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Monday, March 28, 2016 Valero's Aruba closure deepens Atlantic refinery woes » Valero Energy Corp said on Monday it will halt operations at its 235,000 barrel-per-day Aruba refinery by the end of March...
Monday, March 28, 2016 Aruba refinery to begin hiring workers in April for plant repairs, upgrades » The refinery in Aruba plans to start hiring workers in April to repair and upgrade the 235,000-bpd plant, while its propos...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 German cement demand reaches 26.6Mt in 2015 » German cement consumption reached approximately 26.6Mt in 2015, some 2.2 per cent less than the previous year, according t...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Meridian Energy and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters extend deadline for power notice period » Meridian Energy and New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd (NZAS) have extended the deadline for the Tiwai Point smelter to gi...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Smelter gets extension on electricity decision » Southland's aluminium smelter has been given more time to make up its mind on how much electricity it buys for its plant a...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 China Hongqiao Group to Expand Capacity by Sixteen Percent This Year » China Hongqiao Group Ltd. announced that it would expand capacity to six million metric tons per annum, or sixteen percent...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Sinosteel Inks Deal with Iran for Three Aluminium Projects » The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and the People’s Republic of Chin...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Noranda Delays Layoffs at Gramercy Plant Until May » The alumina plant in Gramercy, Louisiana has been granted a reprieve. Noranda announced on Tuesday that the layoffs planne...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Oil close to a bottom: No sharp rebound » In terms of a price ceiling, our base-case scenario is for oil staying below USD60-65/bbl over the medium term – any highe...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Alba announces savings from Project Titan » Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based leading international aluminium smelter, announced the completion of Pr...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 JPMorgan Alleged to Own Half of All Aluminium Traded on LME » According to a report in Financial Times last week, American multinational banking and financial services giant JP Morgan...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Closer look at LME aluminum prices reveals anomalies » A first glance at aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange yields few surprises, yet a closer look often reveals anoma...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 "Petcoke toxic busy with impunity", Tilt Association continues protests » Tilt Formia joined, as communicated on numerous occasions and in multiple locations, the event was hosted by the City of S...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 FERC: Entergy Can Exclude Above-Market PPAs from Bandwidth Calculation » FERC last week granted Entergy permission to exclude from its system-wide “bandwidth” calculation the above-market portion...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Central Taiwan may be marked air pollution control zone » Central Taiwan might be designated a top-grade air pollution control zone, while a Taichung City bylaw aiming to limit coa...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Senate leader skeptical of Ameren rate plan » A top state lawmaker is not sure whether a plan that would alter how electric rates are set in Missouri will be put in pla...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 India Enters the Anti-Dumping Fray in Aluminum and Steel » The way countries around the world, faced with downturns in their respective economies, are placing import curbs on metals...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Bill backed by KCP&L in Missouri would allow frequent, but smaller, rate increases » Missouri utilities including Kansas City Power & Light could raise customers’ rates more regularly under legislation t...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Alcoa Announces Name of Spinoff Company » Alcoa will still exist, but it will focus on aluminum production. Arconic will be focused on engineered products for...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Chinese Aluminum Smelters Thriving, Even at Low Prices » In spite of its shiny new ultra-low-cost joint venture primary smelter in Saudi Arabia, Alcoa’s other primary operations d...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Pet Coke, the trucker threatens the People's Assembly spokesman Gulf » Suffering threats and intimidation.So goes the battle of activists against the Gulf and Sessa Aurunca Pet Coke , the waste...
Monday, March 14, 2016 Oil Falls From Three-Month High as Iran Refuses to Join Freeze » Oil dropped from a three-month high as Iran said it would raise output to pre-sanctions levels before joining talks to fre...
Monday, March 14, 2016 CMA CGM in 'Great Explorer' Transpacific Move » CMA CGM recently announced that it will upsize its Asia-US West Coast Pearl River Express (PRX) service so that from the e...
Monday, March 14, 2016 CEAC Welcomes EC’s Censure of Montenegrin PM, Government Over KAP Smelter » Cyprus-based Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) expressed its support of a recent resolution by the European Parlia...
Monday, March 14, 2016 Credit concerns loom behind PDVSA's super-sized oil import tender » State-run PDVSA's biggest ever crude oil import tenders, launched this week, suggest the cash-strapped Venezuelan firm is...
Monday, March 14, 2016 Suez Cement working to limit damage » According to the latest report by Bloomberg, Suez Cement is working to minimise the impact of Egypt’s dollar shortage on i...
Monday, March 14, 2016 China Hongqiao undeterred by aluminium glut » The world’s largest aluminium producer expects to increase its capacity this year, in spite of a global glut that has depr...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 CEMBUREAU Quarterly Economic Report for 4Q15 » The CEMBUREAU Quarterly Economic Report for 4Q15 has now been published. It indicates that no EU countries experienced rec...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Cleco, investors appeal sale decision » Cleco Corp. and the investor group that has been looking to buy it have requested an immediate rehearing of the Louisiana...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 CLECO AND INVESTOR GROUP SEEK REHEARING REGARDING PROPOSED SALE » Cleco and the investor group led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) have asked the Louisiana Public Servic...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Your Mail 3-10: PSC should not rehear Cleco case » Our task of protecting the Cleco customers is again being challenged. The Louisiana Public Service Commission announced th...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Crunch time for Tiwai Point in transmission decision » Buried deep in global metals giant Rio Tinto's announcement of a US$866 million (NZ$1.29 billion) loss in 2015 were a few...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Alcoa says the shutdown of part of its aluminum manufacturing operations along the Ohio River in Ind » Alcoa says the shutdown of part of its aluminum manufacturing operations along the Ohio River in Indiana won't result in a...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Venezuela starting new foreign exchange system » Venezuela will move to a floating exchange rate for non-essential imports on Thursday and allow the state-owned oil compan...
Thursday, March 10, 2016 Cal/OSHA Cites ExxonMobil for Unrepaired Leak at Torrance Refinery » Cal/OSHA announced March 4 that it has issued citations to ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company after it found the com...
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