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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 U.S. crude producers press Congress for freedom to export » American oil producers eager to sell their bounty abroad are pointing to a Delta Air Lines refinery’s purchase of millions...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Durbin, Kelly unveil bill to regulate tar-sands refining, study pet-coke byproduct » U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Dist. 2) said late last week that they are co-sponsoring legisla...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 IOC, other state-run refiners turn sights to Latin America » Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) may soon face competition from state-run companies such as Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOC) that p...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Kitimat Rio Tinto aluminum smelter re-opens » Rio Tinto re-opens its controversial Kitimat aluminum smelter today, as air quality hits the worst B.C. has seen in decade...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Goa Carbon ascends 2.8% after announcement of production data » Goa Carbon has reported a total production of 15,797 MT Calcined Petroleum Coke in the month of June, valued at Rs. 25.38...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 New Aluminium Could Be Smelter On The Way » A partnership between a Chinese and an Icelandic company has been struck to build an aluminium smelter in north Iceland.&n...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 Oxbow Activated Carbon LLC Acquires all Assets of Superior Adsorbents, Inc. » West Palm Beach, FL – Oxbow Activated Carbon LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oxbow Carbon LLC, announces that it has acq...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 Smelter looking for cheaper arrangement » New Zealand's Aluminium Smelter says it will use its one month negotiation extension with Meridian Energy to investigate c...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 Update:Key says Government won't add to NZ$30 million of support given to Rio Tinto to keep Tiwai Pt » Meridian Energy has granted New Zealand Aluminium Smelters until August 3 to decide on the future of its power supply deal...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 BP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill » BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from...
Thursday, July 2, 2015 US Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs In June, Unemployment Rate Falls To 5.3% » U.S. employment rose by 223,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent, the Labor Department said Thur...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 United States Supreme Court Reverses Utility MACT Rule » Today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that EPA unreasonably interpreted the Clean Air Act (CAA) when the agency fai...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Novelis Brazil unit aims big expansion in export market » The country has produced 334,000 mt of primary aluminum during Jan-May ‘15, nearly 30% lower when compared with the produc...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Key says Government won't add to NZ$30 million of support given to Rio Tinto to keep Tiwai Pt open » On the eve of a deadline on the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, Prime Minister John Key has reiterated that t...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Rio Tinto aluminium smelter in New Zealand faces possible power crunch » Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter in New Zealand, which has suffered losses in two of the last three years, faces a July 1 dea...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Nigeria can realise its huge economic potentials if …… ALSCON MD » Zaviyalov Dmitry is the Managing Director of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi, Akwa I...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 RIL to shut down one refinery unit for maintenance in July » The special economic zone unit of Jamnagar refinery ofReliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down onecrude distil...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 On June 22, U.K.-based Peel Ports Group announced plans for a new £100 million ($158.29 million) bio » The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release a decision this week about new mercury and toxic air emissions standards for...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 New U.K. port facility to provide pellets to Drax » On June 22, U.K.-based Peel Ports Group announced plans for a new £100 million ($158.29 million) biomass terminal at the P...
Monday, June 29, 2015 China’s central bank cuts lending, deposit and reserve ratios » China's central bank cut its benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points to 4.85 percent on Saturday, the fourth reduction...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Greece imposes capital controls, banks to remain shut » ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding afte...
Monday, June 29, 2015 RUSAL expects China to keep export tariff on raw aluminum » China is unlikely to relax its tariff policy on the export of raw aluminum, according to United Company RUSAL Plc. ...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Rusal spends $500,000 monthly to maintain ALSCON » The management of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) says it spends $500,000 (about N10 million) monthly to...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Decision on power for smelter » Wednesday is ''D day'' for the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff when its owners decide whether they...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter electricity contract deadline expires on Wednesday » Wednesday is D-day for New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS), when bosses must make a decision about the Southland plant's...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Supreme Court strikes down Obama power-plant regulations » In a major win for the energy industry, the Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency's effor...
Friday, June 26, 2015 China’s Stock Market Plunges » SHANGHAI — Share prices in China plunged on Friday in one of the sharpest sell-offs in years, accelerating a downturn this...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Chinese Stocks Stagger to End of Rough Week » HONG KONG — Chinese stocks plunged on Friday, capping their worst week in years and prompting the perhaps inevitable quest...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Outotec to deliver anode rodshop technology to China Xinfa Group's aluminum smelter in China » Outotec to deliver anode rodshop technology to China Xinfa Group's aluminum smelter in China. http://www.nasdaq....
Friday, June 26, 2015 China's May coking coal imports fall 68% on year to 1.88 mil mt, 6-year low » China's coking coal imports in May plunged 68% year on year to 1.88 million mt -- the lowest since March 2009 -- as volume...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Steel companies feeling the heat as projects face hurdles » Five of the top ten private steel companies are facing sever financial stress due to delay in implementation of their proj...
Friday, June 26, 2015 COLUMN-Australian coking coal miners get boost from low prices, China deal: Russell » LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 22 (Reuters) - Australian coking coal miners have received two recent, and rare, pieces of goo...
Friday, June 26, 2015 India’s cement industry may not see revival until FY17 » Earlier in the year, cement companies in India forecast that demand would pick up in October of this year, having been som...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Cemex Latam affected by currency depreciation in 2015 » Cemex Latam Holdings, the Latin American arm of Mexico's Cemex, has reported unfavourable results in the first quarter of...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Weak Prices Push Rusal Toward Further Aluminum Cuts » The continuing weakness of aluminum prices this year has caused Rusal, the world’s biggest producer of the metal, to mull...
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