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Friday, October 17, 2014 Rio Tinto updates on aluminium production » In May 2014, Rio Tinto completed the curtailment of alumina production at Gove. The refinery is now on care and maintenanc...
Friday, October 17, 2014 Novelis to close aluminium smelter, focus on special products Novelis to close Brzail plant, focus o » Mumbai: Novelis Inc., the foreign unit of Hindalco Industries Ltd, will close its plant in Brazil that produces primary al...
Thursday, October 16, 2014 Bright future for Middle East's aluminium industry, says EGA head » United Arab Emirates: Spearheaded by companies like Emirate Global Aluminium ("EGA"), the Middle East's aluminium industry...
Thursday, October 16, 2014 India coal imports aren’t a big enough boost: Russell » Australian coal miners desperate for good news got a double boost recently, but India’s cancelling of private mining block...
Thursday, October 16, 2014 China coal tariff sends message to cut supply » LONDON: The Australian coal industry response to China’s decision to impose tariffs on imports was rapid and predictable,...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 CB&I announces gasification technology award in China » CB&I (NYSE: CBI) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Shandong Sincier Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for the li...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Indian billionaire joins race for assets sought by CRH » Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, owner of India’s biggest cement maker, is among bidders weighing offers for all t...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Global aluminum market in 2014 may see first deficit in eight years: Natixis » The global aluminum market looks set this year to see its first annual deficit in eight years because of global production...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Environmental disasters lurk in energy pipelines » Michigan’s increasing role in petroleum products transport doesn’t just pose potential risk; it’s already causing problems...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Did JEA make a $1 billion mistake? Answers are complicated but bet starting to look like a loser » Deciding that coal and petroleum coke would be the fuels of the foreseeable future, it invested $630 million in its “clean...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Venezuela says Petrocedeno upgrader maintenance to start Oct 27 » CARACAS Oct 13 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA will begin maintenance on the Petrocedeno heavy crude upgrad...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 IEA says Opec unlikely to cut oil production target » Opec is unlikely to lower production to support tumbling oil prices because the dynamics of the global market have been ch...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Billionaire Birla Said Among Bidders on Lafarge-Holcim » Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, owner of India’s biggest cement maker, is among bidders weighing offers for all the asse...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 No end to labor talks at West Coast ports » A labor dispute that has festered at West Coast ports that account for 40% of the cargo coming into the United States is n...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Lukoil restarts Romanian refinery » Russia’s OAO Lukoil has restarted operations at its subsidiary AO Petrotel-Lukoil’s 2.4-million tonne/year refinery in Plo...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Office of Public Counsel files new proposal to lower Noranda power rates » The Noranda aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Missouri, plans to lay off 125 to 200 workers after a requested cut in its ele...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Rio Tinto to sell stake in Cameroon aluminium smelter » Rio Tinto plans to sell its shares in an aluminium smelter in Cameroon, ending several decades in partnership with the gov...
Monday, October 13, 2014 OPC, consumers file new proposal to lower Noranda power rates » The Missouri Office of Public Counsel (OPC) has filed a new compromise proposal agreement with the Missouri Public Service...
Monday, October 13, 2014 Significant Victory for Defendants in Sierra Club Pollution Suit » In Sierra Club v. Energy Future Holdings Corp., No. W-12-CV-108 (W.D. Tex. August 29, 2014), a Texas federal judge recentl...
Monday, October 13, 2014 Petron tests unit of $2-B Refinery Master Plan 2 » PETRON Corp. has commenced testing one of the units of its $2-billion Refinery Master Plan 2 (RMP-2) in preparation for fu...
Monday, October 13, 2014 BPCL-Kochi Refinery Project Chugs Along at a Superfast Clip » KOCHI: At a time when every completed piling of Kochi Metro hogs news headlines, away from the spotlight, the ambitious ex...
Thursday, October 9, 2014 Shipbuilders, Oil Refiners Spar Over Cost of U.S. Ships » The Jones Act, which requires that ships carrying cargo between U.S. ports be built in the United States and crewed by Ame...
Thursday, October 9, 2014 Alcoa Recovery: Not Just About Aluminum Production - Transformation By Value Adding » In recent years, the aluminum industry has been challenged by the cost of energy and oversupply. http://seekingalpha.com...
Thursday, October 9, 2014 Alcoa Cost Cuts, Higher Prices Lift Net » Alcoa Inc. AA -0.19% posted its strongest earnings in a year and a half on the back of higher aluminum prices, lower mater...
Thursday, October 9, 2014 RET review rejection boosts south-west energy industry » A DEAL to save the south-west’s green energy industry is edging closer after the government rejected calls to dump the ren...
Thursday, October 9, 2014 Alcoa sees smaller aluminum market deficit on China smelter restarts » (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc has decreased its estimate for the globalaluminum market deficit this year due to smelter restarts i...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Must-know: The structure of Petrobras’ refining business » Petrobras (PBR) has been losing money in its Refining, Transportation, and Marketing segment. http://marketrealist.com/2...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Saudi Arabia cuts oil costs to lift refining margins » Saudi Arabia cut its oil costs last week to boost margins for refinery clients and the move didn’t signal the start of a p...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Mexico's new regulatory framework for oil and gas: transportation, refining, environmental, and tax » Under the new hydrocarbons legislation, the Comisión Reguladora de Energìa("CRE," the National Energy Regulatory Commissio...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 COLUMN-US refineries fast running out of flexibility on crude: Kemp » Oct 7 (Reuters) - The United States imported more than 7 million barrels per day of crude oil during the first seven month...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Two industry groups eye Lafarge-Holcim assets - sources » LONDON/NEW YORK/FRANKFURT, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Irish cement maker CRH has teamed up with Mexican rival Cemex to explore a bi...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Suncor wraps planned maintenance at Edmonton refinery » Suncor Energy Inc. has completed a month of scheduled maintenance at its 142,000-b/d refinery in Edmonton, Alta., the comp...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 EU gives break to Canadian crude oil » BRUSSELS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- European Union members are called on to choose low-carbon fuels over more polluting ones like oi...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Rail industry pushes feds to drop crude-oil reporting rule » Two railroad industry trade groups have quietly asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to drop its requirement that r...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 US should reexamine Jones Act, Tesoro’s CEO recommends » Tesoro Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gregory J. Goff called for a review of the Jones Act, a federal law dating from the 1...
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