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Friday, April 27, 2012 Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax amounted to NOK 557 million in the first » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/idUS54055+27-Apr-2012+HUG20120427
Friday, April 27, 2012 TOKYO – JFE Steel Corp, the world's fifth-biggest steelmaker, said it was boosting purchases of cok » http://www.miningweekly.com/article/jfe-boosting-coal-purchases-from-sources-other-than-bhp-2012-04-26
Friday, April 27, 2012 TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) - Asia's steel market is slowly returning to a recovery track, but record » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/nippon-steel-idUSL3E8FR2YY20120427
Friday, April 27, 2012 (Reuters) - Economic growth cooled in the first quarter as businesses cut back on investment and re » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-usa-economy-idUSBRE83Q05W20120427
Friday, April 27, 2012 Spain’s sovereign credit rating was cut for the second time this year by Standard & Poor’s on conce » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/spain-cut-by-s-p-for-2nd-time-this-year-on-banks-economy.html
Friday, April 27, 2012 The biggest increase in consumer spending in a year probably helped extend the U.S. economic expans » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-27/economy-in-u-s-probably-expanded-as-consumer-spending-picked-up.html
Friday, April 27, 2012 Based in Tampa, the subsidiaries of UMG operate businesses in the dry bulk transportation and logis » http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2012/04/19/FL90735
Friday, April 27, 2012 (RTTNews.com) - Integrated energy company Chevron Corp. (CVX) on Friday reported a 4 percent rise i » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/chevron-q1-profit-rises-4-despite-lower-production-20120427-00625
Friday, April 27, 2012 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Saudi Aramco became co-owners of the largest U.S. refinery on » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/shell-motiva-portarthur-idUSL2E8FQ61320120426
Friday, April 27, 2012 CALGARY, Alberta, April 26 (Reuters) - Imperial Oil Ltd's refining profit hit a record high in the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/canada-energy-results-idUSL2E8FQEJ120120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 BEIJING, April 26 (Reuters) - China, the world's top steel and copper consumer, has set its 2012 ta » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/china-industryclose-idUSL3E8FQ2Y520120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters) - North American cable and wire producers are buying more aluminum rod » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/alcan-rod-idUSL2E8FO69520120425
Thursday, April 26, 2012 April 26 (Reuters) - Here is a table of Japan's customs-cleared coking coal imports for March relea » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/coal-japan-coking-idUSL3E8FQ2AX20120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 The Federal Reserve has boosted its outlook for U.S. economic growth this year and is slightly more » http://www.cnbc.com/id/47176571
Thursday, April 26, 2012 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- South Korea's gross domestic product rose 0.9% during the first quarte » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/south-korea-gdp-gains-09-in-q1-as-exports-rise-2012-04-25
Thursday, April 26, 2012 United Co. Rusal (486), the world’s largest aluminum producer, is still looking at the possibility » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/rusal-is-still-considering-shutting-smelters-as-aluminum-falls.html
Thursday, April 26, 2012 PetroChina Co. (857)’s first-quarter profit rose unexpectedly after it ramped up oil and gas produc » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/petrochina-profit-unexpectedly-rises-on-higher-oil-production.html
Thursday, April 26, 2012 HONG KONG -(MarketWatch)- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. SNP -0.61% , or Sinopec, Asia's largest » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sinopec-profit-down-35-refining-losses-weigh-2012-04-26
Thursday, April 26, 2012 Exxon Mobil struggled just about everywhere in the first quarter. It produced less oil and natural » http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/exxon-mobil-1q-profit-drops-11-percent-16218217#.T5l_8bNSR8E
Thursday, April 26, 2012 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp plans to refine 5.07 million kiloli » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/energy-japan-jx-idUST9E8ER01B20120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA), Europe’s biggest oil company, said refinery intake volumes decreased » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/shell-s-oil-refinery-intake-fell-8-in-the-first-quarter.html
Thursday, April 26, 2012 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil reported the shutdown of unspecified equipment following a malfunction at i » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/refinery-operations-exxon-joliet-idUSWNAB356320120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 (Reuters) - State-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will restart on Thursday one of the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/26/india-mrpl-idUSI8E8FD00H20120426
Thursday, April 26, 2012 The discount for West Texas Sour oil widened after flaring was reported at ConocoPhillips (COP)’ Po » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-25/west-texas-sour-weakens-after-ponca-city-refinery-flaring.html
Thursday, April 26, 2012 Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp plans to refine 5.07 million kilolitres » http://www.xe.com/news/2012/04/26/2625109.htm?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=TL&utm_content=NOGEO&utm_campaign=News_RSS_Art4
Thursday, April 26, 2012 United Co. Rusal (486), the world’s largest aluminum producer, is still looking at the possibility » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-26/rusal-is-still-considering-shutting-smelters-as-aluminum-falls.html
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 XinRen Aluminum Holdings, an integrated upstream aluminum producer in China, has secured strong » http://www.sharesinv.com/articles/2012/04/24/xinren-gets-shareholders-nods-for-xinjiang-plant-acquisition-on-course-for-ne...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Equities researchers at JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) upped their target price on shares » http://zolmax.com/jpmorgan-chase-sets-century-aluminum-company-price-target-at-10-00-cenx/295566/
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 (Reuters) - Noranda Aluminum Holding Co (NOR.N) said first-quarter profit fell, hurt by lower alumi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-norandaaluminum-idUSBRE83O0GR20120425
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The site of a former massive aluminum smelter could become a bulk goods terminal if the Port of Tac » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/04/25/2119910/new-bulk-terminal-in-tacoma.html
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Century Aluminum Company CENX +10.36% reported a net loss of $3.9 million ($0.04 per basic and dilu » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/century-reports-first-quarter-2012-results-2012-04-24
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 MANILA, PHILIPPINES, Apr 24 (Marketwire) -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/24/idUS108018+24-Apr-2012+MW20120424
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Japan’s central bank is set to ante up on stimulus measures as a rebound in the yen shows that the » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-24/bank-of-japan-seen-anteing-up-on-stimulus-as-yen-impact-fades
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The U.K. economy shrank in the first quarter as Britain slid into its first double-dip recession si » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-25/u-k-returns-to-recession-in-first-quarter-on-building-slump.html
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 The International Monetary Fund’s recent World Economic Outlook (link: http://www.imf.org/external/ » http://www.forbes.com/sites/billconerly/2012/04/24/international-economic-forecast-2012-2013/
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