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Thursday, August 13, 2015 Noranda officials still assessing damage from explosion » Cast house was heavily damaged; all 33 injured workers are back to work. http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/...
Thursday, August 13, 2015 Shares of aluminium producer Zhongwang tumble 18% » China is awash in aluminium but export taxes on primary aluminium combined with rebates on aluminium products encourage co...
Thursday, August 13, 2015 Moody's: Rentech Nitrogen's announced merger with CVR Partners is a modest credit positive » CVR's Coffeyville site is adjacent to CVR Refining LLC's (Ba3 stable) refinery which supplies it with most of the petroleu...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Venezuela’s crude sales to the United States rise 9.5% in July » Venezuelan petroleum exports to the United States increased 9.5 percent in July from June, helped by more sales of Boscan...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Cleco faces one last hurdle to close sale » The final step in the potential sale of Cleco Corp. from public to private ownership will be the most exhaustive. ...
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Holcim prepares for SRF production in Vietnam » Work is underway to commission a solid recovered fuel (SRF) manufacturing plant in Vietnam, for one of the world’s leading...
Monday, August 10, 2015 Odisha based NALCO to set up in $2.6 billion plant in Iran » Odisha based National Aluminium Company (NALCO) plans to set up an aluminium smelter and an associated power plant in Iran...
Monday, August 10, 2015 Lafarge, Holcim merger will boost capacity » LAFARGE Zambia Plc says the merger with Holcim, the Swiss-based materials and aggregates company, places it in an ideal po...
Monday, August 10, 2015 BP's Indiana refinery outage drives gasoline up, widens oil spreads » BP Plc (BP.L) has shut a key crude processing unit at its 405,000-barrels-per-day Whiting Refinery in Indiana, pushing gas...
Monday, August 10, 2015 New record: U.S. refinery input climbs to 17 million bpd » Refineries in the United States are operating at record high capacity and utilization levels, a new report by the U.S. Ene...
Monday, August 10, 2015 Aluminium Trend: Excess supply makes a deep dent » The shiny world of metals that includes aluminium, copper and tin is facing a meltdown. The metal price boom — that peaked...
Monday, August 10, 2015 Fitch: Vessel Size, Alliances Raising Pressure on Some US Ports » The rise of alliances among shipping carriers and industry moves towards post-Panamax and ultra large cargo ships are pres...
Monday, August 10, 2015 Panel on pollution to meet in third week of August » The committee, constituted by the State government to look into the alleged hardships being caused to the people residing...
Friday, August 7, 2015 How refinery company Tesoro processed less oil but doubled its net income » San Antonio-based refining company Tesoro Corp. processed less crude oil but was able to double its net income during its...
Friday, August 7, 2015 Valero, other American refiners post record-breaking production » Six-year-low oil prices have stung companies in the field but have been a big boost to San Antonio's Valero Energy Corp. a...
Friday, August 7, 2015 Could Tesoro become an even larger refinery company? » Tesoro Corp. had been in negotiations to buy oil refiner HollyFrontier Corp., but was unsuccessful, according to a new rep...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Supply glut pushes aluminum to six-year low » Aluminum prices tumbled to six-year lows on Thursday as the market focused on a growing supply glut due to surging exports...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Molten metal fueled Noranda plant explosion » A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant August 4, injuring workers and creating a plume of smoke th...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Federal agency says molten aluminum hitting water apparent cause of Missouri plant explosion » Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employ...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Collaboration Across the Atlantic » Despite the long list of rocky mergers between culturally different companies, integrating research and development functi...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Joins 15 Other States To Ask EPA For Stay In Its Clean Power Plan » Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today announced his Office has joined with 15 other States to ask the U.S. Environmental...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Egypt Opens New Suez Canal » Egypt’s “New Suez Canal” extension project opened amidst great fanfare today. http://www.the-american-interest.com/201...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Petcoke Battle Continues On Chicago's Southeast Side » Chicago Southeast Side residents and environmentalists have won major victories in the battle over petcoke, but they aren'...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Russian refining: part four » Lukoil is Russia's second largest refining company, with four large refineries and three miniature refineries. h...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 US refining rates could slip as fuel inventories rise » Oil fell to a four-month low in New York on expectation that US refineries will decrease operating rates, leaving the nati...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 UPDATE 2-Refiner HollyFrontier results shine as acquisition talks fade » HollyFrontier Corp posted a better-than-expected profit for the second straight quarter, showing that the U.S. refiner had...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Goa Carbon reports 15,830.900 MT of Calcined Petroleum Coke production for July » Goa Carbon has reported production of 15,830.900 MT (million tonnes) of Calcined Petroleum Coke for the month of July 2015...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Federal Agency Says 33 Injured in Missouri Plant Explosion » Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 OSHA: Molten aluminum touching water preliminary cause of Noranda explosion » It happened around 12:30 p.m. at the cast house in Noranda's plant. http://www.kfvs12.com/story/29706743/explosi...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Oil price unlikely to recover as Saudi refining hits market » Oil prices are unlikely to recover soon as Saudi Arabia's drive to boost its refining activities is expected to force refi...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 President Obama's carbon rule has big implications for JEA, Northeast Florida » President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping set of environmental regulations aimed at cutting carbon pollution fr...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 JEA says it will be years before customers affected by new carbon emission regulations » President Barack Obama released Monday the long-awaited proposed Clean Power Plan. http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Dangote Cement Seeking to Double Capacity to 80 Million Tons » Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, said he plans to double capacity at his cement company to 80 million metric tons a ye...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Japanese buyers expect Chinese aluminum alloy ADC12 offers to weaken further » Japanese buyers for Chinese aluminum alloy ADC12 have stepped back to wait and see in anticipation of a further fall in pr...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Southland looking beyond Tiwai Point » The long-term future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter still hangs in the balance. http://www.3news.co.n...
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