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Friday, April 19, 2013 China produced 2.124 million tonnes of crude steel each day over the first 10 days of April, an inc » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/china-steel-idUSB9N0D200320130418
Friday, April 19, 2013 A western Kentucky aluminum smelter has notified employees that it plans to shut down operations on » http://www.whas11.com/news/national/203403201.html
Friday, April 19, 2013 HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC) finished a turnaround today that included work on a crude unit, coker and » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/holly-el-dorado-said-to-finish-turnaround-on-crude-unit-coker.html
Friday, April 19, 2013 Russia‘s economy is probably not, as Ksenia Yudaeva, Russia’s representative to the Group of 20 nat » http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/04/17/russias-economy-is-rapidly-slowing-and-kremlins-options-are-limited/
Friday, April 19, 2013 "Coal is the main stay of our energy and would continue to play critical role for quite some time i » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/557-mt-of-coal-production-in-fy-201...
Friday, April 19, 2013 Italian cement producer Italcementi plans to stop production at three of its Italian cement plants » http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/1602-italcementi-halts-production-at-nine-cement-plants-in-italy
Friday, April 19, 2013 U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions have fallen dramatically in recent years, in large part because the c » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324763404578430751849503848.html
Friday, April 19, 2013 Several refineries in Japan and South Korea will trim fuel output in May, on top of capacity alread » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/17/asia-refineries-idUSL3N0D44MZ20130417
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Saudi Arabia boosted crude exports in February to the highest level since June while it cut oil use » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/saudi-arabia-boosts-oil-exports-to-8-month-high-jodi-data-show.html
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Prices dropped as much as 2.2 percent after the Energy Information Administration said output climb » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/oil-falls-fourth-time-in-five-days-on-inventories-outlook.html
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Higher capital costs for new liquefied natural gas projects and government barriers may be holding » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/16/high-capital-costs-slows-increase-of-additional-liquid-natural-gas-plants/
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Century Aluminum took the curious step Tuesday of warning employees of a possible shutdown of its 7 » http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/apr/16/century-aluminum-warnsof-possible-smelter/
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 “Reliance has delivered another year of strong operating performance in an environment of continued » http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ril-posts-32-jump-in-q4-profit-on-higher-refining-margin/article4623663.ece
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Output of cement in China reached 417Mt in the first quarter of 2013, a rise of 8.2% year-on-year a » http://petcokes.com/Lists/News/NewForm.aspx?RootFolder=%2FLists%2FNews&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fpetcokes%2Ecom%2FLists%2FNews%2...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 The Flint Hills Resources oil refinery in Rosemount has agreed to limit the growth of greenhouse ga » http://www.startribune.com/local/south/203318151.html
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery is in the early process of preparing units fo » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/04/16/shell-motiva-port-arthur-refinery-restart-to-take-several-days/
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 North America has seen nothing short of a revolution in natural gas production over the last severa » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/16/commentary-the-shale-gas-revolution-demands-change-on-export-policy/
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The latest round of power contract talks continued yesterday between state-owned Meridian Energy an » http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8553514/No-movement-in-talks-over-Tiwai-Pt-smelter-power-price
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 China plans to publish a list of aluminium smelters that meet its environmental standards, with fir » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/12/china-aluminium-list-idUSL3N0CZ1KL20130412
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 China’s GDP isn’t living up to expectations. On April 15, Beijing announced that the economy grew b » http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-15/chinas-gdp-report-delivers-disappointing-news
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) will spend Rs 32,500 crore to expand its refining » http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bpcl-to-spend-rs-32-500-crore-to-up-its-refining-capacity-plans-bina-re...
Monday, April 15, 2013 Motiva Enterprises LLC’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery is completely shut down after losing power ye » http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/04/15/motiva-port-arthur-refinery-shuts-down-after-power-outage/
Monday, April 15, 2013 The European Commission has published this week the new "Best Available Techniques" (BAT) conclusio » http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=1410&dt_code=NWS&obj_id=16590&ori=RSS
Monday, April 15, 2013 The Indiana House has stripped a provision from a bill that would have subjected a proposed $2.8 bi » http://www.ibj.com/house-waters-down-rockport-coal-gasification-plant-measure/PARAMS/article/40707
Monday, April 15, 2013 China's implied oil demand fell to its lowest in seven months in March, dented as big consumers hel » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/15/china-refinery-runs-idUSL3N0CZ1LE20130415
Monday, April 15, 2013 Refinery Status: Phillips 66 Reports Flaring at -2- Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refin » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-phillips-66-reports-flaring-at--2--20130412-00437#.UWwZLqLYhqw
Monday, April 15, 2013 Total Petro Chemicals and Refining USA (TOT, FP.FR) on Sunday said a power failure at about 9:30 a. » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/04/14/total-reports-multiple-unit-closures-at-port-arthur-refinery-on-power-outage/
Monday, April 15, 2013 Exxon Mobil Corp. has shut the Joliet refinery in Illinois for "planned routine maintenance," accor » http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130414/business/704149864/?interstitial=1
Monday, April 15, 2013 The U.S. has not opened a new oil refinery since Gerald Ford was in the White House. But that will » http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/041113-651604-dakota-prairie-refinery-open-in-2014.htm
Friday, April 12, 2013 Crude prices will probably drop, at least in the first half, amid rising U.S. shale-oil production » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-11/oil-outlook-bearish-on-demand-drop-u-s-shale-boom.html
Friday, April 12, 2013 Alberta may boost the use of renewable energy to cut carbon dioxide emissions as the province lobbi » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-12/alberta-looks-at-renewable-energy-amid-push-for-keystone.html
Friday, April 12, 2013 President Barack Obama's pick to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate panel » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/11/us-usa-climate-epa-idUSBRE93A0YU20130411
Thursday, April 11, 2013 Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim has applied to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of shares » http://www.khl.com/magazines/international-construction/detail/item84423/Votorantim-to-float-cement-business?source=breaki...
Thursday, April 11, 2013 Canadian oil prices moderated on Wednesday as planned refinery work cut into demand. » http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20130410&id=16340375
Thursday, April 11, 2013 One of three crude distillation units is in the middle of start-up at Motiva Enterprises LLC's refi » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/04/11/motiva-port-arthur-refinery-crude-unit-in-restart-following-planned-maintenance/
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