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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 RIL to shut down one refinery unit for maintenance in July » The special economic zone unit of Jamnagar refinery ofReliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down onecrude distil...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 On June 22, U.K.-based Peel Ports Group announced plans for a new £100 million ($158.29 million) bio » The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release a decision this week about new mercury and toxic air emissions standards for...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 New U.K. port facility to provide pellets to Drax » On June 22, U.K.-based Peel Ports Group announced plans for a new £100 million ($158.29 million) biomass terminal at the P...
Monday, June 29, 2015 China’s central bank cuts lending, deposit and reserve ratios » China's central bank cut its benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points to 4.85 percent on Saturday, the fourth reduction...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Greece imposes capital controls, banks to remain shut » ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding afte...
Monday, June 29, 2015 RUSAL expects China to keep export tariff on raw aluminum » China is unlikely to relax its tariff policy on the export of raw aluminum, according to United Company RUSAL Plc. ...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Rusal spends $500,000 monthly to maintain ALSCON » The management of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) says it spends $500,000 (about N10 million) monthly to...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Decision on power for smelter » Wednesday is ''D day'' for the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff when its owners decide whether they...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter electricity contract deadline expires on Wednesday » Wednesday is D-day for New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS), when bosses must make a decision about the Southland plant's...
Monday, June 29, 2015 Supreme Court strikes down Obama power-plant regulations » In a major win for the energy industry, the Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency's effor...
Friday, June 26, 2015 China’s Stock Market Plunges » SHANGHAI — Share prices in China plunged on Friday in one of the sharpest sell-offs in years, accelerating a downturn this...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Chinese Stocks Stagger to End of Rough Week » HONG KONG — Chinese stocks plunged on Friday, capping their worst week in years and prompting the perhaps inevitable quest...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Outotec to deliver anode rodshop technology to China Xinfa Group's aluminum smelter in China » Outotec to deliver anode rodshop technology to China Xinfa Group's aluminum smelter in China. http://www.nasdaq....
Friday, June 26, 2015 China's May coking coal imports fall 68% on year to 1.88 mil mt, 6-year low » China's coking coal imports in May plunged 68% year on year to 1.88 million mt -- the lowest since March 2009 -- as volume...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Steel companies feeling the heat as projects face hurdles » Five of the top ten private steel companies are facing sever financial stress due to delay in implementation of their proj...
Friday, June 26, 2015 COLUMN-Australian coking coal miners get boost from low prices, China deal: Russell » LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 22 (Reuters) - Australian coking coal miners have received two recent, and rare, pieces of goo...
Friday, June 26, 2015 India’s cement industry may not see revival until FY17 » Earlier in the year, cement companies in India forecast that demand would pick up in October of this year, having been som...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Cemex Latam affected by currency depreciation in 2015 » Cemex Latam Holdings, the Latin American arm of Mexico's Cemex, has reported unfavourable results in the first quarter of...
Friday, June 26, 2015 Weak Prices Push Rusal Toward Further Aluminum Cuts » The continuing weakness of aluminum prices this year has caused Rusal, the world’s biggest producer of the metal, to mull...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 China's coal industry says times are hard, outlook worse » More than 70 percent of China's coal firms are making losses, the head of the coal industry association said on Thursday,...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 FY16 will be tough year for north Indian cement market: Study » NEW DELHI: With both and retail institutional demand struggling to grow, the fiscal is likely to be a "tough year" for the...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Heidelberg to buy Jaiprakash Associates’ cement unit » Jaiprakash Associates' UP cement plant latest in sales series by debt-laden group. http://www.financialexpress.c...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 EIA in hot seat ahead of House vote on Clean Power Plan » The nonpartisan U.S. Energy Information Administration found itself in the crossfire of a congressional war over the Obama...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Berlin set to scrap plans for climate change levy on power sector » Germany will scrap plans to raise emissions charges for older coal-fired power stations, bowing to pressure from the power...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Germany to decide between coal levy and alternative on July 1 » German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday he was considering an alternative to a proposed levy on coal-fire...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 China primary Aluminium imports decline 71.98% y/y in May » China's primary aluminium imports declined by 71.98% from a year earlier to 6,738 tons in May, latest data from China's cu...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Saudi Yasref refinery reaches full capacity milestone » Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co (Yasref), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinop...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Panel to look into problems of Jokatte residents » The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has decided to form a committee comprising an expert, representatives of Manga...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Chicago Southeast Siders Get Petcoke Win » Come July 1, a company storing petcoke in Chicago will not be allowed to have any more of the material move through or be...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Hindalco: Bottom-fishing not a good idea for short-term gains » The Hindalco stock has tumbled from highs of Rs 198.70 in July last year to 15-month lows of Rs 113.60 last Tuesday. ...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Huge relief for smelter over RET decision » BOYNE Smelters general manager Joe Rea is delighted that finally legislation for a bipartisan deal on the renewable energy...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 City Exiles More of Chicago's Petcoke Piles » The City of Chicago recently informed a company storing massive mounds of oil refining waste on Chicago’s Southeast...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Panel to look into problems of Jokatte residents » Karnataka Mangalore environmental issues environmental pollution Jokatte and neighbouring areas demand closure of pet coke...
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Chicago Bans Petcoke From One of Two Remaining Southeast Side Storage Sites » The city of Chicago has banned the storage and through-transfer of petroleum coke from one of two Southeast Side KCBX Term...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Chinese economy healthier than data suggest: Beige Book » China's soft economic data belie the "broad-based recovery" that has taken place during the second quarter in world's numb...
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