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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Alcoa Inc. (AA) said its Warrick aluminum smelter in Indiana is getting alumina delivered by rail a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/alcoa-says-warrick-smelter-getting-alumina-delivered-by-rail.html?cmpid=msnmoney
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Gasoline advanced the most since July 2009 on speculation that fuel production and distribution wil » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/gasoline-futures-rise-on-lower-supplies-ahead-of-driving-season.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 French activity in the services grew at a sustained pace in April and is likely to remain dynamic i » http://imarketnews.com/?q=node/30441
Monday, May 9, 2011 The Spanish economy grew just 0.2 percent for the second quarter running during the first three mon » http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/may/09/eu-spain-financial-crisis/
Monday, May 9, 2011 Turkish industrial production fell 0.3 percent in March from a month earlier, the second consecutiv » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/turkish-industrial-output-declines-as-central-bank-seeks-to-slow-economy.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 UK economic growth will be "patchy and slow" for the rest of 2011 as high inflation and public spen » http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13314975
Monday, May 9, 2011 Middle East crude oils for sale to Asia ended a five-day decline as refining margins for gasoil ros » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/middle-east-crude-oil-rises-on-improving-gasoil-refining-margins.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 Based in Fort Myers, Keystone Industries is a privately held firm that sells coal and petroleum cok » http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-05-09/story/new-talleyrand-terminal-be-used-ship-coal-construction-materials-around
Monday, May 9, 2011 Power-station coal prices at Qinhuangdao port, a benchmark in China, rose for a sixth week to the h » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-09/china-coal-prices-rise-for-sixth-week-inventories-rebound-1-.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 The Tajikistan Aluminum Company has cut its 2011 production forecast by 18% after determining that » http://www.chinamining.org/News/2011-05-09/1304924571d45203.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (Takreer) plans to double the capacity of its Ruwais refinery to 900 » http://www.emirates247.com/business/energy/ruwais-refinery-to-raise-output-2011-05-09-1.390613
Monday, May 9, 2011 BP Plc continued restarting units at its 475,000 barrel per day (bpd) Texas City, Texas, refinery o » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0818841320110508
Monday, May 9, 2011 Qatar's oil minister said he does not expect OPEC to make a "dramatic" decision during the upcoming » http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCATRE7470UO20110508
Monday, May 9, 2011 Oil prices took a steep dive this week, falling by nearly 13 percent. On Tuesday, the spot price fo » http://www.npr.org/2011/05/08/136069839/as-oil-prices-fall-whats-happening-to-gas-prices
Monday, May 9, 2011 Pakistan’s real GDP and population grew almost at the same pace of just over two percent in the cur » http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=45479&Cat=3&dt=5/7/2011
Monday, May 9, 2011 Euro zone growth figures published next week will confirm that the region's economic recovery has c » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/ecb-trichet-economy-idUSWEA942220110506
Monday, May 9, 2011 A power-cut paralyzed a catalytic cracker and most other operations at Venezuela's 645,000 barrels- » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN0628072320110507
Monday, May 9, 2011 Oil refineries send millions of dollars to the state and employ hundreds of Montanans. In the final » http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/27808437/detail.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 Barges could be banned for up to eight days on a five-mile stretch of the Mississippi River. The Co » http://www.necn.com/05/06/11/Barge-traffic-off-limits-perhaps-for-mor/landing_nation.html?&blockID=3&apID=3526b37453ec4d5b...
Monday, May 9, 2011 The world is undergoing fundamental shifts that will shape the next 50 years -- trends that will in » http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110506006117/en/Global-Trends-Driving-Increased-Aluminum-Demand
Monday, May 9, 2011 In trading on Friday, oil & gas refining & marketing shares were relative leaders, up on the day by » http://www.forbes.com/2011/05/06/friday-sector-leaders-oil-gas-refining-marketing-precious-metals-marketnewsvideo.html
Monday, May 9, 2011 U.S. refiners were watching the flooding Mississippi River on Friday but said operations at their p » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/refiners-flood-mississippi-idUSN0621239520110506
Monday, May 9, 2011 Total SA has inaugurated a deep conversion upgrade of its 175,000-b/d refinery at Port Arthur, Tex. » http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/2113900929/articles/oil-gas-journal/processing-2/refining/20100/may-2011/total-in...
Monday, May 9, 2011 The U.S. Coast Guard has closed a section of the flooded Mississippi River to barge traffic in sout » http://www.buffalonews.com/wire-feeds/24-hour-national-news/article415411.ece
Monday, May 9, 2011 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged on Friday that 300 billion roubles ($10.8 bln) would be inves » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFLDE7451H720110506
Friday, May 6, 2011 Frontier Oil Corp. (FTO) expects crude throughput at its El Dorado refinery in Kansas to average 12 » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-05/frontier-sees-el-dorado-refinery-at-127-000-barrels-a-day-1-.html
Friday, May 6, 2011 BP Plc may begin restarting a second crude unit today at the 475,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Texas » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-06/bp-to-flare-gas-at-texas-city-as-pipestill-starts-filing-says.html
Friday, May 6, 2011 Spain's economic recovery remained fragile at the start of the year, despite a pick up in exports a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/06/us-spain-economy-idUSTRE7451A220110506
Friday, May 6, 2011 Poland's government has accepted a draft budget for 2012 that aims to curb the deficit to 2.9 perce » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9N1AJ380.htm
Friday, May 6, 2011 Spain’s economy grew in the first quarter at the same pace as the previous three months, the Bank o » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-06/spanish-economy-grew-0-2-from-previous-quarter-bank-of-spain-estimates.html
Friday, May 6, 2011 Commodity prices plummeted Thursday after disappointing economic news raised concerns about whether » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j79Gw7H_E66Tvs6Z-5wrSMwmzIbA?docId=55080b0b36404bb3812f53a3a5c5eecf
Friday, May 6, 2011 Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring sp » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13543475
Friday, May 6, 2011 Coal consumption in the U.S. decreased 2.5 percent in the week ended yesterday from the previous se » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-06/coal-consumption-in-u-s-slumped-2-5-last-week-genscape-says.html
Friday, May 6, 2011 Oil collapsed into free-fall on Thursday, diving as much as 10 percent and sending U.S. crude back » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-markets-oil-idUSTRE7446BH20110505
Friday, May 6, 2011 Soaring food and energy prices may temper Asia's economic outlook this year, putting central banker » http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/idINIndia-56763920110504
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