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Thursday, July 5, 2012 The newly added capacity of aluminum smelters in Xinjiang realized just one » http://www.alu.com.cn/enNews/NewsInfo_15940.html
Thursday, July 5, 2012 (Reuters) - China's economic growth probably slowed further in the second quarter to 7.6 percent, i » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/us-china-economy-gdp-idUSBRE86408M20120705
Thursday, July 5, 2012 (Reuters) - China's Wuhan Iron & Steel Group, the country's fourth-largest steel producer, denied a » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/china-wuhan-brazil-idUSL3E8I40ZK20120704
Thursday, July 5, 2012 The government has said it is seeking to buy control of Indonesia Asahan Alumnium from Japan’s Nipp » http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/corporatenews/the-government-prepares-for-a-big-money-takeover-of-aluminum-smelter-inalum/5...
Thursday, July 5, 2012 Bosnia's aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar said it may have to cut output, due to lower metal price » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/bosnia-aluminium-idINL6E8I36RA20120703
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Coal inventories in Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huanghua, China's major coal ports, have reached reco » http://www.china.org.cn/business/2012-07/03/content_25792118.htm
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 There’s no way to sugarcoat it: The already-sluggish U.S. economy is stalling out, stung by doubts » http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-07-02/commentary/32500884_1_factory-sector-manufacturing-index-manufacturing-sector
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 Europe's debt crisis slammed into the world's factories last month, with U.S. manufacturing contrac » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/global-economy-idINL2E8I23LD20120702
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 (Reuters) - Britain's economy is too weak to produce a meaningful recovery, the British Chambers of » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/03/britain-bcc-idINL6E8I34FN20120703
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 United Co. Rusal (0486.HK) plans to embark on a modernization program at its Novokuznetsk aluminum » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/07/03/rusal-to-up-novokuznetsk-2012-aluminum-output-to-286000-tons/
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp's 330,000-barrels-per-day Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery shut a unit on » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/refinery-operations-chevron-pascagoula-idUSL2E8I13BJ20120701
Monday, July 2, 2012 The oldest and largest refinery on the East Coast will stay open thanks to a deal between Sunoco an » http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/sunoco-philadelphia-refinery-to-stay-open-thanks-to-investment-from-the-...
Monday, July 2, 2012 Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) said Monday that it has reached an agreement in principle with labor union » http://www.4-traders.com/RIO-TINTO-LIMITED-6492854/news/Rio-Tinto-Reaches-Workers-Pact-At-Canada-Aluminum-Smelter-14395850/
Monday, July 2, 2012 Brazil's government-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, will pay » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/07/02/brazil-petrobras-acquires-full-control-pasadena-refining-systems/
Monday, July 2, 2012 Chevron on Monday reported a pin hole leak in a line at its 265,500-barrels-per-day refinery in El » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/us-refinery-operations-chevron-elsegundo-idUSBRE8610HD20120702
Monday, July 2, 2012 US buyers could be forgiven for wondering what on earth is going on with aluminum prices. » http://agmetalminer.com/2012/06/12/why-aluminum-midwest-ingot-price-such-premium-over-lme/
Monday, July 2, 2012 Alcoa (AA.N) on Friday said it expects to keep its Point Henry aluminum smelter in Australia operat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-australia-alcoa-idUSBRE85S06920120629
Monday, July 2, 2012 United Co. Rusal (486), the world’s largest aluminum producer, is considering building a new smelte » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-29/rusal-weighs-replacing-1940s-aluminum-smelter-at-bogoslovsk-site.html
Monday, July 2, 2012 Hindalco Industries, AdityaBirla Group's flagship firm, is on an aggressive drive to raise funds fo » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Hindalco-Industries-planning-to-raise-Rs-9000-crore-for-Odisha-...
Monday, July 2, 2012 Phillips 66's joint-venture 328,000 barrel per day (bpd) joint-venture refinery in Wood River, Illi » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/refinery-operations-phillips-woodriver-idINL2E8I12ZF20120701
Friday, June 29, 2012 TASMANIA has cut the price of power for a Rio Tinto aluminium smelter to save 500 jobs. The deal h » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/cut-price-power-deal-saves-smelter-jobs/story-e6frg6n6-1226410946583
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Alcoa (AA.N) on Friday said it expects to keep its Point Henry aluminum smelter in Aust » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/29/us-australia-alcoa-idUSBRE85S06920120629
Friday, June 29, 2012 The U.S. economy grew 1.9 percent in the first quarter, reflecting a gain in consumer spending that » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-28/u-s-economy-grew-1-9-in-first-quarter-on-consumer-spending.html
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Vedanta Aluminium, a unit of Vedanta Resources Plc, said on Thursday it has sold 3,000 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/india-aluminium-tender-idUSL3E8HS3N020120628
Friday, June 29, 2012 Manama, June 10. (BNA) -- Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s position as one of the world’s leading » http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/512396
Friday, June 29, 2012 PARAGUANA, Venezuela, June 28 (Reuters) - Several plants at Venezuela's largest refinery, the 645,0 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/venezuela-refinery-idUSL2E8HS2KE20120628
Friday, June 29, 2012 (Reuters) - A sharp fall in crude oil prices has gifted European oil refineries a surprise profits » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/us-refining-margins-idUSBRE85R0TY20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Australia's Bell Bay aluminium smelter reached a new 13-year power supply deal to help » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/australia-smelter-idINL3E8HS0UI20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Britain's economy shrank by 0.3 percent during the first three months of this year, off » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/uk-economy-shrank-03-percent-in-first-qu-idUKBRE85R0CZ20120628
Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's 149,500 barrel per day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Torrance, » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/refinery-operations-exxon-torrance-idINH5E8GG00E20120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Even as Vedanta and Nalco bagged higher premiums for the lightweight metal, signalling a tightening » http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=154054&sn=Detail&pid=102055
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 In a difficult economic environment, with risk emanating from both Europe and the U.S., the Confere » http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2012/06/26/consumer-confidence-drops-to-lowest-level-since-january-as-the-econom...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 SHANGHAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Aluminium smelters in China's Xinjiang province, which aims to become » http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-21/news/sns-rt-china-aluminiumxinjiangl3e8hi52w-20120621_1_power-plants-yuan-po...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (Reuters) - Top Asia refiner Sinopec Corp has shut down its Wuhan refinery from early June to July » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/china-sinopec-wuhan-idUSL3E8HR3I820120627
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, plans to refine 1 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/energy-japan-jx-idUSL3E8HR3F320120627
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