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Wednesday, July 10, 2013 China’s exports and imports unexpectedly declined in June, underscoring the severity of the slowdow » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-10/china-exports-unexpectedly-drop-with-imports-in-drag-on-economy.html
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries forecast the world will need less of its crude ne » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-10/opec-sees-u-s-shale-boom-eroding-demand-for-2014-crude.html
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for world economic growth for a third time this ye » http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/09/news/economy/imf-economy/
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 A Montenegrin court has launched bankruptcy proceedings at the country's single biggest industrial » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/08/montenegro-kap-idUSL6N0FE2F720130708
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Owners of the Delaware City Refinery called Monday for dismissal of environmental group challenges » http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130709/NEWS/307090053/Delaware-City-Refinery-seeks-dismissal-environmental-challenges
Monday, July 8, 2013 U.S. coal consumption rose 10 percent in the first three months of 2013 compared with the same peri » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/07/05/u-s-coal-use-rose-in-q1-but-declined-over-longer-term/
Monday, July 8, 2013 U.S. employers are sending a message of confidence in the economy — hiring more workers, raising pa » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/steady-job-gains-us-economy-rebound-19583250?page=3#.Udr-yTvYjSg
Monday, July 8, 2013 Repsol SA (REP), Spain’s largest oil producer, delayed starting to explore for shale gas in the nor » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/07/08/repsol-delays-first-shale-gas-project-in-spain-after-frack-ban/
Monday, July 8, 2013 A small explosion and fire hit the flexicoker unit of Venezuela's 645,000 barrel per day Amuay refi » http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/59458/Venezuela-s-Amuay-oil-refinery-affected-by-explosion.aspx?AreaID=2
Monday, July 8, 2013 PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery, a joint venture between PT Harita Group and China Hongqia » http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/07/05/harita-build-smelter-kalimantan.html
Monday, July 8, 2013 Most Japanese refiners will increase the amount of crude they will process in July versus June as m » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3227095/Latest-News/Japan-looks-to-tighten-gasoline-market-by-lowering-refine...
Monday, July 8, 2013 U.S. refiners in the Midwest are losing an advantage they have enjoyed for nearly three years as th » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/inlandrefiners-oilspread-idUSL3N0F930Y20130703
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 But on Tuesday, the Obama administration launched a process to award $8 billion in loan guarantees » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/07/02/amid-climate-change-push-obama-administration-launches-loan-guarantees-for-oil-gas/
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Consumer sentiment climbed last week to its highest level in more than five years as Americans beca » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-03/consumer-comfort-in-u-s-climbs-to-highest-level-in-five-years.html
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 The decision to close down the century-old historical Digboi Refinery by the management of the Indi » http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0313/state06
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Montenegro is in talks with unspecified lenders to secure funds to pay two banks owed 102 million e » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/02/montenegro-guarantees-idUSL5N0F82NY20130702
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 New orders for factory goods rose for a second straight month in May, adding to tentative signs of » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/02/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE95O0S520130702
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Growing U.S. energy independence is driving the biggest drop in crude imports in two decades and ra » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-01/ship-rates-drop-as-u-s-oil-imports-fall-most-since-91-freight.html
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Although the cement industry used only one-quarter of one percent of total U.S. energy, it is the m » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11911
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Electricity had to cut at one of BHP Billiton’s aluminium smelters last week, power utility Eskom s » http://ewn.co.za/2013/07/02/Eskom-cuts-power-to-BHP-smelter
Monday, July 1, 2013 Greater use of domestic crude oil from unconventional plays, increased rail transport and more pipe » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/28/international-and-domestic-crude-oil-prices-are-moving-closer/
Monday, July 1, 2013 Conventional wisdom around town has quoted $5 as the natural gas price needed to increase productio » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/07/01/natural-gas-production-remains-stable-despite-falling-prices/
Monday, July 1, 2013 The U.S. energy rig count declined to the lowest level in two months this week, according to Baker » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-28/u-s-rig-count-falls-to-lowest-level-in-two-months.html
Monday, July 1, 2013 BP has announced the centerpiece of its $3.8 billion expansion is now in operation, bringing the re » http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/bp-starts-new-crude-unit-at-whiting-refinery/article_4648e140-9b5e-5d6f-8729-954edc...
Monday, July 1, 2013 National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has cut aluminium prices by around Rs 4,000 per tonne for the » http://www.mydigitalfc.com/news/nalco-cuts-price-hindalco-balco-likely-follow-suit-264
Monday, July 1, 2013 A massive, $4 billion project west of Bakersfield in Kern County that would gasify coal and petrole » http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=23723
Monday, July 1, 2013 Europe's prolonged economic decline may have stabilised and even rebounded in some areas, business » http://www.lse.co.uk/macroeconomicNews.asp?code=bhl6oi3e&headline=GLOBAL_ECONOMYEurope_and_Japan_show_signs_of_stabilising...
Monday, July 1, 2013 BP's refinery at Cherry Point and the Phillips 66 refinery in Ferndale, both in the northwestern co » http://www.seattlepi.com/business/energy/article/Wash-refineries-readying-for-North-Dakota-oil-4638309.php
Monday, July 1, 2013 ThyssenKrupp (TKAG.DE), Germany's biggest steelmaker, is examining the possibility of selling part » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/29/us-thyssenkrupp-sale-idUSBRE95S06O20130629
Monday, July 1, 2013 COLIN Barnett has delivered a downbeat outlook for Australia's two most valuable export commodities » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/in-depth/coal-facing-a-structural-decline/story-fnivd8cj-1226671643971
Monday, July 1, 2013 ABOUT 7000 jobs have been lost from the state's coal sector in the past 15 months as the boom ends » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/coal-companies-adjust-to-new-realities-as-gas-insulates-queensland-from-worst-of-glob...
Monday, July 1, 2013 The Montenegrin government filed a court motion on Friday to consider bankruptcy for the country's » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/14/montenegro-kap-idUSL5N0EQ3KS20130614
Monday, July 1, 2013 Big Rivers is also preparing to file a request for a second rate increase, to take effect early nex » http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jun/30/big-rivers-rate-hearing-to-start-monday-in/
Monday, July 1, 2013 US-based aluminium major Alcoa on Friday announced it would permanently close its Fusina primary al » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/alcoa-permanently-closes-italian-aluminium-smelter-2013-06-28
Friday, June 28, 2013 New Delhi: India is burning coal in power plants at the fastest pace in 31 years. At the same time » http://www.livemint.com/Industry/XMjjcBwUquyk97VEGVe9nN/India-to-exceed-China-as-worlds-coal-power-buoying-BHP.html
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