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Thursday, August 6, 2015 Supply glut pushes aluminum to six-year low » Aluminum prices tumbled to six-year lows on Thursday as the market focused on a growing supply glut due to surging exports...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Molten metal fueled Noranda plant explosion » A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant August 4, injuring workers and creating a plume of smoke th...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Federal agency says molten aluminum hitting water apparent cause of Missouri plant explosion » Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employ...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Collaboration Across the Atlantic » Despite the long list of rocky mergers between culturally different companies, integrating research and development functi...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Joins 15 Other States To Ask EPA For Stay In Its Clean Power Plan » Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today announced his Office has joined with 15 other States to ask the U.S. Environmental...
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Egypt Opens New Suez Canal » Egypt’s “New Suez Canal” extension project opened amidst great fanfare today. http://www.the-american-interest.com/201...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Petcoke Battle Continues On Chicago's Southeast Side » Chicago Southeast Side residents and environmentalists have won major victories in the battle over petcoke, but they aren'...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Russian refining: part four » Lukoil is Russia's second largest refining company, with four large refineries and three miniature refineries. h...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 US refining rates could slip as fuel inventories rise » Oil fell to a four-month low in New York on expectation that US refineries will decrease operating rates, leaving the nati...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 UPDATE 2-Refiner HollyFrontier results shine as acquisition talks fade » HollyFrontier Corp posted a better-than-expected profit for the second straight quarter, showing that the U.S. refiner had...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Goa Carbon reports 15,830.900 MT of Calcined Petroleum Coke production for July » Goa Carbon has reported production of 15,830.900 MT (million tonnes) of Calcined Petroleum Coke for the month of July 2015...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 Federal Agency Says 33 Injured in Missouri Plant Explosion » Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at...
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 OSHA: Molten aluminum touching water preliminary cause of Noranda explosion » It happened around 12:30 p.m. at the cast house in Noranda's plant. http://www.kfvs12.com/story/29706743/explosi...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Oil price unlikely to recover as Saudi refining hits market » Oil prices are unlikely to recover soon as Saudi Arabia's drive to boost its refining activities is expected to force refi...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 President Obama's carbon rule has big implications for JEA, Northeast Florida » President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a sweeping set of environmental regulations aimed at cutting carbon pollution fr...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 JEA says it will be years before customers affected by new carbon emission regulations » President Barack Obama released Monday the long-awaited proposed Clean Power Plan. http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Dangote Cement Seeking to Double Capacity to 80 Million Tons » Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, said he plans to double capacity at his cement company to 80 million metric tons a ye...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Japanese buyers expect Chinese aluminum alloy ADC12 offers to weaken further » Japanese buyers for Chinese aluminum alloy ADC12 have stepped back to wait and see in anticipation of a further fall in pr...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Southland looking beyond Tiwai Point » The long-term future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter still hangs in the balance. http://www.3news.co.n...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Aluminium imports eat into companies' market share » Why are Indian aluminium producers upset even when demand for the silvery white metal grew 6.2 per cent to nearly 2.4 mill...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Relief in Southland over smelter deal » News travels pretty fast in Southland and most people seemed to know about the Tiwai Point smelter's power deal within hou...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Large Explosion Rocks Southeast Missouri Aluminum Plant » A massive explosion rocked a southeast Missouri aluminum plant Tuesday, injuring some workers and creating a plume of smok...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Obama to Unveil Tougher Environmental Plan With His Legacy in Mind » In the strongest action ever taken in the United States to combat climate change, President Obama will unveil on Monday a...
Monday, August 3, 2015 HeidelbergCement faced competition from Dangote on Italcementi deal » HeidelbergCement rushed to buy control of Italcementi after fears that Nigeria's Dangote Cement also showed interest in th...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Obama announces power plant regulations, GOP lawmakers vow fight » President Obama on Monday announced new regulations on power-plant carbon emissions that will have a dramatic impact on ho...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Power deal keeps smelter alive » A revised contract between Meridian Energy and the owners of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter extends the smelter's operatin...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Vedanta Aluminium plans restructuring, stops ramp ups at plant » NEW DELHI: Mining conglomerateVedanta Resources today said it is planning to restructure high-cost operations in aluminium...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Tiwai Smelter deal signed between Meridian Energy and NZAS » A deal has been signed that allows aluminium production to continue at Bluff's Tiwai Point smelter, meaning a huge sigh of...
Monday, August 3, 2015 Smelter decision on energy contract with Meridian Energy to be made today » NZAS will decide on Monday whether to renew an energy contract with Meridian Energy. http://www.stuff.co.nz/bus...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Alcoa Wenatchee fined for water quality violations » Alcoa has been fined $36,000 for discharging too much aluminum, fluoride and suspended solids to the Columbia River from t...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Meridian, MightyRiverPower shares gain ahead of Monday's Tiwai Point smelter decision » A decision to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open appears increasingly likely, with shares of Meridian Energy [NZX...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Crude oil pipeline serving Twin Cities refineries to get $125M upgrade » Minnesota regulators on Thursday approved a $125 million upgrade to a pipeline that delivers North Dakota and Canadian cru...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Lafarge submits offer for remaining stake in Greece's Heracles » LafargeHolcim, the world's biggest cement maker, on Friday offered to buy out the shares it does not own in Greek peer Her...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Crude & Brent Oil Fundamental Analysis – July 30, 2015 – Forecast » Crude Oil continued to fall as production climbs and demand falls as global growth forecast were lowered. ...
Friday, July 31, 2015 Exxon reportedly considering massive Beaumont refinery expansion » Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) reportedly is considering a major expansion of its Beaumont refinery in response to the U.S....
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