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Thursday, April 7, 2011 PetroChina Co., the nation’s largest oil company, will increase oil processing and shorten maintena » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-07/petrochina-to-boost-april-oil-processing-15-china-news-says.html
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Rates for panamaxes, the largest coal and iron-ore carriers to pass through the Panama Canal, may j » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-06/shipping-rates-for-coal-cargoes-to-japan-seen-rising-55-freight-markets.html
Thursday, April 7, 2011 With an operating capacity of 244,000 tonnes per year, Century Aluminum’s Hawesville, KY primary al » http://www.cisionwire.com/dialight/century-aluminum-saves-thousands-on-annual-maintenance-and-energy-costs-with-upgrade-to...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 In essence, this new report notes that global cement consumption growth slowed by 2.4% in 2008 to 2 » http://www.forconstructionpros.com/online/Construction-News/Global-Cement-Consumption-Expected-to-Reach-New-Highs/4FCP19871
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 In these days of concern over global warming, a cement factory in southern Belgium is abandoning co » http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17782509?nclick_check=1
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 The facility will also provide “petcoke” (petroleum coke) fuel requirements for the proposed 70-meg » http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/313082/petron-taps-5-foreign-contractors-undertake-18b-refinery-upgrade
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 India may have to underutilize or idle some electricity generation plants, affecting 22 gigawatt of » http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704101604576246032344510532.html
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 On Friday (April 1), the shares of Alcoa, one of the world's largest producers of primary aluminum » http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5037417/earnings-preview-alcoa-inc-nyse-aa
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Power rates continue to make restarting the smelter at ALCOA Tennessee Operations unfeasible, compa » http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_News/story/Power_costs_prohibit_ALCOA_smelter_startup_id_009841
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Motiva Enterprises LLC shut the delayed coker at its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery after a fire Marc » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-06/top-oil-market-news-crude-declines-jet-fuel-trailing-gasoil.html
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 After years of preparation and months of travel two megaloads bound for a Billings refinery finally » http://www.kulr8.com/news/local/Megaloads-to-Arrive-in-Billings-Tuesday-----119229484.html
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) is not having problems getting raw materials from ports and its smelter is » http://arabnews.com/economy/article344889.ece
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Argentina's biggest aluminum producer, Aluar (ALU.BA: Quote), is planning to invest soon in Brazil » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFN0426950420110404
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 China’s economy will maintain “stable” growth of 7 percent to 8 percent a year, supporting demand f » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/china-s-economy-will-maintain-7-to-8-growth-chalco-says-1-.html
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 China and India, Asia’s two fastest- growing economies, are seeking to invest in coal assets in Sou » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-05/china-india-seeking-coal-from-south-africa-universal-says.html
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 AUSTRALIA unexpectedly posted its first monthly trade deficit since March 2010 in February, as expo » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/australian-trade-position-slumps-into-deficit-in-february-abs/story-e6frg...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 IndianOil Refineries has garnered a new record of crude throughput of 53 million metric tonnes and » http://expressbuzz.com/finance/a-record-for-indianoil-refineries/262744.html
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Making forecasts about dry bulk ocean freight rates have always been a tricky business. This is bec » http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/freight-shipping-oversupply-squeezes-rates/430968/
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 The World Bank is planning to restrict the money it gives to coal-fired power stations, bowing to p » http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/04/world-bank-funding-coal-power
Monday, April 4, 2011 Australian coal-to-retail conglomerate Wesfarmers said on Monday that the weighted average contract » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/04/wesfarmers-idUKL3E7F404W20110404
Monday, April 4, 2011 China Petrochemical Corp., also known as Sinopec Group, may be positioning itself to enter the Lati » http://www.downstreamtoday.com/news/article.aspx?a_id=26223
Monday, April 4, 2011 Graphite India Limited (GIL) will benefit from the increasing crude steel production in India. » http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/investors-guide/graphite-india-good-investment-for-over-2-year-horizon/articl...
Monday, April 4, 2011 Dow Jones reported that New Zealand Aluminum Smelters Limited is reallocating and reprioritizing cu » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/New_Zealand_Aluminum_Smelter_reallocates_orders_to_help_Japanese_customers/198841.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 South African President Jacob Zuma has forecast a “great future” for relations with India as he pus » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-04/zuma-s-quest-for-india-ties-threatens-s-africa-power-supply.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 Refiners the world over are seeing their gross refining margins improve on the back of high product » http://www.financialexpress.com/news/----Gains-in-refining-get-neutralised-by-losses-in-marketing----/771105/
Monday, April 4, 2011 Hovensa LLC's St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands refinery has reduced crude oil refining capacity to 350 » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWEN043220110403
Monday, April 4, 2011 The floods and cyclone that battered Queensland over summer will cost the economy $9 billion after » http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/floods-to-drain-9bn-from-economy/story-fn59niix-1226032925267
Monday, April 4, 2011 Construction consultancy giant Jacobs Engineering has won a contract to design the Yanbu refinery e » http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-11662-jacobs-engineering-wins-yanbu-refinery-contract/
Monday, April 4, 2011 For all coal's growing allure as an alternative to nuclear power, it's failing to attract utilities » http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110402/BUSINESS/104020317/1003/Natural-gas-gains-coal-utilities
Monday, April 4, 2011 In southern Angola, construction of a 200 000 barrel-a-day refinery at a cost of $8 billion (R54bn) » http://www.iol.co.za/business/opinion/business-watch/sonangol-funding-woes-cripple-8bn-refinery-construction-1.1050921
Monday, April 4, 2011 Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) was forced to stop production on a coker and gasoil hydrotreater yeste » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-01/shell-said-to-halt-coker-gasoil-hydrotreater-output-in-texas.html
Monday, April 4, 2011 Hindalco Industries, the flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, has raised 7,875 crore in debt for a g » http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-04-02/news/29374467_1_smelter-mahan-project-hindalco-chief-financial-off...
Friday, April 1, 2011 Although analysts and investors expected aluminum to gradually keep rising, absolutely no one expec » http://agmetalminer.com/2011/04/01/aluminum-reaches-record-high-near-5000ton-copper-zinc-and-nickel-all-spike/
Friday, April 1, 2011 Huge demand for energy resources in China and India has pushed the price of thermal coal to an all » http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/apr/01/coal-price-reaches-new-heights
Friday, April 1, 2011 Shipments from Richards Bay Coal Terminal, Africa’s biggest coal export facility, will continue as » http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-01/richards-bay-coal-exports-continue-following-rail-closure.html
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