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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Making forecasts about dry bulk ocean freight rates have always been a tricky business. This is bec » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/freight-shipping-oversupply-squeezes-rates/430968/
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 The World Bank is planning to restrict the money it gives to coal-fired power stations, bowing to p » http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/world-bank-funding-coal-power
Monday, April 4, 2011 Australian coal-to-retail conglomerate Wesfarmers said on Monday that the weighted average contract » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/wesfarmers-idUKL3E7F404W20110404
Monday, April 4, 2011 China Petrochemical Corp., also known as Sinopec Group, may be positioning itself to enter the Lati » http://www.downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=26223
Monday, April 4, 2011 Graphite India Limited (GIL) will benefit from the increasing crude steel production in India. » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/investors-guide/graphite-india-good-investment-for-over-2-year-horizon/articl...
Monday, April 4, 2011 Dow Jones reported that New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Limited is reallocating and reprioritizing cu » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/New_Zealand_Aluminum_Smelter_reallocates_orders_to_help_Japanese_customers/198841.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 South African President Jacob Zuma has forecast a “great future” for relations with India as he pus » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-04/zuma-s-quest-for-india-ties-threatens-s-africa-power-supply.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 Refiners the world over are seeing their gross refining margins improve on the back of high product » http://www.financialexpress.com/news/----Gains-in-refining-get-neutralised-by-losses-in-marketing----/771105/
Monday, April 4, 2011 Hovensa LLC's St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands refinery has reduced crude oil refining capacity to 350 » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWEN043220110403
Monday, April 4, 2011 The floods and cyclone that battered Queensland over summer will cost the economy $9 billion after » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/floods-to-drain-9bn-from-economy/story-fn59niix-1226032925267
Monday, April 4, 2011 Construction consultancy giant Jacobs Engineering has won a contract to design the Yanbu refinery e » http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-11662-jacobs-engineering-wins-yanbu-refinery-contract/
Monday, April 4, 2011 For all coal's growing allure as an alternative to nuclear power, it's failing to attract utilities » http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110402/BUSINESS/104020317/1003/Natural-gas-gains-coal-utilities
Monday, April 4, 2011 In southern Angola, construction of a 200 000 barrel-a-day refinery at a cost of $8 billion (R54bn) » http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/business-watch/sonangol-funding-woes-cripple-8bn-refinery-construction-1.1050921
Monday, April 4, 2011 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) was forced to stop production on a coker and gasoil hydrotreater yeste » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/shell-said-to-halt-coker-gasoil-hydrotreater-output-in-texas.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 Hindalco Industries, the flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, has raised 7,875 crore in debt for a g » http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-02/news/29374467_1_smelter-mahan-project-hindalco-chief-financial-off...
Friday, April 1, 2011 Although analysts and investors expected aluminum to gradually keep rising, absolutely no one expec » http://agmetalminer.com/2011/04/01/aluminum-reaches-record-high-near-5000ton-copper-zinc-and-nickel-all-spike/
Friday, April 1, 2011 Huge demand for energy resources in China and India has pushed the price of thermal coal to an all » http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/01/coal-price-reaches-new-heights
Friday, April 1, 2011 Shipments from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, Africa’s biggest coal export facility, will continue as » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-01/richards-bay-coal-exports-continue-following-rail-closure.html
Friday, April 1, 2011 India's HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited is set to commission its 9 million mt/year greenfield Bhatinda r » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Oil/7378195
Friday, April 1, 2011 The U.S. Coast Guard said it halted navigation on the upper Mississippi River on a 43-mile stretch » http://www.the33tv.com/sns-rt-usreport-us-usa-rivtre72u5tn-20110331,0,1233722.story
Thursday, March 31, 2011 Shandong Dongfang Hualong Industry and Trading (Group) Co started construction of a 3-mil-mt-yr cru » http://news.szenergy.biz/news_3346.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011 BP Plc (BP/) is planning additional work during a turnaround that will include the shutdown of crud » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/bp-plans-more-work-during-cherry-point-crude-coker-turnaround.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011 Paris-based Societe Generale analyst Emmanuel Fages comments on European coal imports at a Coaltran » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/europe-to-raise-coal-imports-over-the-next-2-years-socgen-says.html
Thursday, March 31, 2011 Trade volumes through local ports are forecast to continue rising in coming months, but political u » http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_17735106
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Japan and Australia are to resume thermal coal contract price negotiations late this week or early » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Coal/8726070
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 MUMBAI–Hindalco Industries Ltd. has raised 78.75 billion rupees ($1.75 billion) of loan to achieve » https://secure.marketwatch.com/story/hindalco-raises-175-billion-loan-2011-03-30
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Hindustan Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) will wait for stability in crude prices before starting up its n » http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/hmel-links-bathinda-start-up-to-crude-stability-sources_532895.html
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 China's Henan Xichuan Aluminum has raised its primary smelting capacity to 200,000 mt/year, which i » http://www.chinamining.org/Companies/2011-03-30/1301463971d44277.html
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 The Richards Bay Coal Terminal’s (RBCT’s) plans for increased export volumes will be put on ice unt » http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/coal-plan-delayed-by-slow-rail-build-1.1049218
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 India's core infrastructure industries grew 6.8% in February from a year ago, raising prospects of » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/five-of-six-sectors-see-growth-as-core-rises-68-in-february/ar...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Angola's Sonangol has slowed down the construction of its planned 200,000 bar » http://af.reuters.com/article/investingNews/idAFJOE72S02R20110329
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 SA’s aluminium importers are angry over the timing of an application by primary aluminium producer » http://business.iafrica.com/businessday/716198.html
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world's largest aluminium » http://www.rusal.ru/en/news_details.aspx?id=6892
Monday, March 28, 2011 The Coast Guard has put limits on the size and horsepower of tows six miles north and south of the » http://www.wreg.com/news/sns-ap-ms--missrivertraffic,0,1671912.story
Monday, March 28, 2011 Asia's top oil refiner Sinopec Corp's (0386.HK: Quote) first quarter refining margins in 2011 are e » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3E7ES1R020110328
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