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Thursday, June 25, 2015 China's coal industry says times are hard, outlook worse » More than 70 percent of China's coal firms are making losses, the head of the coal industry association said on Thursday,...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 FY16 will be tough year for north Indian cement market: Study » NEW DELHI: With both and retail institutional demand struggling to grow, the fiscal is likely to be a "tough year" for the...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Heidelberg to buy Jaiprakash Associates’ cement unit » Jaiprakash Associates' UP cement plant latest in sales series by debt-laden group. http://www.financialexpress.c...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 EIA in hot seat ahead of House vote on Clean Power Plan » The nonpartisan U.S. Energy Information Administration found itself in the crossfire of a congressional war over the Obama...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Berlin set to scrap plans for climate change levy on power sector » Germany will scrap plans to raise emissions charges for older coal-fired power stations, bowing to pressure from the power...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Germany to decide between coal levy and alternative on July 1 » German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday he was considering an alternative to a proposed levy on coal-fire...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 China primary Aluminium imports decline 71.98% y/y in May » China's primary aluminium imports declined by 71.98% from a year earlier to 6,738 tons in May, latest data from China's cu...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Saudi Yasref refinery reaches full capacity milestone » Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co (Yasref), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinop...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Panel to look into problems of Jokatte residents » The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has decided to form a committee comprising an expert, representatives of Manga...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Chicago Southeast Siders Get Petcoke Win » Come July 1, a company storing petcoke in Chicago will not be allowed to have any more of the material move through or be...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Hindalco: Bottom-fishing not a good idea for short-term gains » The Hindalco stock has tumbled from highs of Rs 198.70 in July last year to 15-month lows of Rs 113.60 last Tuesday. ...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Huge relief for smelter over RET decision » BOYNE Smelters general manager Joe Rea is delighted that finally legislation for a bipartisan deal on the renewable energy...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 City Exiles More of Chicago's Petcoke Piles » The City of Chicago recently informed a company storing massive mounds of oil refining waste on Chicago’s Southeast...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Panel to look into problems of Jokatte residents » Karnataka Mangalore environmental issues environmental pollution Jokatte and neighbouring areas demand closure of pet coke...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Chicago Bans Petcoke From One of Two Remaining Southeast Side Storage Sites » The city of Chicago has banned the storage and through-transfer of petroleum coke from one of two Southeast Side KCBX Term...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Chinese economy healthier than data suggest: Beige Book » China's soft economic data belie the "broad-based recovery" that has taken place during the second quarter in world's numb...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Hope for Greek economy rises after Athens offers new belt-tightening » Greek officials broke a stalemate in negotiations with European creditors on Monday by offering more budget cuts and pensi...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Italy in Greece's economic shadow » As Greece moves ever closer toward capital controls and default, one hopes that European policymakers are mindful of the l...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Exxon Mobil Corp. to sell Louisiana refinery » Exxon Mobil Corp. will sell its interest in Chalmette Refining LLC in Louisiana to PBF Energy Inc. http://www.bizjourn...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 BP, Rosneft to restructure German refining JV » BP and Rosneft have agreed to pursue a reorganization of their refining joint venture in Germany, Ruhr Oel GMBH, the compa...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 A year of change at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals » Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) finds itself in a sweet spot. For one, the operating environment for refi...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Power industry eyes on Tiwai Pt » Smelter owner Rio Tinto may end contract with Meridian Energy equivalent to 13% of total electricity demand. htt...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Yunlin County angered over moves on coal ban » Yunlin County Commissioner Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Liu Chien-kuo (劉建國) yeste...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Venezuela Sells Chalmette Refinery » U.S. company PBF is buying the Chalmette oil refinery, a “joint venture” between Exxon Mobil and Petróleos de Venezuela SA...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Exxon Mobil, Petroleos de Venezuela to Sell Jointly Owned Refinery -- Update » Exxon Mobil Corp. and the national oil company of Venezuela are ending their business partnership, as they are selling a j...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Venezuela's PDVSA sells interest in U.S. refinery » State-owned oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, said Thursday it was selling its 50 percent interest in a refinery...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 PBF expands Gulf of Mexico refinery footprint » Independent refiner PBF Energy said it will spend more than $300 million to acquire a Louisiana oil refinery from Ex...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 PBF Energy plans to revitalize $322 million Louisiana refinery, expand beyond Venezuelan crude » PBF Energy Inc pledged Thursday to revitalize an oil refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana which was stuck in an unhappy marria...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Fallout follows Yunlin-FPG talk » Although a committee found that Formosa Plastics’ data fell short about the fuels it burned, two power plants’ permits wer...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Coal Train Dust Worries Richmond Residents » Trains heaped with coal pass through Richmond every week on their way to the city’s port. http://ww2.kqed.org/sc...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 COLUMN-Surging aluminium production promises more pain » Global aluminium production growth is on a surge again. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/22/aluminium-outp...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 India's refinery runs rebound in May as plants return from maintenance » Crude oil throughput at India's state-owned and private refiners rebounded in May after dipping slightly in April due to m...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Refinery watch: Planned and unplanned US outages » Canadian Oil Sands said June 10 that Syncrude Canada advanced 50 days of planned turnaround maintenance on Coker 8-1 at th...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Exxon Mobil (XOM) to Sell Chalmette Refining Stake (PBF) » Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) has reached an agreement with PBF Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PBF), for the sale and purchase of its 50 pe...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 What PBF Gets With Its Purchase of Louisiana Refinery From Exxon, PdVSA » New Jersey-based independent oil refiner PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF) has agreed to purchase Chalmette Refining LLC from co...
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