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Friday, July 24, 2015 UPDATE 1-Power restored after brief outage at Alliance refinery -Phillips 66 » Phillips 66 said power had been restored following a brief, unscheduled outage that shut parts of its 247,000-barrel-per-d...
Friday, July 24, 2015 US drives Cemex growth » Cemex had sales of US$ 3.8 billion in the second quarter of 2015. The company said this was a +5% increase on a like-for-l...
Friday, July 24, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) Cemex reports sales growth in 2015 » Mexico: Cemex's consolidated net sales in the second quarter of 2015 grew by 5% year-on-year on a like-for-like basis for...
Friday, July 24, 2015 Cemex 2Q like-for-like net sales up 5% » Cemex announced yesterday that consolidated net sales reached US$3.8bn during the second quarter of 2015, representing a d...
Friday, July 24, 2015 Oil settles below $50 for first time since early April » Oil futures fell on Wednesday, with U.S. prices settling below $50 a barrel for the first time since early April after a w...
Friday, July 24, 2015 Crude Oil in Red Ahead of Inventory Data » Crude futures posted losses on Wednesday as prices of the commodity continued their decline due to supply, slowing demand,...
Friday, July 24, 2015 Oil prices fall as industry data points to rising U.S. crude stocks » Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Wednesday, after industry data showed U.S. crude inventories rose last week, even...
Friday, July 24, 2015 Crude & Brent Oil Fundamental Analysis – July 23, 2015 – Forecast » Crude Oil continued its decline falling 58 cents to 50.28 but well supported by the $50 price level. Traders are waiting f...
Friday, July 24, 2015 India’s crude oil output down marginally » India’s crude oil production slipped marginally, less than 1 per cent, to 3.1 million tonnes in June as good showing by ON...
Friday, July 24, 2015 U.S. reminds rail companies of oil rules » Companies sending oil from the Bakken shale reserve area by rail are reminded of their responsibility to give advance traf...
Monday, July 20, 2015 Bahrain industry to receive a boost from smelter expansion » The $3.5bn Line 6 expansion is forecast to increase the company's annual output by 514,000 tonnes to reach 1.45m tonnes pe...
Monday, July 20, 2015 No more govt sweeteners to keep Tiwai Point open, Key says » The foreign owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter have had discussions with Finance Minister Bill English about furt...
Monday, July 20, 2015 HKEx says settlement reached on US aluminium price-fixing claims » Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd (HKEx) <0388.HK) said on Sunday it had settled two class-action lawsuit complain...
Monday, July 20, 2015 China, the aluminum giant that's still growing: Andy Home LONDON \| BY ANDY HOME » If you're wondering why aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) are hovering around six-year lows, you need loo...
Monday, July 20, 2015 Oil prices dips below $50 on ample supply, strong dollar » Oil futures fell on Monday and U.S. crude slipped below $50 a barrel intraday as ample supply, the prospect of more Irania...
Monday, July 20, 2015 Oil price weakness, refinery margin strength expected in Q2 results » Commodity price and oilfield activity weakness will be balanced by strong refinery profits as Calgary’s producers and serv...
Friday, July 17, 2015 HOW PETCOKE STACKS UP » There are ocean people and mountain people, but I’m willing to bet no one in the latter category wants to live near petrol...
Friday, July 17, 2015 Gary Peters wants a study of health risks of pet coke » U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D-Michigan, has introduced legislation with Illinois Senator Dick Durbin to require a study of t...
Friday, July 17, 2015 India plans $3 billion aluminum smelter in Iran » India plans a $3 billion aluminum smelter complex in Iran, now that nuclear negotiations between Tehran http://a...
Friday, July 17, 2015 CEMBUREAU: ‘EU-ETS proposal needs to incentivise best performers’ » CEMBUREAU has taken note of the Commission’s proposals on EU ETSii post-2020 and will now proceed to a more indepth analys...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Resource Management Act provisions apply to Tiwai - Ministry for the Environment » Despite being set up well prior to the act's establishment Tiwai aluminium smelter needs to comply with environmental obli...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Saudi's Ma'aden Q2 net profit falls 27 pct, misses forecasts » DUBAI, July 14 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) posted a 27 percent fall in second-quarter net profit on Tues...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Oil Prices Slide on Iran Nuclear Deal » The end of sanctions means new investments in Iran's oil production. http://time.com/3956883/iran-deal-oil/
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Platts Pre-Report Survey of Analysts’ EIA/API Estimates Suggests a 1.8 Million-Barrel Decline in U.S » The U.S. commercial crude oil stocks are expected to have decreased 1.8 million barrels in the week ended July 10, a surve...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Essar to shut 400,000 bpd refinery for a month from mid-September » Essar Oil Ltd (ESRO.NS) will shut its 400,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Vadinar refinery from mid-September for a month, while...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Venezuela expands oil blending scheme with Nigeria crude buys: traders » Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA has bought two 1-million barrel cargoes of Nigerian crude from Royal Dutch Shell in...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Yellen repeats Fed on path to raise rates before ‘year end’ » A more upbeat Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said she expects the U.S. economy to strengthen and keep the central...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Phillips 66 sees no impact on Ill. refinery ops from shut Plains pipeline » Phillips 66 said on Monday it does not anticipate any impact on operations at its Wood River, Illinois refinery at present...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Phillips 66 oil-by-rail proposal prompts a statewide outcry » Cities, school districts and public officials throughout California have signaled their opposition to a proposed project a...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Norsk Hydro: Hydro enters into new long-term power contract for Neuss aluminium plant in Germany » Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA's fully owned subsidiary, Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH , has secured a...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Holcim and Lafarge complete merger » Holcim and Lafarge have announced the completion of their global merger. http://www.building.co.uk/holcim-and-la...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Statoil changes operating model » Norwegian energy company Statoil changing the way it operates in order to save costs. Company in early June sold offices i...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Holcim and Lafarge complete merger » The merger was completed on Friday and the global launch of the new company will be celebrated on Tuesday 15 July. &...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Nalco in R&D pact with Rio Tinto Alcan » KOLKATA: National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), a navratna PSU under theMinistry of Mines, has entered into a co-oper...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 COLUMN-Alcoa shines a light on China's "fake semis" trade: Andy Home » (Reuters) - China exported 2.5 million tonnes of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products in the first half of this year...
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