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Friday, June 28, 2013 New Delhi: India, the world’s third-largest coal consumer, imported 43% more of the fuel than a yea » http://www.livemint.com/Industry/lF2AA9oL75qn8AoFXAzwsN/Indias-coal-imports-climb-43-in-May-shipping-data-shows.html
Friday, June 28, 2013 Rising water on the Mississippi River will force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close numerous » http://gcaptain.com/rising-mississippi-river-halt/
Friday, June 28, 2013 Citgo Petroleum Corp. said June 27 that its Lemont, Ill., refinery has resolved "support system dis » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130627-708894.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Friday, June 28, 2013 Glencore Xstrata said on Thursday it has cut back coal production and laid off 450 workers at two o » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/27/glencore-coal-idUSL3N0F30SH20130627
Friday, June 28, 2013 The last remaining company storing petroleum coke on the banks of the Detroit River says it's makin » http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/06/26/wdr-pet-coke-detroit-bulk-storage-permits.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 The U.K. said fields of shale gas in northern England are twice as large as previously estimated, o » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/27/u-k-says-shale-gas-fields-twice-size-of-previous-estimates/
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Repsol SA (REP), Spain’s largest oil driller, said its board rejected an offer by the Argentine gov » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/repsol-rejects-argentina-s-5-billion-ypf-compensation-offer.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Growth in the world’s largest economy was less than originally estimated in the first quarter as an » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/economy-in-u-s-expanded-less-than-projected-in-first-quarter.html
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Calcined petroleum coke, a key raw material commodity in aluminum production, is at the center of a » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/27/aluminum-oversupply-petcoke-production-down/
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Key drivers in the Middle East are infrastructure spending and high oil prices. The crisis in Syria » http://www.worldcement.com/news/cement/articles/Cement_industry_overview_Middle_East_13.aspx
Thursday, June 27, 2013 Newbuilding orders for dry bulk carriers were already high, compared to last year, prior to the lat » http://www.carbonpositive.net/media-centre/industry-updates/1341-dry-bulk-carriers-dominate-newbuilding-orders-as-ship-own...
Thursday, June 27, 2013 The U.K. called on the European Union to assess the impact of pending laws on the region’s struggli » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/refinery-fitness-check-should-cover-pending-eu-laws.html
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 South African power utility Eskom briefly cut supply to one of BHP Billiton's aluminium smelters on » http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/eskom-shuts-bhp-smelter-to-save-power-1.1537317#.Ucr7IzvYjSg
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Flint Hills Resources on June 7 said a coker unit wet-gas compressor at its Corpus Christi, Texas, » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130624-708848.html
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 The economy appears to be gaining momentum with data showing strong gains in business spending plan » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE95O0S520130625
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Coal prices in Asia are showing little sign of recovery after the biggest quarterly decline in a ye » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-26/coal-crippled-by-supply-in-worst-quarter-in-year-energy-markets
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 The coking coal benchmark contract for the third quarter fell to $145 a metric ton, the lowest leve » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-25/coking-coal-benchmark-declines-to-145-a-metric-ton-doyle-says.html
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 As two large neighboring countries, China and Russia have strengthened their energy ties by deepeni » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2013-06/25/content_16654143.htm
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Coal futures prices fell below the psychologically important $85 level on Tuesday, their lowest sin » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/energy-coal-prices-idUSL5N0F01UN20130625
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 BP Plc. (BP) is restarting the reconfigured crude distillation unit at its Whiting, Ind., refinery, » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130624-708963.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, June 24, 2013 The West Coast is bringing in record amounts of crude from the interior of the U.S., cutting the pr » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-21/bakken-boom-cutting-west-coast-imports-of-crude-energy-markets.html
Monday, June 24, 2013 China’s commercial crude stockpiles rose in May to the highest level in six months as more refineri » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-24/china-crude-stockpile-rises-to-six-month-high-as-refineries-shut
Monday, June 24, 2013 U.S. coal exports have made steady inroads into the Asian market since 2007. Almost all the U.S. co » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11791
Monday, June 24, 2013 Flint Hills Resources reported a power outage due to a storm at its Rosemount, Minn., refinery Frid » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130622-700807.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, June 24, 2013 Michigan environmental officials are looking into the effect that dust from petroleum coke piles is » http://wwmt.com/shared/news/features/state/stories/wwmt_peters-state-looking-into-pet-coke-dust-issue-2395.shtml
Monday, June 24, 2013 Tesoro Corp. (TSO) reported a power failure earlier this week at its Martinez, Calif., refinery, ac » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130621-708256.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Friday, June 21, 2013 Nicholson Terminal and Dock, which manages operations at the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority si » http://www.freep.com/article/20130620/NEWS01/306200097/Detroit-pet-coke
Friday, June 21, 2013 Oil production in Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation rose 54 percent in April from the previous yea » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/20/eagle-fords-april-output-rises-54/
Friday, June 21, 2013 Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) is shutting the crude distillation unit at the Torrance, California, refine » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-20/exxon-torrance-said-to-shut-crude-unit-up-to-2-weeks-for-repairs.html
Friday, June 21, 2013 West Texas Intermediate crude fell the most in seven months on signs China’s economy is slowing and » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-20/crude-falls-on-signs-of-china-slowdown-amid-fed-stimulus.html
Friday, June 21, 2013 Factory output in China weakened to a nine-month low in June while U.S. manufacturing closed out it » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/20/economy-global-idUSL5N0EW11K20130620
Thursday, June 20, 2013 U.S. natural gas production will accelerate from 2014 through 2018 as higher prices spur drilling a » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/20/iea-says-u-s-natural-gas-output-to-accelerate-next-year/
Thursday, June 20, 2013 According to estimation statistics published by China Cement Association, China's cement market is » http://en.ce.cn/Insight/201306/20/t20130620_24495737.shtml
Thursday, June 20, 2013 Even as Americans want less emphasis on coal than other energy sources, there is big demand for it » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/19/us-coal-exports-in-march-hit-record-high-feds-say/
Thursday, June 20, 2013 Declining metallurgical-coal prices, which are seen hitting a three-year low amid rising Australian » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-19/alpha-sees-coal-decline-extending-u-s-mine-output-cuts.html
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