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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Impending floodwaters will likely disrupt barge shipping on the Upper Mississippi River this spring » http://easterniowanewsnow.com/2011/03/23/rising-river-threatens-barge-shipping/
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Oil has made a stunning rally, with the domestically traded West Texas Intermediate contract (WTI) » http://www.thestreet.com/story/11056642/1/oil-refining-stocks-sitting-pretty.html#
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 The European Union (EU) on Wednesday announced that its Commission has decided to refer Italy to th » http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/03/eu-commission-refers-italy-to-court-for-failure-to-recover-incompatible-aid/
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Dwindling options to produce affordable electricity could be a boon for aluminum producers that hav » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rio-tintos-albanese-bullish-on-aluminum-2011-03-23?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 The recent economic jolt to Japan’s economy, by lowering energy demand, has at least temporarily of » http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/business/global/23oil.html?_r=1
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Executives at giant Japanese manufacturer Kobe Steel have asked the Bluff aluminum smelter to incre » http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10714388
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 All around the world, the cement industry acts as the building block of any nation's construction i » http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/5001068/cement-industry-slower-growth-ahead
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Rio Tinto has reached an agreement with West Fraser Timber to purchase its former Eurocan Wharf fac » http://www.bulk-solids-handling.com/conveying_transportation/river_transport_sea_transport/articles/308169/
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 MANAMA: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s fourth-largest aluminum smelter, plans to increase ex » http://arabnews.com/economy/article326186.ece
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 RIYADH: In a major development, two Riyadh-based companies entered into a partnership agreement on » http://arabnews.com/economy/article326200.ece
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 New independent U.S. refiner PBF Energy plans bids on the California and Texas refineries that BP P » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/pbf-refineries-idUSN2220190220110322
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, is adjusting deliveries to Japan to meet c » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-22/saudi-aramco-adjusts-japan-crude-deliveries-on-demand-ceo-says.html
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 New independent U.S. refiner PBF Energy plans bids on the California and Texas refineries BP Plc (B » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/pbf-refineries-idUSWEN988020110322
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 South African parastatal Transnet has unveiled plans to build a new dugout port in Durban at a cost » http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/New_South_African_port_to_cost_USD_14_billion/196846.html
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Aluminum buyers may have been watching in frustration as the light metal has seemingly defied the d » http://agmetalminer.com/2011/03/22/aluminum-prices-bucking-the-metals-market-trend/
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Reportedly, United Company RUSAL pointed out that they’ve seen the positive outlook for aluminum dr » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Japanese_earthquake_-_Demand_for_aluminum_to_rise_on_rebuilding/196809.html
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 China’s net imports of coal dropped to the lowest in 23 months in February after prices increased a » http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/china-s-coal-purchases-drop-to-23-month-low-on-higher-prices-1-.html
Monday, March 21, 2011 Shipments of calcined needle coke from Japan to China have been interrupted by the recent earthquak » http://www.chinalyst.net/node/117905
Monday, March 21, 2011 The Alcoa East plant in Massena, N.Y., is back up and running. » http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=14288381
Monday, March 21, 2011 Reuters reported that US aluminum producer Ormet Corporation has restored its aluminum smelter to f » http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Ormet_smelter_runs_full_out_and_alumina_restart_likely/196512.html
Monday, March 21, 2011 Australian thermal coal prices weakened further in the week ending Thursday, as the aftermath of Ja » http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/18/australia-japan-coal-idUSL3E7EI13720110318
Monday, March 21, 2011 It is reported that steam coal prices at Australia’s Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, declined 4 » http://www.steelguru.com/raw_material_news/Japanese_earthquake_-_Steam_coal_prices_fall_at_Newcastle/196428.html
Monday, March 21, 2011 China's daily aluminium production rose more than 12 percent in February compared with the same mon » http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFLDE72K1I320110321
Monday, March 21, 2011 Global aluminium production surged to an all-time high of 116,180 tonnes per day in February, accor » http://business.financialpost.com/2011/03/21/resurgent-aluminium-output-will-cap-upside/
Monday, March 21, 2011 Excess oil refining capacity remains in North America, Western Europe and Japan in spite of a recen » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFWEN981620110321
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Japan’s government is pursuing a number of emergency measures to deal with fuel shortages that incl » http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/7950464443/articles/oil-gas-journal/processing-2/refining/20100/march-2011/japan-...
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Crude oil and coking coal prices are likely to go up due to the nuclear crisis in Japan. » http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Crude-and-LNG-prices-set-to-increase/articleshow/7740152.cms
Saturday, March 19, 2011 A state board decided Thursday to hold a July 25 hearing on a Texas company's request for revisions » http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9M18VJG1.htm
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) has agreed to develop a coal mine in Qingyang city in the north » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL3E7EI16820110318
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Following the destruction caused by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake, Japan's oil refining capacity has » http://www.sys-con.com/node/1758511
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Opponents of the Las Brisas Energy Center have filed five motions asking the state to reconsider is » http://www.caller.com/news/2011/mar/17/opponents-continue-challenge-against-las-brisas/
Saturday, March 19, 2011 Total Petrochemicals (TOTF.PA: Quote) was starting up a new 50,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) coking unit » http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1723809620110317
Thursday, March 17, 2011 Aluminium smelters in the Middle East and North Africa continue to produce metal despite rising pol » http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/17/aluminium-mideast-idUKLDE72F1DT20110317
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 State giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, said Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understandin » http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saudi-aramco-sinopec-set-pact-on-refinery-2011-03-16
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 The two big rigs, each carrying half a coke drum for a refinery at Billings, traveled from Garrison » http://www.emoneydaily.com/conocophillips-nysecop-mega-loads-are-underway/69810780
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