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Monday, March 18, 2013 Mainland is at the epicenter of all maladies afflicting steel, iron ore and coking coal market. Eve » http://www.coalguru.com/china/coking_coal_market_in_doldrums_as_chinese_buying_dithers_/8191
Monday, March 18, 2013 With greens objecting to big hydel projects and power imports turning costlier by the day, the Kera » http://newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article1502401.ece
Monday, March 18, 2013 GrafTech International Limited (GTI) Q4 2012 Earnings Call February 26, 2013 11:00 AM ET » http://seekingalpha.com/article/1226691-graftech-international-s-ceo-discusses-q4-2012-results-earnings-call-transcript?so...
Friday, March 15, 2013 Growth in demand for steel in China, the world’s biggest consumer, is set to rebound from a four-ye » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-14/china-steel-demand-rebounding-as-nation-adds-railways-cars.html
Friday, March 15, 2013 While South Africa is currently producing limited coking coal, far more significant coking-coal pro » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/sa-has-the-potential-to-become-future-coking-coal-producer-2013-03-15
Friday, March 15, 2013 Russia's aluminum giant United Co. Rusal PLC (0486.HK) said Friday it has decided to suspend produc » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/15/rusal-suspends-aluminum-production-at-nigeria-alscon-smelter/
Friday, March 15, 2013 PetroChina has completed laying a crude oil pipeline from northwest to southwest China, the company » http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1191426/petrochina-lays-pipeline-chinas-1st-refinery-southwest
Friday, March 15, 2013 U.S. utilities will use more coal and less natural gas to generate power as coal becomes cheaper an » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/utilities-coal-gas-idUSL1N0C71CK20130315
Friday, March 15, 2013 Citgo Corp.'sLake Charles, La., refinery has experienced two upsets in as many days, according to t » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-citgos-louisiana-refinery-reports-upsets-20130314-00892#.UUNbRRzkt8E
Friday, March 15, 2013 Oils produced on the Gulf Coast strengthened against the benchmark West Texas Intermediate late in » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-14/gulf-crudes-gain-on-wti-as-end-of-refinery-maintenance-nears.html
Thursday, March 14, 2013 Bosnia's struggling aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar admitted that it may have to close down if it » http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=171052
Thursday, March 14, 2013 BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)’s Cerrejon coal venture in Colombia said it restarted exports today after a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-13/bhp-s-cerrejon-mine-restarts-coal-exports-after-strike-ends.html
Thursday, March 14, 2013 LyondellBasell Industries NV cut the use of heavy sour crude oil from Venezuela by about 36 percent » http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/refinery-operations-lyondell-houston-idUSL1N0C531P20130313
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 The embattled Tiwai Point aluminum smelter has reduced its electricity load and cut production beca » http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/8422508/Low-lakes-prompt-cuts-at-Tiwai-Pt-smelter
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has authorized the launch of coking coal futures » http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/767930.shtml#.UUDYlhzkt8E
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 China: Demand for cement in China will increase amid tightening supply in 2013, according to the vi » http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/1511-china-resources-predicts-china-cement-demand-to-rise-in-2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Coal India Ltd. (COAL), the world’s biggest producer of the fuel, has set aside 350 billion rupees » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/coal-india-sets-aside-6-5-billion-to-buy-overseas-mine-assets.html
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 The worst start to a year for freight rates is leading one of the creators of shipping derivatives » http://http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-11/ships-reject-unprofitable-cargo-to-halt-slump-in-rates-freight#p2
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Farm and energy cooperative CHS Inc. said it will expand its refinery in McPherson, Kan., boosting » http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_22772346/chs-expand-kansas-refinery
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) will begin exporting crude oil from Texas to its refinery in Quebec this » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/12/valero-to-send-crude-to-canadian-refinery-this-summer/
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Crude-steel production in China, the world’s biggest consumer of the alloy, gained 9.8 percent in F » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-12/china-s-february-steel-production-gains-as-demand-increases
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 China's bloated steel sector is facing a wave of closures in the next few years, with slowing deman » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/uk-china-steel-idUKBRE92A05F20130311
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 TRANSNET wants to be first in line to purchase the land at the Bayside Aluminium smelter in Richard » http://za.news.yahoo.com/transnet-targets-bhp-aluminium-smelters-060836613--finance.html
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 A formal request for federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and the International Joint Commission » http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/03/07/formal-request-made-for-ottawa-to-act-on-petroleum-coke-pile-on-detroit-river/
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 The benchmark price for China’s power-station coal fell to the lowest in more than three years as i » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-11/china-coal-price-falls-to-three-year-low-as-inventories-rise.html
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Valero Energy (VLO) on March 11 said the new 57,000 barrels-a-day hydrocracking unit at its Port Ar » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/03/12/refinery-status-valero-port-arthur-refinery-2/
Friday, March 8, 2013 The company would not buy aluminium smelting assets because of a global oversupply of the metal and » http://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/1158646/citic-resources-says-no-aluminium-smelter-purchases
Friday, March 8, 2013 Russian aluminum giant Rusal has quietly abandoned plans for a multibillion-dollar aluminum smelter » http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/rusal-drops-plan-for-guinea-aluminum-smelter-govt-source-2013-03-08
Friday, March 8, 2013 Aspirations are vanishing in the coking coal market about price revival. Till about fortnight ago m » http://www.coalguru.com/australia_china_north_america/coking_coal_price_unlikely_to_climb_on_inventory_and_poor_demand/7937
Friday, March 8, 2013 Japan's economy did better than first thought in the last quarter of 2012, eking out a slight expan » http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2013/03/08/japan-economy-grew-in-last-quarter-of-2012
Friday, March 8, 2013 Euro-area exports fell in the fourth quarter for the first time in more than three years and invest » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-06/euro-area-economy-slumped-in-fourth-quarter-on-trade-investment.html
Friday, March 8, 2013 The nation's economy expanded in all 12 Federal Reserve districts in late January and February, tho » http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/06/fed-beige-book-march/1967791/
Friday, March 8, 2013 China’s exports exceeded forecasts in February, an indication that improving global demand may help » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-08/china-february-exports-rise-more-than-estimated-21-8-.html
Thursday, March 7, 2013 Two aluminum smelters that employ 1,200 have said they will close the facilities because what they » http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130304/NEWS0101/303040096/Lawmakers-say-aluminum-company-jobs-risk-without-cheape...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 With the annual results for 2012 in from Lafarge, Holcim and CRH we now return to look at how the E » http://www.globalcement.com/news/item/1481-despite-europe-european-cement-production-in-2012-continued
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