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Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Coal will remain a key power source for the world until the middle of the century and if Australia » http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/coal-crucial-until-2050-commissioner-20110524-1f1hh.html
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Growth in emerging markets has led to a boost in steel demand, which in turn has increased prices f » http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/coal-sector-becoming-a-hotbed-of-acquisition-speculation-nyse-pcx-1518088.htm
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 China may witnessed the worst power shortage in decades in 2011. The Chinese economy is booming. Ch » http://online.wsj.com/community/groups/oil-921/topics/chinas-power-shortage-boost-demand
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 The Coast Guard partially reopened a 9-mile (14.48-km) section of the flooding Mississippi River ne » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/us-usa-flooding-transport-idUSTRE74M5SO20110523
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Some barges were allowed to pass Monday through a stretch of the Mississippi River that had been cl » http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/23/national/main20065488.shtml
Monday, May 23, 2011 Japan's earthquake hit steel production in April but not by as much as was expected, which, with de » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/steel-japan-idUSL3E7GN0XZ20110523
Monday, May 23, 2011 Valero Energy (VLO) ranks first with CE of $4.13B; Sunoco (SUN) ranks second with CE of $1.48B; and » http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Newsfeed/Article/131750880/201105230734/Top-5-Companies-in-the-Oil-and-Gas-Refini...
Monday, May 23, 2011 Mideast crude oils fell amid signs of weakening processing profits, causing refiners to balk at pay » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-23/middle-east-oils-drop-on-concern-of-falling-processing-profits.html
Monday, May 23, 2011 French private sector activity expanded at a slower pace in May, after reaching a near 10-year high » http://www.rttnews.com/Content/AllEconomicNews.aspx?Node=B2&Id=1629863
Monday, May 23, 2011 Japan's return to recession and a bigger-than-expected slump in first-quarter economic growth are n » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/23/japan-economy-moodys-idUSL3E7GN0TX20110523
Monday, May 23, 2011 The pace of Eurozone private sector expansion decelerated to a 7-month low in May on slower growth » http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EuropeanEconomicNews.aspx?Node=B2&Id=1630045
Monday, May 23, 2011 Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) has now lifted force majeure on sales of coal from the last of its Australian c » http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/05/23/rio-tinto-lifts-force-majeure-australian-coal/
Monday, May 23, 2011 Coal export prices at Richards Bay, South Africa, site of the continent’s biggest facility for ship » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-23/south-african-coal-declines-to-2-1-2-month-low-as-buyers-prefer-indonesia.html
Monday, May 23, 2011 U.S. coal exports rose to a 20-year high after floods in Australia disrupted supply of the variety » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-23/coal-exports-from-u-s-reach-20-year-high-on-australia-floods-ssy-says.html
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Fifty-one percent of new refinery projects, representing 2.594 million barrels a day of capacity, i » http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/05/19/bloomberg1376-LLI6F20D9L3501-177C337VFEELS9O4CQLQMDG9FE.DTL#ix...
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) experienced an unidentified unit outage Friday at its 185,000 barrel-a-da » http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105211530dowjonesdjonline000271&title=valero-reports-fl...
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Standard & Poor's surprising decision to revise downward its outlook for Italy could mark the start » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/22/us-italy-sp-idUSTRE74K17720110522
Sunday, May 22, 2011 The U.S. freight economy is expected to grow significantly during the next decade, led by accelerat » http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2011/05/20/report-us-freight-economy-expected.html
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Retailers are carefully watching their receipts this weekend amid signs that higher costs for raw m » http://www.wboc.com/story/14692378/cost-of-food-and-gas-slowing-us-economy
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday raised the bar for policymakers saying India's status on th » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-may-be-fastest-growing-economy-soon-PM/articleshow/8521350.cms
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Advanced and emerging market economies stand to benefit from a stronger economic recovery if they c » http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2011/NEW052011A.htm
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Asian currencies rose this week, led by South Korea’s won, on optimism funds will increase purchase » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-20/asian-currencies-rise-this-week-on-growth-outlook-fed-policy.html
Sunday, May 22, 2011 Italy’s Treasury said it will “intensify” structural changes in the economy and push ahead with mea » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-21/italy-pledges-to-intensify-its-reforms-after-s-p-warning.html
Sunday, May 22, 2011 The 'Bettye M. Jenkins' tugboat assists in pushing barges loaded with light cycle oil upriver, unde » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci9MN9z7efw
Sunday, May 22, 2011 The ongoing priorities to grow the Kingdom's economic and social infrastructure as was set-forth in » http://arabnews.com/economy/article422358.ece
Friday, May 20, 2011 Flowing naturally or overflowing menacingly, it is impossible to underestimate the Mississippi Rive » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDL6Co4AHbZZ_OhYucYNX_pfXTig?docId=0875b0dfa6b44b0eb479ae6a8baddc3a
Friday, May 20, 2011 A five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River has been shut down after grain barges broke loose from » http://www.wafb.com/story/14686476/barges-hit-old-bridge-one-sinks
Friday, May 20, 2011 Aluminum users in the United States are feeling the pinch from tight availability, but idled smelte » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/20/businesspro-us-metals-aluminium-us-idUSTRE74J25X20110520
Thursday, May 19, 2011 The severity of reductions in Japanese blast furnace steel output after the recent earthquake and t » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/8903030
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Shell Oil Co's refining joint-venture Motiva Enterprises said its two Louisiana refineries were sen » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/18/refinery-operations-motiva-idUSN1719344820110518
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Repsol YPF SA (REP), Spain’s largest oil company, will resume operation of a crude unit at its Petr » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-18/repsol-says-bilbao-refinery-crude-unit-to-restart-next-week-1-.html
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Middle East crude oil for sale to Asia rose against their benchmarks to near a six-month high becau » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-19/middle-east-crude-oils-gain-as-refiners-buy-on-profit-surge.html
Thursday, May 19, 2011 Louisiana utility regulators officially scuttled a once-touted plan for Entergy Louisiana to conver » http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ecd5a306e7f6434b9a31c4b3d3320797/LA--Entergy-Little-Gypsy/
Thursday, May 19, 2011 In the intervening years, NB Power has been forced to burn more expensive fuel at Coleson Cove, alo » http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/05/18/nb-coleson-cove-natural-gas.html
Thursday, May 19, 2011 KBR Inc. said Wednesday that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a $9.1 million contract from » http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2011/05/kbr-wins-91m-contract-for-refinery.html
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