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Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Despite a recent slowdown, the world’s second-biggest economy is more resilient than its critics th » http://www.economist.com/node/21555915?scode=3d26b0b17065c2cf29c06c010184c684
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 More Australian aluminum smelters will close if there isn't a coordinated state and federal governm » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/23/australian-union-says-expect-more-aluminum-smelter-closures/
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Big deals: Earlier this month, reports said PetroChina (PTR) is close to buying an old refinery on » http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/29/investing/china-oil-energy/index.htm
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Trafigura TRAFGF.UL and U.S. aluminum producer Ormet Corp have formed a joint venture to buy » http://www.chinamining.org/News/2012-05-25/1337916400d56934.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Lower prices for aluminum have pushed a number of aluminum plants "under water," unable » http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Upgrade+vastly+increase+smelter+efficiency/6693335/story.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 (Reuters) - State-run Petroperu said on Monday it plans to use capital earned through an initial pu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-latam-summit-peru-petroperu-idUSBRE84R0P520120528
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) is planning a 10-week-long maintenance shutdown of its » http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3466780.ece
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 SINGAPORE: India's fire-damaged 60,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Numaligarh refinery is in the process » http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-05-28/news/31877088_1_refinery-fire-numaligarh-refinery-bharat-petroleum...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 NCRA is in the midst of engineering the project and will begin construction early next year. It exp » http://www.kansas.com/2012/05/27/2350329/mcpherson-oil-refinery-to-undergo.html
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 May 28 (Reuters) - Indian refiners' output fell an annual 2.8 percent to about 3.33 million barrels » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/india-refinery-output-idUSL4E8GS1VJ20120528
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 May 27 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) has awarded a $1.5 billion contract to Sou » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/27/maaden-hyundai-saudi-idUSL5E8GR1WL20120527
Saturday, May 26, 2012 The Australian aluminium industry is in the doldrums. A high dollar, low prices and Asian competiti » http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/05/the-trouble-with-aluminium
Saturday, May 26, 2012 ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possib » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0PrXqeRLv7b_mt3JTEv7RtUkGkw?docId=31a1b2bb5e1448bbb9b2c56cf6255580
Saturday, May 26, 2012 LONDON/NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The shadows over the global economy darkened on Thursday as the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/global-economy-idUSL5E8GO30L20120524
Saturday, May 26, 2012 ANGUL: Nalco has invited entrepreneurs and manufacturers to set up downstream and upstream units at » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Nalco-invites-business-players-for-industrial-park/articleshow/1350767...
Saturday, May 26, 2012 May 25 (Reuters) - Insolvent German aluminium plant Voerde Aluminium has agreed a deal to maintain » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/voerde-insolvency-idUSL5E8GP8ZR20120525
Saturday, May 26, 2012 China's top aluminum-producing province has idled about 700,000 metric tons of capacity in recent m » http://www.cnbc.com/id/47543721
Saturday, May 26, 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
Saturday, May 26, 2012 (Reuters) - A rout in commodity markets has pushed prices of aluminum, zinc and nickel down to leve » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/25/us-metals-cutbacks-idUSBRE84O0EB20120525
Saturday, May 26, 2012 (Reuters) - Trafigura TRAFGF.UL and U.S. aluminum producer Ormet Corp (ORMT.PK) have formed a joint » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/us-trafigura-ormet-idUSBRE84N18B20120524
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Softening macroeconomic fundamentals have brought both coking and thermal prices lower in recent we » http://www.businessinsider.com/coal-slides-but-long-term-remains-bright-2012-5
Saturday, May 26, 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
Saturday, May 26, 2012 SYDNEY – More Australian aluminum smelters will close if there isn't a coordinated state and feder » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/23/australian-union-says-expect-more-aluminum-smelter-closures/
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Coal producers have been under pressure in recent months. Continued uncertainty around the world ha » http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Coal+role+economic+indicator/6670399/story.html
Saturday, May 26, 2012 China's economic slowdown has led to weak demand for iron ore and coal in the domestic and overseas » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/24/content_15372561.htm
Saturday, May 26, 2012 Shippers listed on the mainland lose 5 billion yuan in first quarter of year The global shipping in » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/24/content_15372525.htm
Saturday, May 26, 2012 (RTTNews.com) - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development grew 0.4 percent sequent » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/oecd-gdp-growth-rises-in-q1-20120525-00081
Saturday, May 26, 2012 The U.K. economy shrank more than initially estimated in the first quarter after construction was r » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/u-k-first-quarter-gdp-falls-0-3-more-than-initial-estimate.html
Saturday, May 26, 2012 BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - German gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.5 percent in the first qua » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/germany-gdp-idUSL5E8GNBU620120524
Saturday, May 26, 2012 SEOUL, May 24 (Reuters) - South Korea bought 500 tonnes of aluminium from LG International Corp at » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/24/metal-korea-idUSL4E8GO0EM20120524
Saturday, May 26, 2012 U.S. net exports of petroleum coke—a byproduct of oil refining —continued at higher levels over the » http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=6430
Saturday, May 26, 2012 The refinery will produce polypropylene, pet coke, sulphur, aviation turbine fuel, hexane, naphtha, » http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/punjab-bathinda-refinery-be-equipped-world-class-scanners-upgrading-security/45002
Saturday, May 26, 2012 JEA in recent years was overly reliant on what used to be cheap coal and petroleum coke prices. Sud » http://jacksonville.com/opinion/editorials/2012-05-24/story/jea-cutting-debt-stabilizing-rates
Saturday, May 26, 2012 The company operates a 240,000 barrel-a-day refinery at Mumbai and a 190,000 barrel-a-day refinery » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/05/25/bharat-petroleum-4q-net-profit-surges-more-than-fourfold/
Saturday, May 26, 2012 (Reuters) - BP Plc on Wednesday said it will spend $400 million to install pollution controls at it » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/23/us-refinery-operations-bp-whiting-idUSBRE84M1IX20120523
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