slowest in nearly three years in the firs » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/china-economy-gdp-idUSL3E8FD23W20120413
Monday, April 16, 2012 India's oil refining capacity will rise by more than 43% to 310 million tonne a year by March 2017 » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/oil-refining-capacity-to-rise-43year-by-march-2017/163055/on
Monday, April 16, 2012 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said Friday it put out a small fire on a sulfur unit at its 120,200-barr » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-refinery-operations-conoco-idUSBRE83C0ZJ20120413
Monday, April 16, 2012 BEIJING – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (SNP), or Sinopec, will keep eight of its refining un » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/13/sinopec-to-operate-some-refinery-units-longer-before-maintenance/
Monday, April 16, 2012 HOUSTON, April 12 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur refinery is on track to become » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idUSL2E8FC8XF20120412
Monday, April 16, 2012 Motiva Enterprises LLC plans to start a new crude distillation unit possibly next week at its 285,0 » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/12/motiva-could-start-new-texas-refinery-crude-unit-next-week-source/
Monday, April 16, 2012 Century Aluminum Co said on Friday it has resumed talks for a power deal with Appalachian Power, » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL2E8EN3VT20120323?sp=true
Monday, April 16, 2012 The Odisha-based Nalco plans to invest Rs57,903 crore by 2020 mainly for setting up two aluminium s » http://www.moneylife.in/article/nalco-to-invest-rs2300-crore-on-expansion-in-fy13/24383.html
Friday, April 13, 2012 April-delivery CARBOB gasoline climbed 6 cents a gallon in the Los Angeles spot market » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/09/gasoline-california-chevron-work-idUSL2E8F9JMK20120409
Friday, April 13, 2012 Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur refinery is on track to become the largest in the United Stat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idUSL2E8FC8XF20120412
Friday, April 13, 2012 The hydrocraker and hydrogen units of Numaligarh Refinery have been temporarily shut down due to th » http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article3297781.ece
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Hoping to restore hundreds of manufacturing jobs, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed tax legislation Mond » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TTG6GO0.htm
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, said the Yasref refinery will ship its f » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-21/saudi-aramco-to-ship-first-cargo-from-yasref-in-late-2014-1-.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 China will accelerate the use of new-energy sources such as nuclear energy and put an end to blind » http://www.elp.com/index/from-the-wires/wire_news_display/1621584677.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Alcoa, which is closing and curtailing smelter capacity across its global operations in response to » http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Alcoa-says-WA-smelters-its-best-performers-T9CA9?opendocument&src=rss
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Aluminum maker Alcoa Incorporated AA +2.27% (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) weathered stormy market con » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alcoa-endures-1q12-drop-in-prices-sees-strong-productivity-gains-an-industrial-info-news-...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Planned crude, coker and reformer maintenance has concluded at ConocoPhillips'San Francisco-area re » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-valero-meraux-refinery-restarts-after-brief-power-outage-20120411-00785
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Coking coal prices have recoiled to around $206 a metric tonne for deliveries in the current quarte » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-rio-tinto-bhp-preview-idUSBRE83B06F20120412
Thursday, April 12, 2012 The trade deficit in the U.S. probably retreated in February as imports cooled from a record, econo » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/trade-gap-in-u-s-probably-shrank-in-february-on-fewer-imports.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - Japan's government stuck to its assessment that the economy is slowly recovering on Thu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-japan-economy-report-idUSBRE83B08C20120412
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - Canada's emissions of greenhouse gases were almost unchanged from the year before in 20 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/environment-canada-emissions-idUSL2E8FBGCR20120411
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - CME Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to launch an aluminum swap futures contract ba » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/cme-aluminum-idUSL2E8FBNYS20120411
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Commercial oil inventories in industrialized nations fell less than average in February, the Intern » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/oecd-oil-stocks-rise-to-59-6-days-of-total-demand-cover-iea-say.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 BEIJING – Chinese refiners may process less crude oil in April than in March due to peak refinery » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/12/refinery-watch-china-april-refinery-rates-may-dip-on-maintenance/
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - India's 60,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Numaligarh refinery will close next week after a p » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/numaligarh-refinery-idUSL3E8FC2DT20120412
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Aditya Aluminium Ltd, a unit of AV Birla group company Hindalco Industries, has lined up Rs 10,000- » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/aditya-aluminium-linesrs-10000-cr-expansion-plan/470826/
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 For 1QFY2013, coking coal prices have settled at lower levels of US$206/tonne (down 12.3% qoq). » http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/brokerage-results-estimates/steel-companies-to-report-modest-top-line-angel_690852.html
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Australia, one of the largest miners and exporters of coal, was hit by floods in Queensland and New » http://www.dsij.in/ArticleDetails/tabid/740/ArticleID/4105/Floods-In-Australia-Hit-coking-Coal-exports.aspx
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