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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...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Spanish cement consumption down 3% in August 2014 » Domestic Spanish cement consumption dropped by 2% y/y in January – August 2014, coming in at 7.1 million t. In the month o...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Lafarge Sells Russian Cement Plant to Buzzi for $134 Million » Lafarge SA (LG), in the midst of a $40 billion merger with Swiss cementmaker Holcim Ltd. (HOLN), plans to sell a cement pl...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Indian Oil Cuts Refinery Output as Rains Hit Fuel Demand: Report » Indian Oil Corp, the country's biggest refiner, has cut throughput at five key plants after heavy rains curbed demand for...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Senator: HOVENSA has agreed to bid 'in principle' » ST. CROIX - HOVENSA has reached an agreement in principle with a buyer interested in purchasing the shuttered refinery on...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Low Demand, Increased Supply Conspire To Push Crude Prices Lower » The price of Brent crude oil dropped to below $97 a barrel on Sept. 15, its lowest in 26 months, depressed by both a conti...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Canada oil-train boom may thwart winter crude price slump » Limited export pipeline capacity coupled with the end of the U.S. summer driving season led to oil gluts in Alberta, sendi...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Gary Peters refuses to sell pet coke interests, using dividends for retirement » Senatorial candidate Gary Peters told The Detroit News he will not be selling his stock in Total S.A., an oil company prof...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Pet coke could be top issue in 10th Ward campaign » CHICAGO \| Tenth Ward Alderman John Pope says the city's petroleum coke storage rules he supports are among "the most restr...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Rio Tinto Alcan celebrates 60 years of operations in Northwest British Columbia » Rio Tinto Alcan is celebrating its 60th year of operations in Northwest British Columbia. The occasion will be marked by e...
Monday, September 15, 2014 UPDATED: OPC files for rehearing in Noranda rate adjustment case » With the recent announcement of layoffs at Noranda’s New Madrid smelter in light of Public Service Commission (PSC) not gr...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Norsk Hydro to increase aluminum capacity » Europe's largest aluminum producer Norsk Hydro announced that Sunndal primary aluminum smelter's capability will be increa...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Environmental claims in U.S. Senate race call for closer scrutiny » Terri Lynn Land and her allies say Gary Peters is profiting from the very pollutant he railed against being piled next to...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Peters open to Southland smelter stake » New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he is open to a government stake in the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. http...
Monday, September 15, 2014 IGCC System for Tokyo Electric Power » A consortium led by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received an order from Tokyo Electric Power Company,...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Big Rivers Electric says it is now unlikely to idle Wilson coal-fired plant » Big Rivers Electric, a Kentucky-based generation and transmission cooperative, this week said it now unlikely to idle its...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Time ripe for Nalco to raise production? » A public sector undertaking (PSU) is under compulsion to increase production year-on-year, irrespective of the state of th...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Utility consumer groups and legislators support Noranda filing with PSC » Southeast Missouri legislators and consumer advocates throughout the state are voicing growing support for the Noranda Alu...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Venezuela Oil Price Plunges to 3 Year Low » Venezuela's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum reports that the average price of Venezuelan crude sold by Petroleos de Venez...
Monday, September 15, 2014 UPDATE 1-China Aug power output falls for first time in 4 years, steel largely flat » China's power output, a bellwether for economic activity, posted its first annual decline in more than four years in Augus...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Refiners Still Enjoying the ‘Crack Spread,’ Even as Gas Prices Fall » Prices at the pump have fallen sharply this summer, but refineries are still churning outrecords amounts of gasoline. ht...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Date to be rescheduled to vote on resolution for former McLouth Steel site » A vote on expanding the uses of the former McLouth Steel property won’t be happening this week after all. http://www.the...
Friday, September 12, 2014 U.S. shale squeezing out Saudi oil imports, boosting gasoline exports-IEA » North America's shale oil boom has started to squeeze Saudi Arabian oil out of the U.S. market in the same way it di...
Friday, September 12, 2014 U.S. shale squeezing out Saudi oil imports, boosting gasoline exports-IEA » North America's shale oil boom has started to squeeze Saudi Arabian oil out of the U.S. market in the same way it did with...
Friday, September 12, 2014 Russia fears sanctions on refineries, expects gasoline shortages » Any further Western sanctions which may aim at technology for Russia's modernising oil refineries could lead to gasoline s...
Friday, September 12, 2014 Latin America's refiners poised to add over 600,000 b/d of refining capacity » ESAI Energy launches today a new multi-client study, Tipping the Scale, a forward-looking investigation of refined product...
Friday, September 12, 2014 Indian economy to grow 5.6% in 2014, says UNCTAD » The Indian economy will grow at a rate of 5.6 per cent in 2014 while developing economies as a whole will see between 4.5-...
Friday, September 12, 2014 Low interest rates not helping Europe's economy » Europe is hurting. But the continent's debt and stagnation problems aren't going to end soon. http://www.chicagotribune....
Friday, September 12, 2014 Russia Deputy PM: 'Sanctions not good from any side' » Economic sanctions against Russia imposed by the E.U. and the U.S. are not good for the global economy, Russian Deputy Pri...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 Fate of Mahan coal block in MP hangs in balance » With the Supreme Court reserving its verdict on cancellation of coal block allocations, the fate of Mahan Coal Ltd - a joi...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 THERMAL COAL-Prices fall as oil goes below $100 and China demand stalls » Thermal coal prices fell on Tuesday, responding to weak demand from China and a slide in oil prices to below $100 a barrel...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Norsk Hydro to up aluminium output at Norway's Sunndal plant » Norsk Hydro will increase its aluminium output at its Sunndal plant in Norway by 30 percent by the end of the year, the al...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Kuwait Says Plans For Refinery Capacity Boost On Track » Kuwait’s plans to boost refining capacity by over 50 per cent are still on track, a senior oil official said, despite havi...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Cemex-Holcim Spain Deal Cleared by EU as $50 Billion Lafarge-Holcim Merger Looms » Cemex will be able to buy Holcim’s Spanish assets after being given the green light by the European Commission, an i...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 California crude slates and oil-by-rail projects » The U.S. and Canadian oil boom has been in fullswing for several years, but California refiners remain far behind peers&nb...
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