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Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Aluminium imports eat into companies' market share » Why are Indian aluminium producers upset even when demand for the silvery white metal grew 6.2 per cent to nearly 2.4 mill...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Relief in Southland over smelter deal » News travels pretty fast in Southland and most people seemed to know about the Tiwai Point smelter's power deal within hou...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Large Explosion Rocks Southeast Missouri Aluminum Plant » A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant Tuesday, injuring some workers and creating a plume of smok...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Obama to Unveil Tougher Environmental Plan With His Legacy in Mind » In the strongest action ever taken in the United States to combat climate change, President Obama will unveil on Monday a...
Monday, August 3, 2015 HeidelbergCement faced competition from Dangote on Italcementi deal » HeidelbergCement rushed to buy control of Italcementi after fears that Nigeria's Dangote Cement also showed interest in th...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Obama announces power plant regulations, GOP lawmakers vow fight » President Obama on Monday announced new regulations on power-plant carbon emissions that will have a dramatic impact on ho...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Power deal keeps smelter alive » A revised contract between Meridian Energy and the owners of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter extends the smelter's operatin...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Vedanta Aluminium plans restructuring, stops ramp ups at plant » NEW DELHI: Mining conglomerateVedanta Resources today said it is planning to restructure high-cost operations in aluminium...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Tiwai Smelter deal signed between Meridian Energy and NZAS » A deal has been signed that allows aluminium production to continue at Bluff's Tiwai Point smelter, meaning a huge sigh of...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Smelter decision on energy contract with Meridian Energy to be made today » NZAS will decide on Monday whether to renew an energy contract with Meridian Energy. http://www.stuff.co.nz/bus...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Alcoa Wenatchee fined for water quality violations » Alcoa has been fined $36,000 for discharging too much aluminum, fluoride and suspended solids to the Columbia River from t...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Meridian, MightyRiverPower shares gain ahead of Monday's Tiwai Point smelter decision » A decision to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open appears increasingly likely, with shares of Meridian Energy [NZX...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Crude oil pipeline serving Twin Cities refineries to get $125M upgrade » Minnesota regulators on Thursday approved a $125 million upgrade to a pipeline that delivers North Dakota and Canadian cru...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Lafarge submits offer for remaining stake in Greece's Heracles » LafargeHolcim, the world's biggest cement maker, on Friday offered to buy out the shares it does not own in Greek peer Her...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Crude & Brent Oil Fundamental Analysis – July 30, 2015 – Forecast » Crude Oil continued to fall as production climbs and demand falls as global growth forecast were lowered. ...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Exxon reportedly considering massive Beaumont refinery expansion » Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reportedly is considering a major expansion of its Beaumont refinery in response to the U.S....
Friday, July 31, 2015 Exclusive: Exxon eyes expanding Texas refinery into biggest in U.S. - sources » Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to expand its Beaumont, Texas, refinery into the country's larg...
Thursday, July 30, 2015 UPDATE 1-Valero Energy profit beats estimates as refining margins rise » U.S. refiner Valero Energy Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as its refining margins rose due to a ste...
Thursday, July 30, 2015 UPDATE 2-Marathon Petroleum's margins hurt by high exposure to U.S. Midwest » Marathon Petroleum Corp's quarterly refining margins fell as the company did not benefit from the slump in oil prices main...
Thursday, July 30, 2015 Reuters: Total wants to sell 50 percent of PA refinery » Total wants to sell 50 percent of its Port Arthur refinery, according to the news service Reuters, and the French oil comp...
Thursday, July 30, 2015 4 Key Signs Low Oil Prices Are Here To Stay » Though the price of oil managed to climb back to $60 a barrel from a low of $40, it has now fallen back under $50....
Thursday, July 30, 2015 Indonesian aluminum exports to Japan continue even after smelter takeover » Indonesia's aluminum exports to Japan have not stopped, even though the government took over full control of the sole smel...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 BP Swings to Loss in 2Q On Deepwater Deal, Low Oil Prices --2nd Update » LONDON—BP PLC swung to a $6.3 billion loss in the second quarter, with low oil prices and a massive charge for settling th...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Can U.S. Canadian Oil Sands Imports be Nearly Carbon Neutral? » The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory recently published a study that determined the production and...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Alberta spill heaps pain on Canada's oil sector » An oil spill in the heart of Canada's oil sand region has sparked renewed criticism of the country's industry, and raised...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Saudis Expand Price War Downstream » The undisputed king of oil and gas is making some moves that could change the face of the global refining sector. ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Oil groups have shelved $200bn in new projects as low prices bite » The world’s big energy groups have shelved $200bn of spending on new projects in an urgent round of cost-cutting aimed at...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Oil Sands: Is Utah The New Alberta? » Think oil sands and Alberta comes to mind. Don’t tell that to Canadian oilmen in Utah, though, who expect to begin product...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Century Aluminum Permanently Closing Ravenswood Smelter » Century Aluminum Company CENX, -2.67% announced today that it intends to permanently close its Ravenswood, W.V. aluminum s...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Ravenswood Century Aluminum plant permanently shut down; smelter had been idled since 2009 » A Century Aluminum smelter in Jackson County that has sat idle for more than six years will not be restarted following an...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Brent crude cracks over 2% to levels of $52 a barrel » Oil prices fell over 2 per cent to $52 levels on Tuesday, dropping for a fifth straight session on persistent worries abou...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Nexen Energy oil spill: Are pipelines the safest mode of transportation? » A massive Nexen pipeline spill was discovered last week near Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada that has resulted in Alberta...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Sources: EPA will ease deadlines on pollution rule to help states comply » The Obama administration has decided to give states more time to comply with proposed regulations that will require dramat...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Energy minister says NDP government confident in Alberta's pipeline rules » The NDP government says it wants hard answers on a recent major pipeline spill but Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd says...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Cnooc oil-sands spill worsens outlook for Canada pipeline plans » It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get oil-sands pipeline projects off the ground, and Alberta’s worst spill since 19...
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