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Friday, April 13, 2012 Motiva Enterprises LLC's Port Arthur refinery is on track to become the largest in the United Stat » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/refinery-operations-motiva-portarthur-idUSL2E8FC8XF20120412
Friday, April 13, 2012 The hydrocraker and hydrogen units of Numaligarh Refinery have been temporarily shut down due to th » http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article3297781.ece
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Hoping to restore hundreds of manufacturing jobs, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed tax legislation Mond » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9TTG6GO0.htm
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, said the Yasref refinery will ship its f » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-21/saudi-aramco-to-ship-first-cargo-from-yasref-in-late-2014-1-.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 China will accelerate the use of new-energy sources such as nuclear energy and put an end to blind » http://www.elp.com/index/from-the-wires/wire_news_display/1621584677.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Alcoa, which is closing and curtailing smelter capacity across its global operations in response to » http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/Alcoa-says-WA-smelters-its-best-performers-T9CA9?opendocument&src=rss
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Aluminum maker Alcoa Incorporated AA +2.27% (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) weathered stormy market con » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/alcoa-endures-1q12-drop-in-prices-sees-strong-productivity-gains-an-industrial-info-news-...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Planned crude, coker and reformer maintenance has concluded at ConocoPhillips'San Francisco-area re » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/refinery-status-valero-meraux-refinery-restarts-after-brief-power-outage-20120411-00785
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Coking coal prices have recoiled to around $206 a metric tonne for deliveries in the current quarte » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-rio-tinto-bhp-preview-idUSBRE83B06F20120412
Thursday, April 12, 2012 The trade deficit in the U.S. probably retreated in February as imports cooled from a record, econo » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/trade-gap-in-u-s-probably-shrank-in-february-on-fewer-imports.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - Japan's government stuck to its assessment that the economy is slowly recovering on Thu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-japan-economy-report-idUSBRE83B08C20120412
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - Canada's emissions of greenhouse gases were almost unchanged from the year before in 20 » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/environment-canada-emissions-idUSL2E8FBGCR20120411
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - CME Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to launch an aluminum swap futures contract ba » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/cme-aluminum-idUSL2E8FBNYS20120411
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Commercial oil inventories in industrialized nations fell less than average in February, the Intern » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/oecd-oil-stocks-rise-to-59-6-days-of-total-demand-cover-iea-say.html
Thursday, April 12, 2012 BEIJING – Chinese refiners may process less crude oil in April than in March due to peak refinery » http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/04/12/refinery-watch-china-april-refinery-rates-may-dip-on-maintenance/
Thursday, April 12, 2012 (Reuters) - India's 60,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Numaligarh refinery will close next week after a p » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/numaligarh-refinery-idUSL3E8FC2DT20120412
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Aditya Aluminium Ltd, a unit of AV Birla group company Hindalco Industries, has lined up Rs 10,000- » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/aditya-aluminium-linesrs-10000-cr-expansion-plan/470826/
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 For 1QFY2013, coking coal prices have settled at lower levels of US$206/tonne (down 12.3% qoq). » http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/brokerage-results-estimates/steel-companies-to-report-modest-top-line-angel_690852.html
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Australia, one of the largest miners and exporters of coal, was hit by floods in Queensland and New » http://www.dsij.in/ArticleDetails/tabid/740/ArticleID/4105/Floods-In-Australia-Hit-coking-Coal-exports.aspx
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 HUNTER coal companies are in for a harder year financially after Japanese electricity companies sec » http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/business/thermal-coal-price-cut/2517301.aspx
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 SINGAPORE, April 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's refinery throughout for February climbed 11.2 percent from » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/taiwan-crude-import-idUSL3E8FB3XN20120411
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Alcoa Inc. (AA) Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld said in January China's aluminium industry » http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=149004&sn=Detail&pid=102055
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Amsterdam, 10 April 2012 - Vimetco NV (LSE: VICO), the global producer of primary and processed alu » http://www.4-traders.com/VIMETCO-N-V-9590230/news/VIMETCO-N-V-Vimetco-s-Henan-Zhongfu-reaches-the-most-advanced-level-in-e...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Oil prices fell below $102 a barrel Tuesday as weak U.S. jobs figures and expectations of growing c » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKfykjDVQY1jeIfxckdb6Qm9VGTQ?docId=409b78207c5a40d292062aeb52b428de
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 (Reuters) - China returned to an export-led trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, heralding the » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/us-china-economy-trade-idUSBRE83903H20120410
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Alcoa Inc. (AA) Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld said in January China’s aluminum industry w » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/alcoa-sees-aluminum-cuts-as-production-gains-commodities.html
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 (Reuters) - China's imports of crude oil eased in March from a record level hit in February but wer » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/10/us-china-commodities-crude-idUSBRE83904F20120410
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 (Reuters) - April-delivery CARBOB gasoline climbed 6 cents a gallon in the Los Angeles spot market » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/09/gasoline-california-chevron-work-idUSL2E8F9JMK20120409
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Approximately 1,900 Mb/d of waterborne crude oil imports to the U.S. Gulf Coast will be forced to f » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bentek-overseas-imports-of-crude-oil-to-the-us-gulf-coast-region-projected-to-plummet-40-...
Monday, April 9, 2012 Camargo Correa SA said its 2.48 billion-euro ($3.24 billion) offer to buy Cimpor-Cimentos de Portug » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/camargo-calls-cimpor-bid-fair-discounts-chance-of-rival-offer.html
Monday, April 9, 2012 Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd, a Kolkata-based chemicals company, is eyeing a German company R » http://www.thehindu.com/business/article3287795.ece
Monday, April 9, 2012 The ‘big five’ Gulf smelters - Alba, Dubal, Emal, Sohar and Qatalum – recorded significant developm » http://www.emirates247.com/business/corporate/five-gulf-smelters-produced-3-6m-tonnes-2012-04-08-1.452838
Monday, April 9, 2012 Construction continues on the new coker site for the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project at the Marat » http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2012/04/marathon_petroleum_works_to_cu.html
Monday, April 9, 2012 China's economy is accelerating again and inflation will tick up by the second half of the year aft » http://www.cnbc.com/id/46990157
Monday, April 9, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. job market took a breather in March after its best hiring stretch since » http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jY4onWGNbluw3ZQc_EbU9z9W7VCA?docId=c50d5559a9e24ab5b1262155caceea28
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