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Monday, June 4, 2012 BP Plc’s (NYSE: BP) Texas City refinery has dropped from the third largest in the U.S. to the fourt » http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2012/06/bps-texas-city-refinery-dropping-in.html
Monday, June 4, 2012 Marathon Petroleum Corp restarted a crude distillation unit at its 212,000 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/04/refinery-operations-marathon-idUSL1E8H470W20120604
Monday, June 4, 2012 The Movement for People-Centred Development (MPCD) has urged the government not to conduct public h » http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3482454.ece
Monday, June 4, 2012 THE electricity industry has warned that the exit of more aluminium smelters from the Australian ma » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/threat-to-smelters-sparks-power-alarm/story-e6frg6xf-1226366237935
Friday, June 1, 2012 Aluminum manufacturer Alcoa is going through a rough patch as its profitability has taken a beating » http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/05/31/alcoa-cuts-capacity-but-china-autos-drive-12-value/
Friday, June 1, 2012 Workers have finished their last shift at the Alcan aluminium smelter in Northumberland, leaving mo » http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2012-05-31/alcan-workers-leave-lynemouth-site/
Friday, June 1, 2012 Australian-listed coking coal developers and explorers have suffered their worst rout since the glo » http://www.afr.com/p/personal_finance/portfolio/weak_coking_coal_equities_disguise_0YRtL9Yjgys0p3n78xhOuL
Friday, June 1, 2012 WASHINGTON — New unemployment claims jumped unexpectedly last week, indicating a pickup in layoffs, » http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-jobless-claims-20120601,0,152908.story
Friday, June 1, 2012 Union workers will build the 470-acre hydrogen power and fertilizer plant proposed near Tupman, gro » http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/economy/x243435291/Hydrogen-plant-agrees-to-union-labor
Friday, June 1, 2012 PORT ARTHUR - With the turn of a ceremonial valve Thursday, dignitaries marked the startup of an ex » http://www.chron.com/business/article/Motiva-upgrade-makes-it-largest-U-S-refinery-3600658.php
Friday, June 1, 2012 PORT ARTHUR, Texas, May 31 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Motiva Port Arthur, Texas joint-venture with » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/refinery-motiva-expansion-idUSL1E8GVA8120120531
Thursday, May 31, 2012 May 30 (Reuters) - Following is a table of customs-cleared coking coal imports for April released b » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/coal-japan-coking-idUSL4E8GU3IE2012053
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Thermal coal prices have dipped below $US100 ($102) a tonne for the first time since late 2010, whi » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/coal-price-falls-highlight-need-for-project-delays/story-e6frg9df-1...
Thursday, May 31, 2012 TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters) - Japanese factory output rose in April at a slower pace than expected, in » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/japan-economy-output-idUSL4E8GV0CD20120531
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Oil was poised for the biggest monthly drop in more than three years in New York on speculation Eur » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-31/oil-rebounds-from-low-in-new-york-trades-little-changed.html
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Gulf Coast gasoline strengthened as Phillips 66 (PSX) expects to conduct maintenance on its Borger » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/gulf-gasoline-strengthens-as-borger-refinery-plans-maintenance.html
Thursday, May 31, 2012 May 29 (Reuters) - BP Plc's 225,000-barrel-per-day Cherry Point, Washington, refinery was operating » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/refinery-operations-bp-cherrypoint-idUKH5E8E501Y20120529
Thursday, May 31, 2012 A group of Indian ministers agreed to recommend approval of coal blocks allotted to Reliance » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/indian-panel-recommends-approval-of-coal-blocks-to-cabinet.html
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Residents of Longview, Wash., want to see a new industry take over the old Reynolds aluminum smelte » http://www.nwpr.org/post/longview-considers-coal-exports-former-aluminum-plant
Thursday, May 31, 2012 Whatcom County has selected environmental consulting company CH2M Hill to play a key role in » http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/05/30/2542933/ch2m-hill-will-play-key-role-in.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, agreed to pay a record premium to producers » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-29/japan-aluminum-buyers-said-to-agree-to-record-quarterly-premium
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Americans confidence in the economy suffered the biggest drop in eight months as worries about the » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9V2F89G0.htm
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, agreed to pay a record premium to producers next » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-29/japan-aluminum-buyers-said-to-agree-to-record-quarterly-premium
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 May 30 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, plans to refine 5.23 milli » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/energy-japan-jx-idUSL4E8GU35420120530
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Valero Energy Corp.'s 142,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery reported flaring » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/refinery-operations-valero-corpuschrsti-idUSH5E8E502120120529
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A minor fire at Imperial Oil Ltd's 121,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Sarnia, Ontario » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/30/refinery-operations-imperial-sarnia-idUSL1E8GU3SI20120530?type=companyNews
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 A multi-million dollar upgrade is planned at the oil refinery at McPherson. » http://1350kman.com/?p=15633
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 OAO Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russia’s natural-gas producer and exporter, opened a catalytic cra » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-30/gazprom-neft-starts-catcracker-hydrotreater-at-omsk-refinery.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The construction of an oil refinery suggested for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) by Ky » http://abc.az/eng/news_30_05_2012_65266.html
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The state Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Century Aluminum's attempt to get the property value of » http://www.dailymail.com/News/201205290222
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The State-run National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) and Russian steel maker Severstal are » http://www.deccanherald.com/content/251993/nmdc-set-up-steel-plant.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The Bonneville Power Administration has given the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter west of Fern » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/05/24/2155792/intalco-smelter-near-ferndale.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 A Ukrainian court upheld a March ruling to restore government control over the Zaporizhskyi aluminu » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/ukraine-court-snubs-deripaska-appeal-to-retain-zalk-plant-rights.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 ABC reported that there is a chance the price of coal could rise if the industrial dispute at six B » http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/BHPB_BMA_mining_strike_could_affect_the_price_of_coking_coal/265722.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 JSW Steel Ltd. (JSTL), India’s second- largest importer of coking coal, is turning to Rio Tinto Gro » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-21/jsw-seeks-african-coal-to-beat-australian-rains-corporate-india.html
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