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Thursday, October 8, 2015 Met Coal: The Outcome Is Certain, The Timing Is Not » Met coal prices remain under pressure despite previously announced production cutbacks. http://seekingalpha.com/...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 China's coal industry » The October-December trading period after China's Golden Week holidays is a crucial time of year for thermal coal shippers...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 US refining rates, demand slip to multi-month lows » Oil retreated after a government report showed that US crude inventories and production climbed. http://www.hydr...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 US Refinery Inputs Contributed to Crude Oil Inventory Build » In its weekly report on October 7, 2015, the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) reported that US crude oil refin...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 $50 Oil: So Close, Yet Oh So Far » Oil prices pulled back from a one-month high on Wednesday, as yet another rally fizzled on a muddled supply outlook. ...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 Protest against Rio Tinto » Close to one hundred employees of Rio Tinto Alcan Iceland LTD, which operates the aluminum smelter in Straumsvík, Southwes...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 Russian Crude Oil More Than Halves In Price in Past Year » From January to September 2015, the average price of Russian crude oil was $54.41 per barrel against $105.07 per barrel in...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 PSC Issues Management Audit of Big Rivers Electric Corp. » Big Rivers Electric Corp. will need to move more aggressively in coming years to mitigate the loss of its two largest cust...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Work to begin on Motiva’s $500M Maurepas Pipeline by end of this year » Construction will begin on Motiva’s $500 million Maurepas Pipeline in the fourth quarter of this year. http://ww...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Colombia shifts to light crude imports for refining » Colombia is following Latin American crude producers including OPEC members Venezuela and Ecuador in a strategy of importi...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 European refining margins sink to one-year low » Benchmark European refining margins dropped on Monday to their lowest level in nearly a year as oil product stocks in the...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 V.I. government objects to deal to give HOVENSA owners millions » In addition to issues the V.I. government raised about HOVENSA's proposed bidding procedures for a bankruptcy sale, the V....
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 UPDATE 1-Paraguana refineries to restart processing units by Thursday -PDVSA » The president of Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA said on Monday crude was circulating at the 955,000-barrel-per-day Pa...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 City councilman proposes selling JEA » City councilman Matt Schellenberg submitted legislation to Mayor Alvin Brown Thursday, proposing that the city sell JEA. C...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Total sees more refiners closing in Europe beyond 2015 » More oil refineries need to close in Europe to shrink overcapacity despite good refining margins seen over the past year,...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 JEA restructure could net $32M; former Brown chief of staff says report is ‘vindication’ » In February 2014, Mayor Alvin Brown pitched a pension reform plan. http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?S...
Friday, October 2, 2015 US oil settles down 0.8%, at $44.74 a barrel » Oil prices fell nearly 1 percent on Thursday as the government's storm monitor altered forecasts for the path of the lates...
Friday, October 2, 2015 Senate panel advances oil exports in near party-line vote, signalling trouble ahead for bill » Legislation authorizing crude exports advanced through another congressional panel on Thursday with a mostly party-line vo...
Friday, October 2, 2015 Crude Oil Jumps Above USD46 As Russia Strikes In Syria » WASHINGTON (Alliance News) - Crude oil prices rallied Thursday amid geopolitical tensions and worries about the impact of...
Friday, October 2, 2015 New Risks Moving Crude Oil by Rail » The rapidly changing landscape of crude oil exploration and drilling in the US and Canada, together with economic consider...
Friday, October 2, 2015 RPT-California could be PBF's biggest refinery challenge yet » PBF Energy Inc's purchase of Exxon Mobil Corp's California refinery marks Chairman Tom O'Malley's biggest bet yet on U.S....
Friday, October 2, 2015 Venezuelan refining complex shut down by power failure » CARACAS: Venezuela's largest oil refining complex, considered one of the world's biggest, has been knocked out of operatio...
Friday, October 2, 2015 Venezuelan oil refining complex shut down » Venezuela's largest oil refining complex, considered one of the world's biggest, has been knocked out of operation by a po...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/30/federal-court-blocks-obama-administrations-fracking-rules-dj.html » A federal court on Wednesday blocked an Obama administration rule putting stricter standards on hydraulic fracturing on fe...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Century to keep Hawesville smelter partially open » In the latest twist, Century Aluminum Co. now says it will keep two potlines operating at its Hawesville smelter instead o...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 EPA Finalizes Steam Electric Power Plant Effluent Guidelines » The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized revisions to technology-based effluent limitations guidelines and...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 The town of Vignolo is opposed to the use of "Pet-coke" » Following the City Council held on September 23 is also the town of Vignolo sides with Bernezzo unanimously expressing its...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Cuneo: the City Council decides to say "no" to the pet coke » The central theme of the evening, however, comes to light thanks to the Councillors Isoardi ,Garelli and Fierro who...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 New China air pollution laws may hit aluminum ingredient » New air pollution laws set to take effect in China next year may cut supply of a vital feedstock for the manufacture of al...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 RPT-COLUMN-Alcoa and the painful business of making aluminium: Andy Home » The clue is in the name. Aluminum Company of America was born in 1907 after a change of name from the original Pittsburg R...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Oil prices shackled at 'painful' lows » Oil prices are not moving upwards – in fact, they lost ground again yesterday. This is despite the fact that production, a...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Are Financial And Geopolitical Pressures The Catalysts Required To End Weaker Oil Prices? » Saudi Arabia’s strategy of pushing down oil prices has had little impact to date on U.S. oil output. http://seek...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 China outlook main cause of volatility in global oil markets: Survey » The outlook for China's economic growth, which is experiencing its worst performance in decades, is the trigger of greates...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Opec focuses on rival mega projects » After almost a year of painfully low oil prices, Opec members are beginning to believe they are winning against upstart US...
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Judges rule NEPA study not needed for oil sands project » Federal judges today denied environmentalists' challenge to a 600-mile pipeline carrying oil sands crude from Illinois to...
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