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Thursday, June 7, 2012 The board of Norwegian company Norsk Hydro has confirmed it will close its aluminium smelter at Kur » http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-07/hydro-confirms-smelter-closure/4057712/?site=newcastle
Thursday, June 7, 2012 DUSHANBE, June 7 (Reuters) - Production at Tajikistan's state-owned aluminium smelter, the largest » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/07/aluminium-tajikistan-idUSL5E8H70BN20120607
Thursday, June 7, 2012 (Reuters) - Falling coal prices and soaring costs have forced Australia's producers to start trimmi » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/uk-coal-australia-idUKBRE85519E20120606?feedType=RSS&feedName=GCA-GoogleNewsUK
Thursday, June 7, 2012 France, the euro zone's second largest economy, posted zero growth in the first quarter as consumpt » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/us-france-economy-business-idUSBRE85513E20120606
Thursday, June 7, 2012 June 6 (Bloomberg) -- German industrial output fell more than economists forecast in April and Span » http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/06/06/bloomberg_articlesM56WMF0D9L3501-M570Q.DTL
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Five years in the making, the launch of the $10 billion Motiva Refinery expansion project in Port A » http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/8265159720/articles/pennenergy/petroleum/refining/2012/may/aramco-__shel...
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Indian refiners cut imports from Iran by 38% in May from a year ago, tanker discharge data showed, » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indian-refiners-cut-importsiran-by-38-in-may/168020/on
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Visakhapatnam, Jun 6 (PTI) Tension prevailed in Sitapalem village in Rambilli mandal in the distric » http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/tension-in-ap-village-over-proposed-petroleum-coke-project/1008282.html
Thursday, June 7, 2012 HOUSTON--Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM +3.32% said Wednesday that it plans to relocate its refining-and-ma » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/exxon-to-move-virginia-refining-hqs-to-houston-2012-06-06
Thursday, June 7, 2012 ALMATY, June 6 (Reuters) - KazMunaiGas, Kazakhstan's state oil and gas company, secured a $1.13 bil » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/06/oil-kazakhstan-china-idUSL5E8H667N20120606
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Appalachian Power is questioning a special power rate sought by Century Aluminum to help it reopen » http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/85b51689bfb648fcbe6b8fda20627501/WV--Century-Aluminum-Power
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Russia and China on Tuesday moved closer to opening a joint investment fund, worth at least $2 bill » http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/putin-pushes-investment-on-china-trip/459957.html
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Cemig , a Brazilian power utility controlled by Minas Gerais state, believes natural gas from local » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/cemig-naturalgas-idUSL1E8H5LKV20120605
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Shanghai: Aluminum smelters in China's biggest producing region are cutting output by 20 per cent » http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/china-smelters-cutting-aluminum-output-20-1.1032455
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Japanese suppliers of scrap aluminum have refused to cut prices for June shipments citing » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/7698603
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Euro-area services and manufacturing output contracted at the fastest pace in almost three years in » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-06-05/euro-manufacturing-services-shrink-as-crisis-deepens-economy
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Aluminium manufacturing companies like Nalco, Balco and Hindalco’s margins are likely to remain und » http://wrd.mydigitalfc.com/news/drop-aluminium-prices-hits-nalco-balco-hindalco-408
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 KOCHI: The Kerala government is planning a 300-MW power plant using petcoke, to be produced from BP » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Kerala-govt-mulls-petcoke-power-plant-in-Kochi/articleshow/13860152.cms
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Jamnagar (Gujarat), June 6 (ANI): Essar Oil has completed its Jamnagar optimisation project ahead o » http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2012/06/06/268-Essar-Oil-completes-Jamnagar-optimisation-project-ahead-of-schedu...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 (Reuters) - U.S. crude stocks fell more than expected last week while gasoline and distillate inven » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/energy-stocks-api-idUSL1E8H5HXI20120605
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 HOUSTON, June 5 (Reuters) - A newly commissioned 325,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude distillation un » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idUSL1E8H5CGU20120605
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government, last week, okayed the Rs 12,000-crore investment plan by National Al » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/nalco-gets-nod-for-rs-12000-crore-i...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 ALCOA has outlined what it needs from State and Federal Government to keep its struggling Point Hen » http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2012/06/02/330361_news.html
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., the largest owner of the Syncrude Canada Ltd. joint venture, said syncrude » http://business.financialpost.com/2012/06/05/syncrude-may-production-declines-41-on-coker-8-3-turnaround/?__lsa=a4609b60
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 A decline in prices of coking coal, a key ingredient in making steel, will help increase profit at » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-04/steel-authority-expansion-delay-to-erode-profit-corporate-india.html
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Economists think China's GDP growth in the second quarter could slow to 7.8 percent after a cooled » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-06/05/content_15476584.htm
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 (Reuters) - Russian state firm Rosneft (ROSN.MM) has hired a former TNK-BP executive to run its ref » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/05/us-russia-tnkbp-rosneft-idUSBRE8540A220120605
Monday, June 4, 2012 Japanese integrated steel makers are under talk with offshore miners for coking coal price negotiat » http://www.japanmetalbulletin.com/?p=20832
Monday, June 4, 2012 New Delhi (Financial Times) -- Indian GDP growth slides to 5.3% a clear sign that the country's slo » http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/31/business/india-economic-growth/
Monday, June 4, 2012 Mexico economists raised their estimate for economic growth this year for the fifth consecutive mon » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/mexico-analysts-raise-gdp-forecast-for-fifth-straight-month-1-.html
Monday, June 4, 2012 The Movement for People-Centred Development (MPCD) has urged the Government to reconsider its decis » http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/article3490508.ece?homepage=true&ref=wl_home
Monday, June 4, 2012 HMEL also has long-term agreements with various other industrial users and cement manufacturers for » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWLB072220120601
Monday, June 4, 2012 HOUSTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises newly commissioned 325,000 barrel per day (bpd) cru » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/04/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idUSH5E8E502320120604
Monday, June 4, 2012 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp.'s 149,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Los Angeles-area refinery in Torrance, » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/04/refinery-operations-exxon-torrance-idUSH5E8E502420120604
Monday, June 4, 2012 Midwest gasoline rose after Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) rescheduled planned maintenance at the R » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/midwest-gasoline-gains-after-marathon-refinery-work-moved-up.html
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