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Wednesday, November 2, 2011 President Obama inserted himself into the increasingly contentious fight over building » http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/11/president-obama-comments-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-controversy.html
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi Corp will invest a total of $4.2 billion to expand coal mining in Austr » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/11/01/bhp-mitsubishi-idUKL4E7M10OR20111101
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 MF Global Holdings Ltd. (MF), the holding company that filed for bankruptcy protection, was suspend » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/mf-global-suspended-from-lme-trading-cme-clearing-after-bankruptcy-filing.html
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Asian refiners look set to be big winners as Brazil boosts sweet crude production from its bountifu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/01/us-siew-brazil-asia-idUSTRE7A00UV20111101
Monday, October 31, 2011 THE London-based head of multinational miner Anglo American says the company's plan to invest... » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tax-risks-15bn-spend-anglo/story-fnapmixa-1226178885111
Monday, October 31, 2011 The weekly performance of Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) on the coal export line to Richards Bay incre » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/transnet-moves-ahead-with-r12bn-swazi-study-as-coal-line-tempos-pick-up-2011-10-26
Saturday, October 29, 2011 The U.S. primary aluminum market is seeing a surprisingly strong burst in spot purchases at the sta » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/26/aluminum-physical-idUSN1E79P18220111026
Saturday, October 29, 2011 Union workers at Alcoa Intalco Works have voted to ratify a new four-year labor contract... » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/28/1883993/intalco-workers-voting-on-new.html
Friday, October 28, 2011 Venezuela's state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PdVSA, is in talks with Brazil's... » http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/10/28/pdvsa-in-talks-to-build-refinery-in-brazil-without-petrobras-report/
Friday, October 28, 2011 ANGLO American will invest up to $15bn to grow its coal business in Australia, creating... » http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=157263
Friday, October 28, 2011 Ridley Terminals has signed two more long-term deals for shipping coal out of B.C. and Alberta. » http://www.cftktv.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=1562927
Friday, October 28, 2011 Several large investment banks are building a string of potential squeezes into early next year... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/lme-aluminium-idUSL5E7LP1GH20111025
Friday, October 28, 2011 Alcoa Inc. continues to negotiate with the Tennessee Valley Authority for a new power contract... » http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/28/alcoa-seeks-cheaper-electric-rates/
Friday, October 28, 2011 A shortage in subsidised fuel is threatening growth among Saudi cement firms amid rising demand... » http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-cement-firms-warn-of-fuel-shortages-427299.html
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 China will import 6 million-10 million metric tons of alumina a year by 2021 as its demand for alum » http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/10/26/china-to-import-6-million-10-million-tons-alumina-year-by-2021-norsk-hydro/
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 The historically high discount that U.S. crude prices held most of the year against their European » http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/10/25/refining-profits-expected-to-shrink-as-oil-markets-shift/#ixzz1bt9r1DEZ
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Sunoco Logistics said on Tuesday the impending closure of East Coast refineries has... » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E79O20S20111025
Monday, October 24, 2011 Ethiopia is to sign an agreement with Djibouti next month for the use of its Port to ship in... » http://addisfortune.com/Ethiopia%20to%20sign%20Agreement%20with%20Djibouti%20to%20use%20Port%20fir%20Coal%20Import.htm
Monday, October 24, 2011 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. aims to increase total refining capacity to 3.46 million barrels a day... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-24/saudi-aramco-refining-capacity-to-reach-3-46-million-barrels.html
Monday, October 24, 2011 Xstrata Plc, which achieved record output of power-station coal in the third quarter... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-18/xstrata-sets-coal-contracts-above-analysts-expectations.html
Monday, October 24, 2011 A shortfall of coal supplies due to policy hurdles could prevent India from expanding power capacit » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/21/india-power-idUSL3E7LK2QD20111021
Friday, October 21, 2011 Duke Energy Corp raised the cost estimate for its Indiana coal-gasification project a third time... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/utilities-duke-edwardsport-idUSN1E79J20S20111020
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 State oil giant Saudi Aramco and China's Sinopec Group are expected to sign... » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E7LH1I520111019?sp=true
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Steelmaking coal prices will fall below $240 a metric ton by the fourth quarter of 2012 as demand.. » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-19/coking-coal-price-to-fall-on-softer-demand-mackenzie-says-1-.html
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a » http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=80422&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1617277&highlight
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Brent crude oil fell below $110 a barrel on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected Chinese economic dat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/us-markets-oil-idUSTRE7922QH20111018
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 U.S. cash crude differentials weakened on Tuesday as the transatlantic spread... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/18/markets-usa-cash-crude-idUSN1E79H0SD20111018
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 New Zealand's largest single electricity user, the Rio Tinto aluminium smelter at Bluff » http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10759711
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 SunCoke Energy Inc said its new plant in Ohio will start supplying coking coal to steelmaker... » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFN1E7940FT20111005
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Thousands of workers of global mining company Rio Tinto have expressed fear... » http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90062829?Job%20loss%20fears%20arise%20from%20Rio%20Tinto%20aluminum%20operations%2...
Monday, October 17, 2011 Rio Tinto Group's Alcan operations in Quebec and British Columbia do not appear to be affected by.. » http://www.montrealgazette.com/Alcan+units+spared+from+Tinto+planned+asset+sales/5561920/story.html
Monday, October 17, 2011 Alcoa Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld said he sees stable prices in... » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alcoa-ceo-kleinfeld-sees-stable-raw-materials-cost-2011-10-17
Monday, October 17, 2011 Kinder Morgan, Inc. and El Paso Corporation today announced a definitive agreement » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kinder-morgan-to-purchase-el-paso-for-approximately-38-billion-2011-10-16
Monday, October 17, 2011 On the first day of operating without an official contract, it appears work is getting done... » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/10/15/1866290/business-as-usual-at-intalco-despite.html
Friday, October 14, 2011 Workers at global miner BHP Billiton plan more work stoppages at all of the company's Australian... » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL3E7LE0EE20111014
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