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Thursday, May 7, 2015 UPDATE 3-Small town evacuated after oil train derails in North Dakota » A BNSF train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in North Dakota on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of a nearby...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Lowey: Ban explosive crude from rail » U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey plans to introduce legislation next week that would ban freight trains hauling untreated volatile Bak...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 Study: US oil exports will cut refinery investments » The US capacity to refine light shale oil would still expand should legislators vote to lift the oil-export ban, jus...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 BRIEF-USW calls on Century to rescind lockout threat at Kentucky smelter » Thompson calls on Century Aluminum, controlled by Glencore, to rescind lockout threat for workers at Hawesville, Kentucky...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 Aluminium Bahrain Q1 net profit more than doubles » DUBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), owner of one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, reported a 117...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 Bell Bay Aluminium's outlook improves after warning electricity costs would threaten viability » One of Tasmania's biggest electricity consumers says its future is much more positive despite previously warning the State...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 Renewable Energy Target: Tasmanian Government demands certainty from Commonwealth » The Tasmanian Government is repeating its call for the Federal Government to resolve uncertainty around the future of the...
Thursday, May 7, 2015 Bell Bay Aluminium deal to secure 1,500 jobs, Tasmanian Government says » The Tasmanian Government has struck a secretive deal with Bell Bay Aluminium that it says will secure 1,500 jobs in the me...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 CEMBUREAU: future EU-ETS must ensure growth and competitiveness for industry » The Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries has recently outlined its views to the European Commission regarding the strat...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Local 9423 rejects Century's offer » The United Steelworkers Local 9423 membership at Century Aluminum-Hawesville rejected the company's "last, best and...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 US and Canadian authorities approve LafargeHolcim merger proposal » Lafarge and Holcim have announced that they have received final approval for their proposed ‘merger of equals’ from...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 VICTIMS’ VOICES: SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHICAGO » For years citizens of Chicago have been fighting to protect themselves from the potentially deadly effects of the black du...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Noranda posts smaller loss, expects boost from Ameren rate c » Despite a loss last quarter, Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. expects a future boost from Missouri regulators’ recent decisi...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 PSC reaches decision in Ameren Missouri Electric Rate Case » The Missouri Public Service Commission has determined that Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri (Ameren Missouri)...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Asia’s refineries threaten Europe’s » GlobalData has said that major refineries planned to come online over the next four years, primarily new facilities in Asi...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Arch Coal Holding On For An Appalachian-Driven Rebound » Punishing declines in the price of Appalachian thermal and metallurgical coal have gutted Arch Coal's profitability and ca...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Century Aluminum still in talks to re-open Ravenswood, WV plant » Century Aluminum says it is still in talks with Appalachian Power to obtain a rate structure that would allow it to re-ope...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Monthly Aluminum Price Index Rises as China Ends Export Taxes » MetalMiner’s aluminum price index, the monthly Aluminum MMI®, registered a value of 90 in May, a significant increase of 2...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Romanian aluminum producer cuts energy consumption by a quarter » Romanian aluminum producer Alro Slatina reduced energy consumption by a quarter during the crisis years. This was due to t...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Refinery ramps up: Dakota Prairie Refining begins producing fuel from Bakken crude oil » Dave Podratz, still wearing his hard hat, safety glasses and coveralls, walked into a conference room at Dakota Prairie Re...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Bakken crude refinery begins production » The Dakota Prairie Refinery located in Dickinson, North Dakota, has commenced operations. The facility has started produci...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Petrobras says falling Brazil fuel demand reduced crude refining » Falling demand for fuel in Brazil led state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA to cut crude oil processing at Brazilia...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Workers at Century Aluminum's Hawesville smelter reject labor deal-union » Unionized workers at Century Aluminum's Hawesville, Kentucky smelter voted to reject the company's proposed labor agreemen...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Goa Carbon reports 16,709.500 MT of Calcined Petroleum Coke production for April » Goa Carbon has reported production of 19,835.355 MT (million tonnes) of Calcined Petroleum Coke for the month of April 201...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Imperial Oil Ltd first-quarter profit cut in half — but the oilsands giant still plans to jack outpu » Imperial Oil Ltd., the Canadian oilsands company owned by Exxon Mobil Corp., reported on Thursday that first-quarter...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (SU) Posts Earnings, Misses Estimates » Canada’s biggest oil and natural gas company Suncor Energy Inc (NYSE:SU), published its earnings results for the first qua...
Monday, May 4, 2015 BP, USW reach tentative Whiting agreement: Update » Reuters) - BP Plc and the United Steelworkers union (USW) chapter representing striking workers at the company's Whiting,...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Slower demand growth and low prices hurting aluminium producers » Government-owned companies are obsessed with raising production year-on-year, irrespective of market behaviour. ...
Monday, May 4, 2015 BP Refinery Strike Could Soon End » Workers and management at BP have reached a tentative agreement that would end a months-long strike at the multinational’s...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Crude oil holds near 5-month highs after weak China factory data » Investing.com - Crude oil futures held near the highest level in nearly five months on Monday, as weak China factory data...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Yunlin DPP must fight PM2.5: youth organizer » With the first regular session at the Yunlin County Council beginning today, environmentalists in the county yesterday urg...
Monday, May 4, 2015 2014 UK Low-Carbon Power Levels Break All Sorts Of Records » Provisional numbers from the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change show that not only did electricity generation...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Orascom Construction intends on being an integral part of Egypt's recovery by supplying services for » Osama Bishai, Orascom Construction's CEO, explains why Egypt's economy is poised for a take off. With the first successful...
Monday, May 4, 2015 UPDATE 1-Century Aluminum issues lockout notice to Kentucky smelter workers » Century Aluminum will invoke a lockout of unionized workers at its Hawesville, Kentucky smelter starting on May 11 if the...
Monday, May 4, 2015 Egypt: Suez Cement sees 3% fall in 1Q15 revenues » Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), part of the Italcementi Group, saw revenues decline three per cent in the first thr...
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