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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 According to the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook, the global economy is expected to make a hesitant » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Global_economy_facing_hesitant_and_uneven_recovery_says_OECD/294752.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 According to Newcastle Port Corporation, in the week ended December 10th, coal shipments from the P » http://www.coalguru.com/australia/slight_drop_in_coal_exports_from_australia_newcastle_port/5965
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 In the first 11 months of 2012, Germany's crude steel production totaled 39.6 million tonnes, falli » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Germany_11_months_crude_steel_output_down_by_69_percent/294883.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 ThyssenKrupp expects the Group’s sales from continuing operations to remain at the prior year level » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/ThyssenKrupp_gives_flat_outlook/294753.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Alacero announced that between January and October 2012, year over year trade flow between China an » http://www.steelguru.com/international_news/Chinese_steel_exports_to_Latin_America_surge_by_15pct_in_2012/294749.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Saudi Arabia has revised up its 2011 GDP growth to 7.1 per cent, the second largest increase since » http://www.emirates247.com/business/economy-finance/saudi-gdp-growth-at-8-year-high-2012-12-12-1.486976
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Swaps prices rose for thermal coal from Indonesia, the world’s largest exporter of the power- stati » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-11/indonesian-thermal-coal-swaps-advance-china-prices-decline.html
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 It is reported that analysts at Goldman Sachs have cut coking coal prices, saying that they see a s » http://www.coalguru.com/australia_north_america/goldman_sachs_cuts_coking_coal_price_outlook_for_2013_and_2014/5915
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Global coking coal supply may tighten after a berth was damaged at Westshore Terminals Investment C » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-10/coking-coal-supply-may-tighten-on-westshore-port-accident
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 "In a tectonic shift, by 2030, Asia will have surpassed North America and Europe combined in terms » http://economy.money.cnn.com/2012/12/10/china-us-economy/
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 About 80% of the refineries operating in the United States have a vacuum distillation unit (VDU), a » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=9130
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 "If the daily rate of oil processing at the plant was at 16,500 tons in September and October this » http://en.trend.az/capital/energy/2096800.html
Monday, December 10, 2012 Rio Tinto Alcan, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto (London, England), is conducting the structural erection » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rio-tinto-alcan-extends-construction-period-for-33-billion-kitimat-smelter-modernization-...
Monday, December 10, 2012 More job losses may be on the cards at the Bluff aluminium smelter after it shed 100 roles. » http://money.msn.co.nz/businessnews/national/8574664/more-jobs-may-go-at-bluff-smelter
Monday, December 10, 2012 Rusal has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shandong Xinfa Group, one of China's largest pr » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/8973624
Monday, December 10, 2012 The Australian reported that POSCO has agreed to buy premium hard coking coal from 2 mines owned jo » http://www.coalguru.com/australia_other_asia/coal_alliance_settles_for_less_from_korean_importer/5845
Monday, December 10, 2012 Japan's economy contracted for a second straight quarter in July-September, revised government data » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-japan-economy-idUSBRE8B900W20121210
Monday, December 10, 2012 New Zealand's largest electricity producer, Meridian Energy, has resumed talks with Rio Tinto Alcan » http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/smelter-talks-resume-between-meridian-energy-and-rio-tinto-bd-133633
Monday, December 10, 2012 Economists slashed forecasts for Brazil's economic expansion for this and next year for the fourth » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/brazil-economy-survey-idUSE5E8LQ02520121210
Monday, December 10, 2012 The UAE’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to reach 4.5 per cent by the end of the c » http://www.abudhabicityguide.com/news/news-details.asp?newsid=11134&newstype=Local%20News
Monday, December 10, 2012 new 10-year electric power supply contract signed Friday, Dec. 7, » http://www.equities.com/news/headline-story?dt=2012-12-08&val=804598&cat=material
Monday, December 10, 2012 Chinese refinery throughput reached a new high in November, growing 9.1 percent from a year earlier » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/09/china-refinery-output-idUSB9E7J802M20121209
Monday, December 10, 2012 Thomas O'Malley, the U.S. refinery magnate with a history of squeezing profits from forsaken facili » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/us-oil-saudi-shipping-idUSBRE8B60JF20121207
Friday, December 7, 2012 The U.S. economy added a solid 146,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 perce » http://news.yahoo.com/us-economy-adds-146k-jobs-rate-falls-7-133151900--finance.html
Friday, December 7, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s biggest oil company, said Europe needs a price of $120 per t » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-06/shell-says-europe-needs-120-a-ton-co2-to-rival-coal-wind-1-.html
Friday, December 7, 2012 BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), the world’s biggest coking coal exporter, settled the first-quarter benchm » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-06/first-quarter-coking-coal-benchmark-set-at-165-a-metric-ton-1-.html
Friday, December 7, 2012 Japan's government said on Friday that there was "a high possibility" that the economy has slipped » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/07/japan-economy-recession-idUSL4N09H0Z920121207
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Exports of Colombian coal will likely drop up to 10 percent this year due to lower global demand, a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/05/colombia-coal-idUSL1E8N5BSD20121205
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Orders to U.S. factories rose modestly in October, helped by a big gain in demand for equipment tha » http://www.chron.com/news/article/US-factory-orders-up-0-8-percent-in-October-4093055.php?World_Business_News=
Thursday, December 6, 2012 India's Essar Oil has more than halved oil imports from Iran in November and aims to reduce purchas » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/05/india-essar-iran-idUSL4N09E3EO20121205
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook projects total U.S. coal production in 2013 to be close to its 2012 » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=9010
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 The iron and steel sector’s share of cumulative coal consumption in the country is expected to dip » http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/steel-sector-to-consume-less-coal-cement-industry-to-use-more-coa...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Diesel fuel in the New York Harbor weakened to trade at the smallest premium versus futures since S » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-04/diesel-fuel-falls-in-new-york-on-forecast-for-supply-gain.html
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Global coal prices have little upside until China’s stockpiles of the fuel begin to ease in the sec » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-04/coal-prices-to-fall-in-2013-as-china-economy-cools-ihs-says-1-.html
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Spain's economy shrank again in November, although the pace of contraction appears to be slowing, a » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/spains-economy-contracts-again-20121205-00056#.UL9MqORlHSk
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