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Thursday, June 20, 2013 HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC)’s Tulsa East refinery units, undergoing maintenance that began last month » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-06-19/hollyfrontier-tulsa-east-refinery-units-said-to-restart-in-july
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 China's coal imports, including lignite, fell 3.9 percent in May from a month ago as worries over i » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/chna-coal-imports-idUSL3N0EU0W120130618
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The U.S. will continue to need crude from Canada’s oil sands because rising production from its sha » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/u-s-needs-oil-sands-as-surge-from-shale-bonanza-seen-overdone.html
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 The U.S. oil boom is moving Congress closer than it has been in more than three decades to easing t » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/americans-exporting-more-oil-first-time-since-70s.html
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Even if U.S. President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian crude oil probably » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/keystone-seen-failing-to-sop-up-canada-oil-glut.html
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 RBTH Asia reported that Russia intends to upgrade its port and railway infrastructure in the Far Ea » http://www.coalguru.com/cis/russia_to_export_more_coal_to_asia_pacific/10476
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Scrapping iron-ore carriers converted from obsolete oil tankers such as the Exxon Valdez is helping » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/17/scrapping-converted-ships-like-exxon-valdez-seen-curbing-glut/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Domestic oil production could reach more than 10 million barrels per day by 2040, with nearly half » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/17/eia-us-daily-crude-supply-could-surge-to-10m-barrels-by-2040/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Rio Tinto’s endeavors to keep open one of its French smelters raises questions not just about the v » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/17/rios-french-smelter-at-dunkirk-under-threat-without-new-power-deal/
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Japan's economy will likely grow faster than expected just a month ago, driven by aggressive moneta » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/uk-economy-poll-japan-idUKBRE95H0AO20130618
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 The Bundesbank warned on Monday there were signs that growth in Germany would slow over the summer » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-bundesbank-economy-idINBRE95G06O20130617
Monday, June 17, 2013 Henry Hub natural gas prices will become far more volatile and influenced by global market conditio » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/14/study-exports-will-have-significant-impact-on-us-natural-gas-price/
Monday, June 17, 2013 North Dakota drillers continue to produce oil and natural gas at a record pace, data from the stat » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/16/north-dakota-oil-production-continues-record-pace/
Monday, June 17, 2013 Negotiations over Swiss industrial group Klesch's potential purchase of U.S. aluminium maker Alcoa' » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/alcoa-idUSL5N0EO3CB20130612
Monday, June 17, 2013 The following table lists planned and unplanned production outages at US refineries as reported by » http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/Article/3219093/Latest-News/Refinery-watch-Planned-and-unplanned-US-outages.html
Monday, June 17, 2013 The world is heading for a glut of refined products as new Asian and Middle East refineries increas » http://www.independent.ie/business/world/refining-glut-could-force-closures-29346114.html
Monday, June 17, 2013 Saudi Aramco Total Refinery and Petrochemicals Company (Satorp) expects its new refinery at Jubail » http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20130615169886
Monday, June 17, 2013 In the second force majeure action reported by MetalMiner today, power outages in Hydro’s Brazilian » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/13/hydro-declares-force-majeure-on-alumina-refinery-as-aluminum-slips/
Friday, June 14, 2013 Pet coke is a bi-product of oil refining and is often blended with coal to make electricity. Nova S » http://cleaner.nspower.ca/post/On-Pet-Coke.aspx
Friday, June 14, 2013 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will reduce crude shipments this month as rising » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-13/opec-curbs-shipments-amid-u-s-output-surge-oil-movements-says.html
Friday, June 14, 2013 A western Kentucky aluminum smelter is moving closer to ending its power purchasing agreement with » http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20130613&id=16594594
Friday, June 14, 2013 Japan's government raised its assessment on the economy for a second straight month in June as pick » http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/13/us-japan-economy-report-idINBRE95C06V20130613
Friday, June 14, 2013 Citgo Petroleum Corp. shut down several units June 12 at its refinery in Lemont, Ill., after the fa » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130613-707394.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Friday, June 14, 2013 YPF, the oil company controlled by the Argentine state following the expropriation of a 51 percent » http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=806882&CategoryId=10718
Thursday, June 13, 2013 Holcim Latinoamérica's CEO Andreas Leu said that the move had been taken in order to "Unify the bra » http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/1682-holcim-renames-mexican-unit
Thursday, June 13, 2013 The longer it takes the Obama administration to make a final decision on the controversial Keystone » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/12/analysts-long-keystone-xl-review-could-boost-alternatives/
Thursday, June 13, 2013 While U.S. oil production has increased sharply in the last five years, crude from Saudi Arabia sti » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/06/12/saudi-arabia-remains-key-to-oil-prices-despite-u-s-production-surge/
Thursday, June 13, 2013 Rio Tinto Ltd has written $592.1 million off its Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in New Zealand, slas » http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2013/6/13/resources-and-energy/rio-writes-592m-aluminium-smelter
Thursday, June 13, 2013 The World Bank downgraded its outlook for global growth in its flagship economic report but said th » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130612-712384.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Thursday, June 13, 2013 India's thermal coal imports in April jumped by nearly half over a year ago, provisional data from » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/india-coal-idUSL3N0EN1W820130612
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Rio Tinto has invested nearly 80 million euros in its Dunkirk aluminum plant in the past 18 months » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/us-aluminium-electricity-riotinto-france-idUSBRE95B0KK20130612
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Chinese and Brazilian oil demand climbed in April, helping push fuel use by emerging economies abov » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-11/china-leads-non-oecd-economies-oil-use-to-top-oecd.html
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 OPEC boosted crude oil production to a seven-month high last month as output increased from Saudi A » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-12/opec-boosts-oil-production-to-seven-month-high-in-may-iea-says.html
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 The LME Aluminum cash price has risen more than $100 per ton during the last 10 days as a result, i » http://agmetalminer.com/2013/06/10/chalco-aluminum-production-capacity-cuts-raise-prices-buy-signal/
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 A rapid increase in the amount of oil processed by refineries means crude oil supply could struggle » http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130612-702097.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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