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Monday, December 23, 2013 Kazakhstan will construct another plant for aluminum production. » http://en.trend.az/capital/business/2223982.html
Friday, December 20, 2013 The price gap between the world’s two biggest oil benchmarks probably will narrow next year as U.S. » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/20/wti-brent-spread-narrowing-as-us-exports-record-fuels/
Friday, December 20, 2013 Global steel production growth in November was at its slowest in four months as China put the brake » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/steel-output-idUSL6N0JZ1JY20131220
Friday, December 20, 2013 Dec 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras restarted crude processing at its fire- » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/petrobras-refinery-idUSE5N0EN01T20131219
Friday, December 20, 2013 Indonesia has since November not exported aluminum ingots produced by PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium » http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/12/20/indonesia-stops-supplying-japan-after-inalum-takeover.html
Thursday, December 19, 2013 Japan's crude steel output for fiscal year 2014 is expected to fall slightly from more than 110 mil » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/japan-steel-output-idUSL3N0JY1LP20131219
Thursday, December 19, 2013 Physical coal prices dropped slightly on Wednesday as traders expected a compromise to allow a majo » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/markets-coal-physical-idINL6N0JX37X20131218
Thursday, December 19, 2013 The November startup of a new 102,000 barrels-per-day coking unit at the 405,000 bpd refinery in Wh » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/refinery-operationsw-bp-whiting-idINL2N0JX0Z720131218
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 One year ago this month KCBX expanded its business in Chicago. It’s a business some would consider » http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/24318378-452/making-strides-on-petcoke-dust-problem.html
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Production from shale formations in the United States, which has led to an unexpected reversal in l » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/16/energy-eia-outlook-shale-idINL2N0JV1B020131216
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 TransCanada expects to begin shipping oil on the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline on Jan. 2 » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/17/transcanada-to-ship-oil-through-keystone-xl-in-january/
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Ormet Corp. plans to auction off equipment and raw materials that are vital to the aluminum smeltin » http://www.theintelligencer.net/page/content.detail/id/593504/Ormet-Starts-Selloff.html?nav=515
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Australia raised its forecasts for exports of iron ore and metallurgical coal -- its two top export » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/18/australia-resources-idUSL3N0JW3SE20131218
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Steel producers in top market China may face more shutdowns next year as the government steps up it » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/china-steel-output-idINL3N0JV1NU20131217
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 A ruling Tuesday from the Indiana Supreme Court appears to open the way for construction of a plann » http://www.wibc.com/news/story.aspx?ID=2097618
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 According to the International Energy Agency, global coal demand growth will slow through 2018 as C » http://coal.steelguru.com/china/14196/global_coal_demand_growth_to_slow_in_next_5_years_on_china_iea
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Reuters reported that Australian thermal coal prices rose slightly during the past week, as top con » http://coal.steelguru.com/australia_china/14199/australian_coal_prices_inch_up_on_china_winter_buying_in_feb
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 The flood of North American crude oil is set to become a deluge as Mexico dismantles a 75-year-old » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/17/north-america-to-drown-in-oil-as-mexico-ends-monopoly/
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 In recent months, falling production at individual wells has garnered more industry attention and h » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/17/shale-well-depletion-raises-questions-over-us-oil-boom/
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Industrial production, which includes manufacturing, mining and utilities, rose 1.1 percent in Nove » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-factory-output-rises-solid-06-pct-november-21231766
Monday, December 16, 2013 Although overcapacity is a normal (and in some ways beneficial) phenomenon present in all market ec » http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/832242.shtml#.Uq8Xb9JDtmg
Monday, December 16, 2013 A Chinese manufacturing index unexpectedly fell to a three-month low as output gains eased and empl » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-12-15/china-manufacturing-index-declines-preliminary-reading-shows
Monday, December 16, 2013 Spot metallurgical coal in the U.S. declined on slack demand from foreign buyers, IHS Energy Publis » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-13/spot-metallurgical-coal-in-u-s-slumps-on-sparse-export-demand.html
Monday, December 16, 2013 The 20-billion pound ($33 billion) chemicals business is losing sales to lower-cost competitors suc » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/16/us-shale-boom-shakes-britains-33b-chemicals-industry/
Monday, December 16, 2013 The nation’s changing pipeline network may be boosting Midwest oil prices, but recently, it has bee » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/13/louisiana-crude-reaches-historic-low-against-global-oil-price/
Friday, December 13, 2013 U.S. crude production rose to the highest level in a quarter-century as a shale drilling boom in st » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/11/fracking-boom-pushes-us-oil-output-to-25-year-high/
Friday, December 13, 2013 For producers, Keystone is the earliest export line scheduled to ease bottlenecks which have helped » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/12/keystone-pipeline-bigger-for-producers-than-transcanada/
Friday, December 13, 2013 Oil and gas will provide the bulk of the energy needed to fuel the world by 2040, with most of it » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/12/exxon-predicts-oil-gas-will-reign-supreme-in-2040/
Friday, December 13, 2013 Even as the United States rises to become the world’s biggest oil producer, the nation’s proved res » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/12/us-natural-gas-reserves-rise-in-the-global-ranks/
Friday, December 13, 2013 The percentage of North Dakota oil shipped by rail will likely jump significantly in the next year » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/12/13/north-dakota-oil-rail-shipments-expected-to-spike/
Friday, December 13, 2013 ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), the world’s largest oil and gas firm, said Thursday it is only a matter of t » http://www.mining.com/natural-gas-to-overtake-coal-as-global-energy-source-by-2025-exxon-87757/
Friday, December 13, 2013 After wallowing in an economic "soft patch" for the past two years, the global economy is likely to » http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131212-909280.html?dsk=y
Friday, December 13, 2013 The Environmental Protection Agency does not classify petcoke as hazardous. Extensive testing has r » http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/chi-20131212-watson-briefs,0,2088188.story
Thursday, December 12, 2013 China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, faces an oversupply as refiners process crude at a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-12/china-s-excess-fuel-supply-forecast-at-34-million-tons-in-2020.html
Thursday, December 12, 2013 An increase in new oil refining capacity and a rise in production of fuel not processed at refineri » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/iea-refining-idUSL6N0JQ27H20131211
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