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Thursday, May 15, 2014 China's April oil demand falls nearly 1 pct from March to 7-mth low » China's implied oil demand fell 0.8 percent in April from the previous month to its lowest since September as refineries s...
Thursday, May 15, 2014 TALCO Q1 aluminium output dwindles on metal's low price » Reuters reported that Tajikistan Aluminium Company, Central Asia's largest aluminium smelter cut output by 39.5% in annual...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 OPEC Sees Balanced Oil Market in 2014 as Losses Prevent Surplus » The global oil market will remain “fairly balanced” in 2014 as supply disruptions including delays at the Kashagan field i...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 New projections show oil production soaring as rigs boost efficiency » Oil production will continue to soar in the six major U.S. shale plays, with more barrels pumped per rig, according to fed...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 China’s daily steel output hits record high in April » China's average daily crude steel output hit a record 2.29 million tonnes in April, as steel mills lifted production to me...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 China's April oil demand falls nearly 1 pct from March to 7-mth low » China's implied oil demand fell 0.8 percent in April from the previous month to its lowest since September as refineries s...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 April 2014 Prices and Highlights has been uploaded to petcokes.com. » April 2014 Prices and Highlights has been uploaded to petcokes.com.
Monday, May 12, 2014 Prices drop on low summer demand, high stocks » European physical coal prices dropped on Monday as demand across the region fell on the back of mild weather and healthy s...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Jan-April coal output up 5 pct y/y, says govt-Kontan » Indonesia's coal output from January to April of this year rose 5 percent to 147 million tonnes from the same period last...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Chinese coal imports up by 7.2pct in April 2014 » Reuters reported that China's total coal imports, including lignite, rose for the second month in a row in April to hit 27...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Glencore, Goldman warehouses have longest aluminium queues-LME report » Wait times to get metal out of warehouse firms owned by trade house Glencore and bank Goldman Sachs stretch up to two year...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Brazil's Petrobras to start refining in Abreu e Lima in Nov » Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, will start operations at its Abreu e Lima refinery in November, Ch...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Abu Dhabi's Ruwais refinery to be commissioned by end of year » Abu Dhabi's Ruwais refinery expansion will be fully commissioned by the end of 2014, the chief executive of Abu Dhabi Oil...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Coal prices to remain low due to healthy supplies and slowing demand » Thermal coal prices are unlikely to rise over the next two years due to oversupply and stagnating demand, with analysts fo...
Monday, May 12, 2014 Nalco plans to raise aluminium output » Witnessing demand recovery, state-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) has planned to marginally increase its alum...
Friday, May 9, 2014 Japan oil refiners eye recovery in product margins in 2014 » Japanese oil refiners are projecting increases in petroleum refining margins this year for the first time in four years, a...
Friday, May 9, 2014 China to close more steel capacity, though still small fraction » China has raised its target to close outdated steel smelting capacity to 28.7 million tons in 2014, the ind...
Friday, May 9, 2014 Drax issues profit warning on weak power, subsidy prices » UK power producer Drax issued a full-year profit warning on Friday, forecasting weaker-than-expected power and subsidy pri...
Thursday, May 8, 2014 U.S. economy to see faster growth after winter freeze: OECD » U.S. economic growth is set to rebound strongly in the second quarter as the scars of a brutally cold winter fade, but inf...
Thursday, May 8, 2014 Hydro smelter to formally close » The Norwegian owner of the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter has decided to formally close the plant after placing it in care...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 All sections of March PCQ Monthly Report have been compiled and ready to download. » All sections of March PCQ Monthly Report have been compiled and ready to download.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Canada March crude imports from U.S. more than double on year » Canadian crude imports from the United States more than doubled in March from the same month a year earlier, Statistics Ca...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 India coal imports see first dip in three months in April » India's coal imports fell 6 percent in April from a year ago to 15.2 million tonnes, the first dip in three months, as pow...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Glencore Xstrata cuts back on coking » Glencore Xstrata has started cutting back coking coal production in Australia and will focus more on its thermal coal mine...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Germany Must Swap Gas for Coal to Meet Green Goals, Study Finds » The money Germany is spending on expanding renewable energy won’t help it meet climate goals unless it also repl...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Mexico's Pemex says fire extinguished at Ciudad Madero refinery » Pemex said in a statement on Monday that the early morning fire, which was reported at a oil pump in the refinery's coking...
Monday, May 5, 2014 US Service Firms Grow at Fastest Pace Since August » The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its service-sector index rose to 55.2 from 53.1 in March. Any reading...
Monday, May 5, 2014 California’s Oil Refiners Double Crude-by-Rail Volumes » California, the most-populous U.S. state and biggest gasoline market, more than doubled the volume of oil it received by t...
Monday, May 5, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) The First Quarter 2014 Blend is now available to download. » The First Quarter 2014 Blend is now available to download.
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Exxon earnings dip on weak refining margins » ExxonMobil Thursday reported slightly lower profits as weak refining margins offset the benefit of higher natural gas pric...
Thursday, May 1, 2014 IOC to cut Panipat refinery runs by 50 pct from May 8 - sources » Indian Oil Corp, the country's largest refiner, plans to shut half of its 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) Panipat refinery f...
Thursday, May 1, 2014 PBF Energy says expects to run more Mexican crude grades » Independent refinery PBF Energy expects its U.S. East Coast refineries to process more Mexican crude grades as a growing g...
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Syncrude coker outage to last about 30 days -Canadian Oil Sands » An unplanned coker outage at the Syncrude oil sands project will last about 30 days, the chief executive of Canadian Oil S...
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Ecopetrol’s Cartagena refinery revamp still under way » As of Mar. 31, the expansion and modernization project at Cartagena, which will raise the refinery’s capacity to 165,000 b...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Suncor finds new paths to profit » Sharply higher first-quarter results posted by Suncor show its pipeline, rail and tanker shipping strategy is paying off....
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