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Thursday, July 10, 2014 Pipeline in Kansas part of a much bigger story » Backers of the Keystone XL Pipeline are gearing up for (yet) another showdown in the five-year-long fight over whether to...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 State moves to improve safety in transporting oil by rail » A year after rail tanker cars carrying crude oil in Canada exploded and killed 47 people, California is stepping up effort...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 Global Partners and Kansas City Southern Announce Agreement to Develop Unit Train Crude Oil Terminal » Global Partners LP and Kansas City Southern today announced plans to develop a unit train terminal in Port Arthur, Texas....
Thursday, July 10, 2014 Impala Terminals Burnside Completes Its First Export Shipment » Burnside - Impala Terminals, the global terminals operator that provides port, warehousing and multi-modal logistics servi...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Russia Oil Exports Fall to Six-Year Low as Refiners Process More » Russian crude oil exports declined to the lowest level in at least six years as the nation’s refiners carried out less mai...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 HeidelbergCement considering US cement plants » HeidelbergCement might buy the US and French cement plants that Lafarge and Holcim want to divest in order to receive the...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Alcoa sees bigger aluminum deficit on China cutbacks » The U.S. aluminum producer expects demand to outpace supply by 930,000 tonnes this year, up from its previous estimate of...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Oil Production: The U.S. is Looking at Saudi Arabia in the Rearview Mirror » As Americans, we naturally strive to become number one. Our country has already dominated a handful of categories an...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach halted as longshore workers temporarily strike » The flow of goods through the nation’s two busiest seaports was halted for up to two hours Tuesday when dozens of longshor...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Crude oil train protests planned in Sacramento, Davis » The protests, on the anniversary of an oil train crash and explosion that killed 47 people in the Canadian city of Lac-Meg...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Hydro Buys Out Rio Tinto Alcan’s Stake in Soral Aluminium Plant » Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have signed an agreement for Hydro to take over RTA's share of the alumi...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Alouette becomes the first aluminum smelter to earn Élite certification - Entreprise en santé » Having met the requirements of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ – Québec standards bureau), Aluminerie Alouette,...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Environmental Groups File Appeal Against Port of Long Beach's Decision to Extend Coal Exporting Agre » Four environmental groups have filed an appeal against the Port of Long Beach’s recent decision to extend two export agree...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 JEA signs 20-year contract with Georgia nuclear plant » To abide by new Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, JEA will be turning to nuclear power. http://www.bizjournals...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Lafarge, Holcim lay out asset sales needed for merger » Cement makers Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd on Monday proposed a series of asset sales across Europe, including all of Holcim’...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Why producers have lobbied to export US crude oil » The major reason cited for lifting the ban is that the crude being produced in the U.S., also called tight or light sweet...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Why loosening the crude export ban will impact oil producers » Restrictions on crude oil exports had been undermining the potential of the U.S. oil economy. Much of the oil produced in...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Output cuts expected to shrink China aluminium surplus » Rising demand and the closure of some 2 million tonnes of aluminium capacity are likely to shrink an expected surplus of t...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Impala completes first export shipment » After three years and $300 million in new equipment and refurbishment, Impala Terminals completed its first overseas load...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Sale of En+ Podgorica aluminum smelter’s assets halted by court » A Cyprus court has granted an injunction on transactions involving the assets of a Montenegrin aluminum smelter, KAP, incl...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Chinese aluminum surplus likely to contract in 2014, say analysts » The expected Chinese aluminum surplus in 2014 is likely to get reduced, according to most recent analysis. The robust dema...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Marathon Oil Schedules Second Quarter 2014 Earnings Release and Conference Call » Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE :MRO) announced today it plans to issue its second quarter 2014 earnings news release on Mo...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 PDVSA lets contract for Puerto La Cruz refinery project » Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has let a contract to a consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Alcoa to Host Webcast of Second Quarter 2014 Results » Alcoa (NYSE:AA) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, July 8 beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT to discuss second quarter 2014 r...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro Signs Long-term Power Contract With Axpo Trading - Quick Facts » Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHYDY.PK, NHYKF.PK,NHY: Quote) Wednesday said it's unit Hydro Energi AS has e...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro Signs New Long-term Power Contract With Agder Energi - Quick Facts » Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHYDY.PK,NHYKF.PK,NHY: Quote) Monday said it has signed a long-term power con...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Venezuelan state-run companies faced with operative problems for two years » Financial restrictions, lack of raw material, transport deficiencies, lack of equipment and machinery, and undertrained st...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro: Hydro takes control of Soral aluminium plant » Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have signed an agreement for Hydro to take over RTA's share of the alumi...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Oxbow Carbon Acquires Majority Interest in Yantai Xiangyu » Oxbow Carbon LLC (Oxbow) and Yantai Xiangyu Co. Ltd. (YX) announced Oxbow’s majority acquisition of the petroleum coke and...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 European renewable energy investment set to surge by 2030 on back of nearly $1 trillion of investmen » The next decade and a half will see renewable energy raise its share of European electricity generation capacity from 40%...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Basis for EPA Clean Power Plan Cuts A ‘Mystery' » Texas emits more carbon dioxide from electric power plants into the atmosphere than any other state, and Washington State...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Nine states join lawsuit against EPA climate rule Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-env » Nine states are joining coal company Murray Energy in suing the administration for its proposal to cut carbon pollution fr...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 European refining margins tick up, led by cheaper crude » Profit margins for European refineries have recovered over the past few weeks, according to Platts data Tuesday, while sta...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Russian refinery modernization to continue despite tax uncertainty » Despite uncertainty surrounding Russia's oil export duty reform, Russia will follow through with its massive refinery mode...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Asian oil refiners risk long spell of reduced operating rates » Asian refiners are set to miss out on a traditional summer sales boost, as weak demand for oil products coupled with exces...
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