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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Wednesday the Obama administration » http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/28/watchdog-epa-cut-corners-global-warming-decision/
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Iran is building its first refinery able to process so-called heavy crude in the southern Qeshm Isl » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-27/iran-builds-first-heavy-oil-refinery-in-qeshm-island-shana-says.html
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] announced today that it is seeking a buyer for its 185,000 barrel-per-day » http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/newsroom/news_releases/2011news/Pages/09-27-2011.aspx
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 A couple of years after it laid off 14,000 workers around the world, global mining giant Rio Tinto » http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/rio-tinto-hiring-hundreds-of-workers-in-canada-because-of-moderniza...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Texas Gov. Rick Perry asked President Barack Obama to use his executive authority to prevent » http://blog.chron.com/rickperry/2011/09/perry-urges-obama-to-halt-air-rules/#loopBegin
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 America needs energy. America needs jobs. A way to get them both is right under our feet. » http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/183853-american-energy-can-create-jobs
Monday, September 26, 2011 A Nobel laureate has quit one of the world's leading organisations for scientists in protest » http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/8786565/War-of-words-over-global-warming-as-Nobel-laureate-resi...
Monday, September 26, 2011 Europe's refining sector needs championing across the continent, Isabelle Muller, » https://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/8382506
Monday, September 26, 2011 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to block regulations that force industry » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/23/usa-house-pollution-idUSS1E78M1HT20110923
Saturday, September 24, 2011 At 22:27 on September 23, Shanghai Pudong Takahashi refinery fire. » http://www.f-paper.com/?i993364-Shanghai-Takahashi-refinery-delayed-coking-unit-fire-with-no-casualties-(Figure)
Thursday, September 22, 2011 United Co. Rusal (0486.HK), the world's largest aluminum producer, Thursday denied » http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/09/22/rusal-denies-is-in-talks-to-build-smelter-in-iran/
Thursday, September 22, 2011 ALMOST all the coal in Australia's next major coalmining area, the Galilee Basin in central Queensl » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/india-china-acquire-coal-assets-in-queensland/story-e6frg9df-122614...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 The White House is threatening to veto pending House legislation that would mandate new interagency » http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/182927-white-house-formalizes-veto-threat-on-train-act
Thursday, September 22, 2011 Texas sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday in an effort to block » http://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Texas-sues-EPA-to-block-new-pollution-rule-2182573.php
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 GEELONG Trades Hall has forewarned that aluminium giant Alcoa will inevitably close its Victorian o » http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2011/09/21/280665_news.html
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Bahrain is to increase natural gas prices for one of its biggest consumers, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/bahrain-gas-prices-idUSL5E7KL5H320110921
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 China's aluminium smelters may keep imports of raw material alumina under yearly contracts » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/20/china-alumina-idUSL3E7KK1QD20110920
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Emirates Aluminium Co., an Abu Dhabi-based smelter, is seeking customers in Europe » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/emirates-aluminium-sees-demand-for-new-capacity-gulf-news-says.html
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 It is not a day too soon that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh felt the need to involve himself in sor » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/infra-hurdlesgrowth-needs-/449770/
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 US aluminium giant Alcoa has warned that Victoria's two aluminium smelters face a "significant thre » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/carbon-plan/smelters-are-under-threat-claims-alcoa/story-fn99tjf2-1226141...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 145,000 barrel per day (bpd) Anacortes, Washington, refinery plans to shut » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFS1E78H08C20110918
Monday, September 19, 2011 As many as six US aluminum smelters could restart in 2012 as the US market sees demand improve » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/6487335
Monday, September 19, 2011 AFTER protracted delays, mining giant Rio Tinto and its Malaysian partner are inching towards an ag » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/rio-tinto-closer-to-malaysia-power-price-deal-on-aluminium-smelter-...
Friday, September 16, 2011 Alcoa Inc. said Thursday that it will invest about $300 million to expand an Iowa manufacturing pla » http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/15/ap/business/main20106945.shtml
Friday, September 16, 2011 Alterra Power Corp. is pleased to announce that an operating permit... » http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alterra-power-announces-receipt-of-permit-to-expand-reykjanes-plant-129900523.html
Friday, September 16, 2011 China's constraints on electricity supplies will help greatly boost United Company Rusal PLC's sale » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/dalian/2011-09/16/content_13713871.htm
Thursday, September 15, 2011 Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL plans to launch production at the Boguchansky and Taishet aluminum » http://www.prime-tass.com/news/_Exec_RUSAL_to_launch_Boguchansky_Taishet_smelters_in_2013/0/%7B6C5CFDC8-A311-4D54-84E7-380...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 RAIL freight group QR National will expand its coal haulage capacity by more than 70 million » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/qrs-900m-rail-link-project-to-boost-coal-haulage/story-fn91v9q3-1226130...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 A coking unit at Total Petrochemicals USA's 232,000 barrel per day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery suf » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFWEN815820110912
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter's rebuild project has some astonishing figures attached to it, » http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/5627181/Special-bricks-at-heart-of-rebuild
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 EACH year, from now until 2016, there will be shortages of thermal coal in Asian markets. » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/asian-power-surge-to-see-no-let-up-as-thermal-demand-goes-gangbusters/sto...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 A judge has dismissed a significant lawsuit by federal regulators who want to force DTE Energy » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9PLSRV00.htm
Monday, September 12, 2011 BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) said Monday that it will ask workers at its metallurgical coal mines in Aus » http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1279342
Monday, September 12, 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of six projects... » http://energy.gov/articles/secretary-chu-announces-14-million-six-new-projects-advance-igcc-technology
Monday, September 12, 2011 Paris: Aluminium Bahrain, or Alba, will focus on modernising its older production... » http://gulfnews.com/business/investment/alba-will-modernise-facilities-to-boost-output-1.864281
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