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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Global stock markets firmed on Wednesday as underlying strength in the U.S. economy and signs of ec » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/markets-global-idUSL2E8DF9O220120215
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 U.S. manufacturing output rose solidly in January and a gauge of factory activity in New York state » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/us-usa-economy-output-idUSTRE81E16H20120215
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Slovak economic growth unexpectedly accelerated last quarter as exports proved resilient to western » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/slovak-economic-growth-unexpectedly-picks-up-as-czechs-fall-into-recession.html
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Leaders of China and the European Union (EU) on Tuesday underscored the importance of beefing up ec » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2012-02/15/content_14612256.htm
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Philippe D'Arvisenet, chief global economist at BNP Paribas SA, Natacha Valla, an economist at Gol » http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economists-own-words-on-euro-area-gdp-contraction/2012/02/15/gIQAN5AbFR_video.html
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in the New York region expanded in February at the fastest pac » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-15/new-york-area-factories-expand-at-fastest-pace-since-june-2010.html
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month of growth in » http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/manufacturing-output-jumped-last-month-on-big-gains-in-production-of-autos-machiner...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 LONDON Freight shipping rates for transporting dry raw materials are languishing close to their low » http://www.omantribune.com/index.php?page=news&id=111762&heading=Business
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Soft ocean freight rates, which hit 25-year lows in early February, are helping cut into Canada's g » http://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/lower-ocean-freight-costs-support-grain-exports/1000902523/
Monday, February 13, 2012 Opta Minerals Inc, which is majority owned by Canadian organic food... » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/opta-minerals-babco-industrial-idINL4E8DD3KJ20120213
Monday, February 13, 2012 BHP Billiton may be considering selling close to $10 billion of assets in Australia... » http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bhp-considering-selling-10-billion-of-assets--1
Monday, February 13, 2012 United Co. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum producer, plans to keep output stable in the... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-13/rusal-plans-to-keep-first-quarter-output-stable-sell-inventory.html
Monday, February 13, 2012 Aluminum Corp. of China signed a framework agreement with the local government of Erdos in... » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-13/chinalco-to-build-500-000-ton-aluminum-project-in-erdos-news.html
Thursday, February 9, 2012 It's been 34 years -- and several nuclear accidents later -- but a divided federal panel on Thursda » http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/09/10362722-us-licenses-first-nuclear-reactors-since-1978
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Diesel and jet fuel premiums in northwest Europe fell. Gasoil’s crack, or premium to... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-07/european-diesel-premiums-fall-gasoil-crack-gains-oil-products.html
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Japan's top refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp plans to shut four crude distillation... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/refinery-operations-jx-idUSL4E8D852Q20120208
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA, failed to secure a $10 billion loan from Brazil's » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL2E8D800A20120208?sp=true
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 The impact of higher raw material costs and lower aluminium prices resulted in an 80% drop » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/stocks-in-news/nalco-rising-energy-bill-may-lead-to-production-cut/arti...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Mining group Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore have confirmed plans for a $90bn (£57bn) merge » http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/07/glencore-xstrata-confirm-90-billion-merger
Monday, February 6, 2012 BP Plc has shut one of two gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking units at its 405,000-barrels-pe » http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-source-1-unit-at-bp-whiting-refinery-not-running-20120203,0,7933771.story
Thursday, February 2, 2012 The smelter produced 354,030 saleable tonnes. The previous highest year was 352,976 tonnes » http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/97396/aluminium-record-set-in-2011
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Heavy investments will largely expand smelters in Gulf hydrocarbon producers and this will allow » http://www.emirates247.com/business/10-of-aluminium-output-in-gcc-2012-02-02-1.440915
Thursday, February 2, 2012 A $20 million project to boost electric amperage is under way at Rio Tinto Alcan's Sebree, Kentucky » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/6915061
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Venezuela's oil exports to the United States have dipped in recent months to their lowest level in » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/venezuelas-oil-exports-us-decline-15497259
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), owner of the world’s largest refining complex, has been granted a $ » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-02/reliance-industries-granted-400-million-loan-to-expand-capacity.html
Thursday, February 2, 2012 The biggest partner in Syncrude Canada says it expects output from the giant oilsands mine this yea » http://www.globalnews.ca/money/canadian+oil+sands+fourthquarter+profits+fall+60+per+cent+on+tax+changes/6442571874/story.html
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Heavy summer rains across eastern Australia prompted authorities to issue flood warnings... » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL4E8D24AD20120202
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 The Association of Irritated Residents (AIR) requested a hearing to challenge a request from Mt. Po » http://www.turnto23.com/north_county/30335522/detail.html
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 The United Steelworkers Union reached a three-year deal Tuesday night with the nation's refineries » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Refiners-union-have-tentative-deal-2890737.php
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Concerned community members gathered at First Christian Church of Moss Point on Tuesday evening to » http://www.sunherald.com/2012/01/31/3722835/firms-silence-on-gas-plant-has.html
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Workers at the BHP Billiton-operated Port Kembla coal terminal in Australia launched a week-long st » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/01/port-kembla-strike-idUSL4E8CP60520120201
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 The price of metallurgical coal was poised to fall, McCloskey Group founder Gerard McCloskey said.. » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/met-coal-price-set-to-fall-mccloskey-2012-02-01
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 A global aluminum surplus may shrink to the lowest level since 2007 as major producers cut... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-01/aluminum-surplus-may-fall-to-lowest-since-07-sumitomo-says.html
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 United Co. Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum producer, expects prices to rise to $2,400 to $2,500 » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-01/rusal-sees-aluminum-rising-to-2-500-by-end-june-on-output-cuts.html
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Russian aluminum company UC Rusal is prepared to buy the Bogoslovsk Combined Heat and Power Plant ( » http://www.cospp.com/news/2012/01/1594196263/rusal-ready-to-buy-bogoslovsk-chpp-from-ies-at-price-no-higher-than-actual-co...
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