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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 China's aluminium smelters may keep imports of raw material alumina under yearly contracts » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/20/china-alumina-idUSL3E7KK1QD20110920
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Emirates Aluminium Co., an Abu Dhabi-based smelter, is seeking customers in Europe » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-20/emirates-aluminium-sees-demand-for-new-capacity-gulf-news-says.html
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 It is not a day too soon that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh felt the need to involve himself in sor » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/infra-hurdlesgrowth-needs-/449770/
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 US aluminium giant Alcoa has warned that Victoria's two aluminium smelters face a "significant thre » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/carbon-plan/smelters-are-under-threat-claims-alcoa/story-fn99tjf2-1226141...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Royal Dutch Shell Plc's 145,000 barrel per day (bpd) Anacortes, Washington, refinery plans to shut » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFS1E78H08C20110918
Monday, September 19, 2011 As many as six US aluminum smelters could restart in 2012 as the US market sees demand improve » http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Metals/6487335
Monday, September 19, 2011 AFTER protracted delays, mining giant Rio Tinto and its Malaysian partner are inching towards an ag » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/rio-tinto-closer-to-malaysia-power-price-deal-on-aluminium-smelter-...
Friday, September 16, 2011 Alcoa Inc. said Thursday that it will invest about $300 million to expand an Iowa manufacturing pla » http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/15/ap/business/main20106945.shtml
Friday, September 16, 2011 Alterra Power Corp. is pleased to announce that an operating permit... » http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alterra-power-announces-receipt-of-permit-to-expand-reykjanes-plant-129900523.html
Friday, September 16, 2011 China's constraints on electricity supplies will help greatly boost United Company Rusal PLC's sale » http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/dalian/2011-09/16/content_13713871.htm
Thursday, September 15, 2011 Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL plans to launch production at the Boguchansky and Taishet aluminum » http://www.prime-tass.com/news/_Exec_RUSAL_to_launch_Boguchansky_Taishet_smelters_in_2013/0/%7B6C5CFDC8-A311-4D54-84E7-380...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 RAIL freight group QR National will expand its coal haulage capacity by more than 70 million » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/qrs-900m-rail-link-project-to-boost-coal-haulage/story-fn91v9q3-1226130...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 A coking unit at Total Petrochemicals USA's 232,000 barrel per day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery suf » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFWEN815820110912
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter's rebuild project has some astonishing figures attached to it, » http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/5627181/Special-bricks-at-heart-of-rebuild
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 EACH year, from now until 2016, there will be shortages of thermal coal in Asian markets. » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/opinion/asian-power-surge-to-see-no-let-up-as-thermal-demand-goes-gangbusters/sto...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 A judge has dismissed a significant lawsuit by federal regulators who want to force DTE Energy » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9PLSRV00.htm
Monday, September 12, 2011 BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) said Monday that it will ask workers at its metallurgical coal mines in Aus » http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1279342
Monday, September 12, 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today the selection of six projects... » http://energy.gov/articles/secretary-chu-announces-14-million-six-new-projects-advance-igcc-technology
Monday, September 12, 2011 Paris: Aluminium Bahrain, or Alba, will focus on modernising its older production... » http://gulfnews.com/business/investment/alba-will-modernise-facilities-to-boost-output-1.864281
Thursday, September 8, 2011 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Sun » http://www.jacobs.com/News.aspx?id=6704
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 California-blend gasoline weakened the most in five days on speculation that the switch to winter- » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-06/california-gasoline-falls-after-exxon-plant-recovers-from-upset.html
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Unemployed U.S. construction workers should look for jobs in Canada’s oil-sands industry, » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/canada-s-oil-sand-fields-need-u-s-workers-alberta-minister-says.html
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Some Chinese aluminum smelters in mountainous southwestern regions will partly closed because of » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-07/drought-to-shut-some-aluminum-capacity-china-business-says.html
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 HollyFrontier Corp (HFC.N) will conduct planned work on a hydrotreater next month at its... » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/refinery-operations-hollyfrontier-idUSWEN796420110906
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Sunoco announced on Tuesday that it was exiting the refining business... » http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/sunoco-to-sell-refineries/
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 An industrial park to be established in Tajikistan, Asia-Plus reported. An appropriate agreement ha » http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/tajikistan/1927191.html
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 German utility RWE AG (RWE.XE) can move ahead with building a coal-fired plant in the Netherlands.. » http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/09/02/dutch-court-says-rwe-can-continue-building-power-plant/#ixzz1X4BN9rtq
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 BP Plc has pushed back the start date for a replacement crude distillation unit... » http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFWEN777220110831
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 With recent talk about the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter possibly restarting next year... » http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/hungryhorsenews/article_9ef13c54-d3dd-11e0-9d88-001cc4c002e0.html
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Residents here told U.S. Department of Energy officials Tuesday they are worried about the... » http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52488915-78/plant-proposed-coal-environmental.html.csp
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Xstrata Inc., the world’s largest exporter of power station coal, began its court defense... » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/xstrata-queensland-coal-mine-challenged-in-court-as-threat-to-barrier-reef.html
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 A cut in production by steel producers and higher purchases of coking coal by large countries... » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals-mining/aussie-coal-prices-soften-after-c...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Brazil's economy showed new signs of a slowdown on Tuesday as steelmakers slashed their growth fore » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/brazil-economy-idUSN1E77T0VV20110830
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 After failing to find much success earlier this year, legislation important to the coal industry... » http://www.coalage.com/index.php/news/latest/1305-illinois-governor-signs-power-holdings-knight-hawk-coal-bills.html
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Indian government-owned National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) has finally decided to commission » http://agmetalminer.com/2011/08/31/indias-nalco-to-expand-refinery-capacity/
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