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Monday, September 16, 2013 The Colombian operations of U.S.-based coal miner Drummond will reopen as of Saturday evening, the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/14/drummond-colombia-idUSL2N0HA0LD20130914
Monday, September 16, 2013 Total coal production in the US in July reached the highest volumes since August 2012, according to » http://www.energyglobal.com/news/coal/articles/US_coal_production_set_to_increase_45.aspx#.UjcfOtLkv3U
Monday, September 16, 2013 A coking facility, which will break down fuel oil to produce diesel and gasoline, is to begin opera » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-16/aramco-plans-first-satorp-exports-this-month-persian-gulf-oil.html
Monday, September 16, 2013 Emirates Aluminium, known as Emal, took another step towards becoming the world’s biggest single si » http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/emal-expansion-ahead-of-schedule-as-aluminium-production-is-boosted
Monday, September 16, 2013 Valero Energy Corp has delayed for more than a year a plan to build an offloading facility to recei » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/valero-crude-rail-idUSL2N0H80UB20130912
Monday, September 16, 2013 Japan’s regional utilities consumed a record volume of coal while cutting their use of higher-price » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-13/japanese-power-utilities-coal-burning-rises-to-record-in-august.html
Thursday, September 12, 2013 Argentinian oil and gas firm YPF is hoping to unlock its country’s vast resource potential, and its » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/11/argentinas-ypf-eyes-vast-potential-of-vaca-muerta-shale/
Thursday, September 12, 2013 California lawmakers weighing the prospects of the largest U.S. shale-oil reserves are poised to gi » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/11/california-assembly-passes-new-regulations-on-fracking/
Thursday, September 12, 2013 U.S. oil production jumped last week to the highest level since May 1989, cutting consumption of fo » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/12/fracking-moves-u-s-crude-output-to-highest-level-since-1989/
Thursday, September 12, 2013 OPEC produced 0.8 percent less crude oil in August due to declining Libyan output, even as Saudi Ar » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-12/opec-s-august-crude-output-drops-on-saudi-record-iea-says.html
Thursday, September 12, 2013 Husky Energy Inc , Canada's No.3 integrated oil company, will proceed with a $300 million plan that » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/huskyenergy-refinery-ohio-idINL2N0H61N720130910
Thursday, September 12, 2013 China unveiled comprehensive new measures to tackle air pollution on Thursday, with plans to slash » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/12/china-coal-pollution-idINL3N0H80HB20130912
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Marathon Oil Corp. is selling off its stake in a second offshore block in southwest Africa and pick » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/10/marathon-oil-expands-eagle-ford-position-unloads-angola-stake/
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Independent refiner Tesoro Corp was delivering the first unit train of North Dakota Bakken crude to » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/tesoro-rail-crude-idINL2N0H70U420130911
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 These projects are the Mahan aluminium smelter in Madhya Pradesh and Utkal alumina refinery and Adi » http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/hindalco-s-revenue-to-double-after-3-projects-go-on-stream-113091000787...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Japan's economy expanded faster in April-June than earlier reported, according to a revised estimat » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-09-08/japan-revised-gdp-up-3-dot-8-percent-in-april-june
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 The owners of the Lima Refinery were considering a $300 million investment that would provide more » http://www.limaohio.com/news/business/article_65f3820a-1a39-11e3-bf69-001a4bcf6878.html
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Stronger-than-expected industrial output reinforced other signs that China's economy was stabilizin » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/10/us-china-economy-activity-idUSBRE98906Q20130910
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 State-run Saudi Aramco is planning to offer a cargo of high sulphur fuel oil and another of naphtha » http://www.brecorder.com/fuel-a-energy/193/1230050/
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Global physical coal prices will face downward pressure in the next year as Chinese miners reduce p » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/11/energy-coal-idINL5N0H71AG20130911
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Indonesia's coal trade group asked the government on Monday to postpone plans to hike royalties on » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/indonesia-coal-output-idINL3N0H51XG20130909
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 China's refinery crude throughput rose 5.5 percent in August from a year ago to about 9.36 million » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/chinas-august-crude-runs-rise-but-among-lowest-in-a-year/a...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 French industrial production fell unexpectedly in July as refining and transport output dropped, st » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/french-industrial-output-drops-unexpectedly-20130910-00048
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said the global oil market is “well-supplied,” an » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/10/opec-sees-well-supplied-oil-market-lower-demand-for-its-crude/
Monday, September 9, 2013 China's exports rose more than expected in August, boosted by improving demand for the country's go » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/us-china-economy-trade-idUSBRE98702A20130908
Monday, September 9, 2013 China's imports of crude oil, iron ore, copper and soybeans fell in August from July's record highs » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/08/china-trade-commodities-idUKL4N0H21WI20130908
Monday, September 9, 2013 Indonesia's coal output could fall by as much as 40 percent next year if the government follows thr » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/09/09/indonesia-coal-output-idINL3N0H51RP20130909
Monday, September 9, 2013 Attorneys for developers and opponents of a coal gasification plant in southwestern Indiana that wo » http://www.courier-journal.com/viewart/20130905/NEWS02/309050139/Coal-gasification-deal-Indiana-court
Monday, September 9, 2013 A vote to end a more than six-week-long strike by union employees at U.S. coal miner Drummond's Co » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/06/drummond-colombia-idUSL2N0H20TK20130906
Monday, September 9, 2013 Shell Oil Products (US) officially joined the ranks of companies wanting to rail Bakken crude to We » http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/65491892.shtml
Monday, September 9, 2013 Since China’s aluminum market operates in a sort of vacuum from the rest of the global aluminum sec » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Chalco_aluminum_smelter_closure_a_savior_for_global_aluminium_price/324482.html
Monday, September 9, 2013 South Africa, which recently signed a partnership with China’s Sinopec Petroleum for the building o » http://businessdayonline.com/2013/04/safrica-to-displace-nigeria-as-africas-oil-energy-market-hub/
Friday, September 6, 2013 Thanks to the advent of hydraulic fracturing, natural gas has a new manifest destiny: By 2040, the » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/05/exxon-natural-gas-will-overtake-coal-in-global-energy-supply/
Friday, September 6, 2013 U.S. oil production last week hit its highest level in nearly a quarter century, as companies seek » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/06/u-s-oil-production-at-highest-level-in-24-years/
Friday, September 6, 2013 Michigan may have large natural gas reserves deep underground, but it will likely be years before t » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/09/06/study-new-gas-development-boom-unlikely-in-mich/
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