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Friday, June 12, 2015 US refinery strike update » It was announced on 5 June 2015 that approximately 320 members of the USW Local 346 will be returning to work at the BP Hu...
Friday, June 12, 2015 IOC to up Panipat capacity » State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to invest around Rs 15,000 crore to increase the capacity of the Panipat re...
Friday, June 12, 2015 Lockout at Century Aluminum smelter to end after union approves deal » A month-long lockout at the fourth-largest aluminum smelter in the United States ended on Thursday after unionized workers...
Friday, June 12, 2015 Environmental justice: No one’s priority » What’s it like to be on the point in the fight for environmental justice? To live in a company town that’s home to a large...
Thursday, June 11, 2015 USW to vote on Century Aluminum latest contract to end deadlock at Hawesville operations » The union members belonging to United Steelworkers will vote today on the tentative agreement put forward by the company a...
Thursday, June 11, 2015 Emirates Global Aluminium Cuts 250 Jobs Amid Global Oversupply » Emirates Global Aluminium, formed two years ago by merging smelters owned by Abu Dhabi and Dubai, cut 250 jobs as part of...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Aluminium Bahrain gets approval for Line 6 expansion » Aluminium Bahrain, owner of the world's largest aluminium smelter, said on Wednesday it had received government approval f...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Yunlin magistrate promulgates ban on burning coal, petcoke » Taipei, June 10 (CNA) Yunlin Magistrate Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) on Wednesday promulgated regulations to ban the burning of coa...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Supply glut puts pressure on aluminium » Aluminum prices show few signs of recovering as the world remains in a glut of the lightweight metal used in cars and cans...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Rio Tinto Alcan Presented with Petition Demanding use of SO2 Scrubbers » Residents in Kitimat are continuing their fight against Rio-Tinto-Alcan's environmental permit that will allow the company...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Appeal hearings for RTA emissions continue in Kitimat » Environmental Appeal Board hearings into Rio Tinto Alcan's permit to increase sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from their a...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Indian Aluminum Exports Increase, Even As Chinese Imports Erode Domestic Price » Indian exports of aluminum have been on the rise for some time now, since local use has fallen because of the slow economy...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Japan's refinery utilisation rate falls to 2-year low » Japan's refinery utilisation rate tumbled by 7.9 percentage points in the week ended June 6 to a two-year low of 65.4 perc...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 Crude & Brent Oil Fundamental Analysis – June 10, 2015 – Forecast » Crude Oil reversed course and added $1.67 to reach 59.81 today. Brent Oil outpaced WTI adding almost $2 to trade at 64.68....
Monday, June 8, 2015 OPEC’s Meeting in Vienna — RECAP » The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has held its semiannual meeting on Friday in Vienna. ...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Are Mercury Rules a Toxic Double Standard? » New EPA rules aimed at curbing mercury emissions, which mainly affect coal-fired electrical generating plants, are based o...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Reliance Industry's return ratio to improve over medium term: Report » Core projects are less attractive in an environment of lower crude prices but the effective negative impact is restricted...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Goa Carbon reports 3,558 MT of Calcined Petroleum Coke production for May » Goa Carbon has reported production of 3,558.000 MT (million tonnes) of Calcined Petroleum Coke for the month of May 2015....
Monday, June 8, 2015 The Case for a Carbon Tax » In a welcome development, businesses are asking world leaders to do more to address climate change. This week, the top exe...
Monday, June 8, 2015 China Oil Imports Seen Rising in Affirmation for OPEC Policy » China is forecast to accelerate its crude imports this month after slowing in May from a record. http://www.bloo...
Monday, June 8, 2015 UPDATE 9-Oil falls as China cuts crude imports; OPEC decision weighs » Oil fell by up to 1 percent on Monday on a slump in Chinese demand and worries that OPEC's decision to pump without restra...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Asian margins: Gasoline comes out top, gasoil a flop » Asia’s gasoline refining profits have outperformed all other oil products this year as a combination of lower crude prices...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Indian Oil to invest Rs 15,000 crore » India’s largest refiner Indian Oil will expand refining capacity of its Panipat refinery to 20.2 million metric tonne per...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Japan's 2014-15 gasoline, gasoil refining margins at multi-year highs » Japanese refiners saw their refining margins widen in fiscal 2014-15 (April-March) following government-led capacity cuts...
Monday, June 8, 2015 Brent to face pressure from weakening European diesel: Goldman » A weaker European diesel market, where strong demand will be trumped by abundant supply from outside the region, will hit...
Friday, June 5, 2015 Port of Long Beach approved half billion USD investment » The Port of Long Beach will invest 555 million USD in expansion projects and modernization of the port’s infrastructure.&n...
Friday, June 5, 2015 Review: Step by Step Towards Alternative Fuels » The topic of the seminar was ‘Step by step towards alternative fuels’ and over the course of two days representatives from...
Friday, June 5, 2015 China's aluminium imports to rise due to attractive global prices » Chinese imports of primary aluminium ingot are likely to rise in coming months after the price of the metal fell on the gl...
Friday, June 5, 2015 E.ON calls for 'timely' intervention to fix power market » Germany must act swiftly to fix its fundamentally broken energy market and avoid the risk of a power capacity shortage, th...
Friday, June 5, 2015 Europe’s Top Oil Producers Unite in Push on Climate Policy » The heads of Europe’s largest oil and gas companies have joined together for the first time to call for governments to agr...
Friday, June 5, 2015 Ameren moves to end contract with Missouri smelter » Ameren Missouri has given state regulators notice that the utility plans to challenge a recent order allowing lower rates...
Friday, June 5, 2015 Global Logistics News: US West Ports Challenged by Larger Ships, Container Alliances » Even though US ports are not yet capable of handling the latest generation of megaships, the increasingly large container...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Saudi oil minister says OPEC strategy working » In this Jan. 8, 2015, file photo, men work on an oil pump during a sandstorm in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain....
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Bakken Producers Raised Production During First Quarter » First quarter oil production among four of the North Dakota Bakken Shale's largest producers increased during a period of...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 OPEC seen holding oil output to defend market share » OPEC, keen to defend its market share against the U.S. shale oil boom, is expected to hold output levels steady at its Vie...
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