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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 BHP Billiton's decision to abandon plans for an aluminium smelter in the Democratic Republic of Con » http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USL5E8DF4V120120215
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Owner of the fourth largest aluminum smelter in the world, Aluminum Bahrain has begun construction » http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bahrains-alba-to-expand-production-capacity-by-2015-139638733.html
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Exxon Mobil Corp's 344,500 barrel per day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery returned a coking unit to » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/02/20/refinery-operations-exxon-beaumont-idUKL2E8DK03N20120220
Monday, February 20, 2012 China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec Corp) will shut down its 160,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Wu » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/20/china-oil-sinopec-idUSL4E8DK21L20120220
Monday, February 20, 2012 Didier Houssin, director, energy markets and security, at the International Energy Agency (IEA), sa » http://www.gtforum.com/gtf/news/2153631/iea-expects-net-refining-capacity-growth-87mbpd-2016
Monday, February 20, 2012 Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-02/20/content_14642964.htm
Monday, February 20, 2012 Spain’s debt load is set to double from where it was when Europe’s sovereign debt crisis began, ero » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-20/spain-descends-deeper-into-periphery-as-debt-burden-explodes-euro-credit.html
Monday, February 20, 2012 Japan posted a record trade deficit in January as the yen’s strength and weaker global demand erode » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-20/japan-trade-deficit-widens-to-record-as-exports-slump-economy.html
Monday, February 20, 2012 Exxon Mobil Corp's 344,500 barrel per day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery returned a coking unit to » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/20/refinery-operations-exxon-beaumont-idUSL2E8DK03N20120220
Monday, February 20, 2012 "The government should scrap import duty on coal, pet coke, gypsum and other fuels. The cement indu » http://www.business-standard.com/budget2012runup/news/cement-makers-want-budget-to-bring-anomaly-to-end/158437/&tp=on
Sunday, February 19, 2012 The total value of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) projects are expected to hit USD 40 » http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/MAIN/Mainnews.asp?id=18745
Sunday, February 19, 2012 A barge collision and oil spill on Friday temporarily closed the Mississippi River near New Orleans » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/17/transport-shipping-mississippi-river-idUSL2E8DH5CS20120217
Sunday, February 19, 2012 Potential acquirers could scoop up CVR Energy Inc. at the cheapest takeover valuation on record for » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-17/icahn-pushing-cvr-sale-means-1-billion-for-investors-real-m-a.html
Sunday, February 19, 2012 Flames shot several stories into the air and heavy black smoke was visible for miles when a tower c » http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/02/17/2030721/fire-at-bp-cherry-point-refinery.html#storylink=cpy
Sunday, February 19, 2012 Greece may cut its debt to less than 125 percent of the country’s gross domestic product by 2020 as » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-18/greece-may-cut-debt-to-less-than-125-of-gdp-by-2020-welt-says.html
Sunday, February 19, 2012 China has set a lower gross domestic product (GDP) growth target for 2012 than previous years' 8 pe » http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/19/china-ireland-xi-idINDEE81I05T20120219
Sunday, February 19, 2012 China's central bank cut the amount of cash banks must hold in reserves on Saturday, boosting lendi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/19/us-china-banks-profits-idUSTRE81I03020120219
Sunday, February 19, 2012 Eurozone's fourth quarter GDP contraction raises fears that the economy is heading for a recession » http://www.nasdaq.com/article/eurozone-may-be-sliding-into-recession-capital-economics-20120217-00518
Sunday, February 19, 2012 California-blend gasoline in Los Angeles tumbled by the most in three months after Valero Energy Co » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-17/los-angeles-gasoline-tumbles-after-valero-starts-refinery-units.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Thursday t » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/brazil-petrobras-comperj-refinery-opening-delayed-2012-02-16
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Futures gained after Exxon Mobil Corp.’s Beaumont, Texas, refinery took a fluid catalytic cracker o » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/gasoline-gains-after-refinery-outages-threaten-summer-supply.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Mexico's economy grew at its weakest pace in 2-1/2 years in the fourth quarter of 2011 as the servi » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/mexico-economy-idUSL4E8DG45020120216
Thursday, February 16, 2012 The government stuck to its assessment that Japan's economy is slowly picking up on Thursday and ra » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/japan-economy-report-idUST9E8D300N20120216
Thursday, February 16, 2012 The European Central Bank said professional forecasters expect the euro-area economy to contract th » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/ecb-says-forecasters-see-euro-economy-contracting-this-year.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Spain drew solid demand for its debt on Thursday, easily shifting what it wanted to sell at a bond » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/us-economy-spain-idUSTRE81F0Y220120216
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Confidence in the global economy improved in the first quarter, driven by expectations that it woul » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/global-economic-confidence-improved-in-first-quarter-ifo-says.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Americans filed the fewest claims for jobless benefits since 2008, surprising forecasters and signa » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-16/jobless-claims-in-u-s-fall-to-four-year-low-correct-.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Brazil’s economy grew at its second- slowest pace since 2003 last year, after the central bank rais » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/brazil-economy-grew-at-2nd-slowest-pace-since-2003-last-year.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 State-owned oil giant Pemex took the first step toward building a new refinery... » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL2E8DFHQN20120215?sp=true
Thursday, February 16, 2012 A deal on a $7 billion pipeline project to carry Azeribaijani gas to Europe via Turkey might be fin » http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/azerbaijan-gaining-power-in-turkeys-energy-market.aspx?pageID=238&nID=13712&NewsCatID=348
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Reliance Industries Ltd. will expand petrochemicals production at its Jamnagar refinery in India to » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-14/reliance-will-expand-jamnagar-refinery-petrochemicals-output.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Although signs are growing that Roger City’s proposed coal-fired power plant will be cancelled, two » http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/02/15/as-michigan-coal-plant-plan-teeters-groups-mount-legal-attack/
Thursday, February 16, 2012 BP Plc's 225,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Ferndale, Washington, refinery finished a... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/refinery-operations-bp-ferndale-idUSH5E8D900420120213
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Norsk Hydro ASA, Europe’s third- largest aluminum producer, reported a loss in... » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-16/norsk-hydro-posts-loss-after-lower-aluminum-prices-production.html
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Alcoa (and the rest of the world) have been waiting for the Chinese to curtail aluminum smelter cap » http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/16/china-still-adding-aluminum-smelter-capacity-in-spite-of-cost-pressures/
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