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Monday, September 10, 2012 China's demand for crude oil is an important gauge of the health of the world's second-largest econ » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/10/oil-data-china-august-crude-imports-at-22-month-low/
Monday, September 10, 2012 When operators of Alliance refinery began efforts to shed the Louisiana facility in December, it be » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Gulf-Coast-refineries-look-seaward-for-sales-3849067.php
Friday, September 7, 2012 American employers added just 96,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday. The unem » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/august-jobs-report-unemployment-falls-81-percent/story?id=17173284#.UEn9PbKPUxo
Friday, September 7, 2012 A U.S. multinational has expressed interest in acquiring Alcoa Inc's loss-making aluminium smelter » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/alcoa-italy-interest-idUSL6E8K5IAL20120905
Friday, September 7, 2012 The in-house electric power generation capacity of Emirates Aluminium, or Emal, will get a shot in » http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093554464/UAE-Emal-power-plant-set-to-increase-capacity
Friday, September 7, 2012 Polish coal miner JSW plans to reduce its reliance on coking coal and focus on more promising and s » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/20/poland-jsw-idINL6E8JK8TQ20120820
Friday, September 7, 2012 Claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in a month and American companies added m » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-06/jobless-claims-in-u-s-fell-last-week-to-lowest-level-in-a-month.html
Friday, September 7, 2012 AL KHOBAR: Saudi Aramco and France's Total have started testing their new refinery at Jubail, sourc » http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=337293
Friday, September 7, 2012 A $14 billion refinery being built in the east of Saudi Arabia by a joint venture between Saudi Ara » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/06/saudi-aramco-total-refinery-on-schedule/
Friday, September 7, 2012 Production at Venezuela's Amuay oil refinery, which was rocked by an explosion that killed at least » http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/09/05/output-at-venezuela-amuay-refinery-up-to-264000-bpd/
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Asia's services sector expanded in August despite a global economic downturn, business surveys show » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/global-economy-services-idINL4E8K520S20120905
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Australia's current account deficit narrowed last quarter as rising export volumes gave a lift to e » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/australia-economy-idUSL4E8K30N320120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Saudi Aramco and France's Total have started testing their new refinery at Jubail, three sources wi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/saudi-total-refinery-idUSL6E8K53UW20120905
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported b » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-marathon-garyville-refinery-back-to-normal-after-storm-20120904-00997
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Following are major projects to build new refineries or upgrade existing ones, from company officia » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/refinery-upgrades-construction-idINL3E7JH18D20120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 A union is calling for the Government to step in to ensure the future of the Tiwai Point smelter » http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/115115/govt-urged-to-step-in-to-ensure-smelter's-future
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Phillips 66 reported that a leaking oil storage facility released an unknown amount of oil into the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/04/us-refinery-operations-phillips66-allian-idUSBRE88302420120904
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Valero Energy Corp said its 205,000-barrel-per-day St. Charles refinery in Louisiana had not yet be » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/03/us-storm-isaac-energy-valero-idUSBRE8820H920120903
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Valero Energy Corp. announced Monday that it will convert its shuttered oil refinery on the souther » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-09-03/aruba-refinery-to-turn-into-storage-facility
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union says the Government must step in to ensure the fu » http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/another-community-crisis-after-smelter-cuts/5/133832
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Exxon Mobil Corp's joint-venture 192,500 barrel per day (bpd) Chalmette, Louisiana, refinery began » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/01/us-storm-isaac-energy-chalmette-idUSBRE88005X20120901
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 The U.S. Department of Energy loaned 1 million barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil to a refi » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Refiners-work-to-recover-from-Isaac-3832541.php
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Operations resumed Friday at the Amuay refinery where an explosion set off a raging fire and killed » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-31/venezuela-says-refinery-hit-by-explosion-restarts
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 Imports of gasoline and diesel are set to rise substantially next year at Petrobras, » http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/petrobras-gasoline-imports-set-to-rise/#
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 A power outage Sunday damaged the Sinclair refinery in Evansville, » http://trib.com/business/energy/outage-shuts-down-sinclair-evansville-refinery/article_0a6965f0-51c3-5e09-adec-38f0ddc93af...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 International commodity trading firm Glencore International Plc has agreed to supply gasoline, dies » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/oil-westernrefining-glencore-idUSL2E8K54HU20120905
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 The price of oil slipped Tuesday after a weak report on U.S. manufacturing suggested demand for oil » http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21463516/oil-price-rises-dollar-softens
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Valero Refining Company-Aruba N.V., a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation ( VLO ), announced it » http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2012-09/valero-to-transform-aruba-refinery-analyst-blog.aspx?storyid=169820
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 The Sverdlovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office has issued a warning to Oleg Deripaska » http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20120903/264563066.html
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Aluminum Corp. (2600) of China Ltd., the nation’s largest producer of the metal, said it dropped it » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-03/china-s-chalco-abandons-southgobi-bid-on-regulatory-hurdles
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Swedish utility Vattenfall Group and Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY.OS) said Tues » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/09/04/vattenfall-norsk-hydro-sign-electricity-supply-deals/
Thursday, August 30, 2012 Chinese firms plan to invest $8.6 billion on aluminium and iron smelter projects in Indonesia, the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/indonesia-smelters-china-idUSL4E8JU2PC20120830
Thursday, August 30, 2012 Russia increased production of coking coal by 8.5% year-on-year to 39.2 million tonnes in the first » http://www.kyivpost.com/content/russia-and-former-soviet-union/russia-boosts-coking-coal-output-85-312246.html
Thursday, August 30, 2012 Following is a table of customs-cleared coking coal imports for July released by Japan's Ministry o » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/coal-japan-coking-idUSL4E8JU23620120830
Thursday, August 30, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarte » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLe3P8B82W2CMs1swR4fn0n3-2hQ?docId=c0802dacdedf474ea9d2a3819429b514
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