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Thursday, September 25, 2014 Aluminium smelter restarts seen undermining global deficit outlook » LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Higher aluminium prices have prompted some Chinese smelters to abandon production cutbacks and...
Thursday, September 25, 2014 Refinery Runs May Fall From Record as Maintenance Starts » U.S. refineries may reduce their operating levels from the highest levels for this time of year as plants start maintenanc...
Thursday, September 25, 2014 PDVSA asset sales may shield Venezuela from possible seizures » CARACAS/HOUSTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA's rushed move to sell units raises questions w...
Thursday, September 25, 2014 Bay Area refineries embarking on ambitious projects to transform how they do business » The East Bay's first oil refinery opened in 1896 near the site of Porkopolis-of-the West, a defunct stockyard and slaughte...
Thursday, September 25, 2014 Petcoke operator driven out of Chicago » Seven months after Mayor Rahm Emanuel vowed to make it too costly to store dusty petroleum coke in Chicago, one of the ope...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Saudi Refinery Hits Capacity as Total, Vitol See EU Slump » Saudi Arabia’s newest oil refinery reached full capacity last month, adding to international competition that Total SA and...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Croatia determined to save INA » INA's management board might decide on the future of its two Croatian refineries in Rijeka and in Sisak this week. Sisak r...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 China to boost primary aluminum production » According to the National Bureau of China, the country’s primary aluminum production increased by 8.8% in August YoY reach...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Dubai Aluminium plans $600m smelter upgrade » DUBAI: Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) plans to spend $600 million over the next three years to upgrade its smelter, an executive...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Bahrain's Alba gets nod to aid $2.5bn smelter expansion » Aluminium Bahrain has received approval from the kingdom's government for the gas allocation needed to support its planned...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Exclusive: Exxon Mobil puts Torrance, Calif, refinery up for sale- sources » Exxon Mobil Corp. has put its Torrance, California, refinery on the block, according to two people familiar with the matte...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Mich. Senate Race: Terri Lynn Land Promises to ‘Turn the Page on Washington’ » Democratic Michigan Congressman and Senate candidate Gary Peters refused to sell his stock in the substance petroleum coke...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Riverkeeper: JEA, utility industry distorting facts on President Obama's pollution-reduction plan » Local, state and environmental activists are pushing back against JEA and other industry organizations that have criticize...
Monday, September 22, 2014 New crude game erodes luster of most Citgo refineries » The fast-changing nature of crude oil flows in the Americas means only one of three Citgo refineries in the United States...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Alba participates in the 29th International Aluminium Conference » Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C ( Alba ), a leading aluminium producer of the world, is a key participant and sponsor of the 29th...
Monday, September 22, 2014 In spite of reverses, Anil Agarwal has big aluminium plans » Minister Naveen Patnaik at Bhubaneswar recently, announced that his Lanjigarh alumina refinery would raise its production...
Monday, September 22, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Enviro-Backed Gary Peters’ Drill, Baby, Drill Investment Portfolio » Unlike many of his Democratic colleagues running in competitive Senate races, Michigan Rep. Gary Peters has touted his sup...
Monday, September 22, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Platts: Bakken and Eagle Ford shale production still climbing » Oil production from shale formations in North Dakota and Texas rose by more than 78,000 barrels per day in August London-b...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Shale Oil Production From Bakken, Eagle Ford Up 3.1% in August: Platts' Bentek Energy » Oil production from shale formations in North Dakota and Texas increased by more than 78,000 barrels per day (b/d) in Augu...
Monday, September 22, 2014 America's Fracking Boom Comes to China » Deep inside Beijing's campaign to wean the country off coal. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/ch...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Russia Warns Further Sanctions Could Mean Gasoline Shortages » Any further Western sanctions which may aim at technology for Russia's modernizing oil refineries could lead to gasoline s...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Deeper Saudi supply cuts needed to sustain high oil prices » Saudi Arabia will need to keep cutting oil output to sustain prices above $100 a barrel, even after the kingdom's largest...
Friday, September 19, 2014 Sohar Aluminium to boost production capacity » MUSCAT: Oman's Sohar Aluminium plans to spend $35 million over the next five years to boost production capacity, chief exe...
Friday, September 19, 2014 Chinese alumina prices rise as smelters push up aluminium capacity » Mr Xu Hongping, an analyst at China Merchants Futures said that “Smelters may restart about 300,000 tonnes of idled alumin...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Enbridge plans to bring more tar sands oil into Great Lakes region » There’s been a lot of controversy over TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. But there’s another company working to bring mo...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Pipeline permit deadline passes » PIERRE – A Canadian company that has been waiting for years to pipe more tar-sands oil from Alberta through the Grea...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 FREE Public Forum: Keystone XL Pipeline Discussion » CBC Calgary is teaming up with United States public broadcaster- America Abroad Media - for a very special discussion abou...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 THERMAL COAL-European physical front-month prices at two-month low » Thermal coal prices weakened further on Wednesday, with European physical front-month prices at a two-month low as concern...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Set to rebound coking coal at Bottom » The Australian reported that the outlook for coking coal prices seems to be picking up, with predictions for a price betwe...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Seminar highlights Qatalum’s ‘above capacity’ production » As part of efforts at developing a knowledge hub on aluminium in Qatar, Qatalum and partners hosted a seminar to facilitat...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Aluminium on the rise, again » The ultimate result of the 2008 global financial crisis was the end of the multi-year long commodity super cycle in base m...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Bosnia's Aluminij agrees USD 80 million debt settlement » Reuters reported that Bosnia's aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar was on a path to recovery after a regional government app...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 PETCOKE STORAGE FACILITY REQUESTS MORE TIME TO MEET CITY'S REGULATIONS » A company that stores a by-product of oil refining, called petroleum coke or petcoke, claims it wants to be a good neighbo...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Labor agrees to talks with government over RET aluminium concessions » LABOR appears open to negotiations with the Coalition on the treatment of aluminium in the renewable energy target as Indu...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 JEA requesting more time to comply with EPA regulation » Part of meeting new Environmental Protection Agency goals means JEA would have to move away from coal fired plants like th...
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