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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 Alcoa Sees Strong End User Demand in 1Q15 » Alcoa (AA), the leading aluminum company in North America, has lost almost one sixth of its market capitalization so far i...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Will China’s New Water Pollution Guidelines be Enough to Shut Down Small but Resilient Teapot Refine » China is in the throes of an environmental meltdown. Its major cities are shrouded in smog and pollution – who can forget...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 USW rejects tentative deal with Century at Kentucky aluminium smelter » Unionised workers at Century Aluminium's Hawesville, Kentucky aluminium smelter voted to reject a tentative agreement on a...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Rusal says may idle 200,000 tonnes of aluminium capacity » Top global aluminium producer United Company Rusal said on Wednesday it was reviewing its aluminium smelting operati...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Prepare for power load shedding which could last 12 hours » The state of South Africa’s electricity system was in dire straits last week, with Eskom losing almost half of its availab...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 No upgrade for RIL despite record quarterly profit » The highest ever quarterly profits that Reliance Industries posted for Jan-March 2015 last weekend have hardly changed ana...
Monday, April 20, 2015 EU to file antitrust charges against Gazprom » The European Union's competition regulator plans to file formal antitrust charges against Russia's state-owned gas company...
Monday, April 20, 2015 Puli rally demands PM2.5 action » Hundreds of residents of Nantou County’s Puli Township (埔里) yesterday staged a demonstration to raise awareness about elev...
Monday, April 20, 2015 The future of super ships » When the 366-metre-long container ship MV COSCO Fortune docked at Port of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Terminal last July, it...
Monday, April 20, 2015 U.S. ports prepare for Panama Canal expansion » Giant backhoes claw into the ground, as helmeted workers position rebar atop of concrete pillars 100 feet tall. Cranes, tr...
Monday, April 20, 2015 Tiwai Point aluminium smelter 'squarely in the black': analyst » Two years after receiving a $30 million handout from taxpayers the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is "squarely in the black...
Monday, April 20, 2015 Middle Eastern Aluminum Leads the World, Outside China, in Growth » Maybe because of Alcoa Inc.’s involvement in the Maadan smelter in Saudi Arabia, recent attention on the Middle East has c...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Even the benevolent cannot have it both ways » Leaders from six cities and counties in Central and Southern Taiwan pledged on Tuesday to ban the burning of petroleum cok...
Friday, April 17, 2015 SA's future shrouded in darkness » The state of South Africa’s electricity system was in dire straits this week, with Eskom losing almost half of its availab...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Port of Longview working on crude oil refinery proposal » The Port of Longview says it's working with an energy company on a proposal for a new crude oil refinery, the first such f...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Brent crude oil hits 2015 high as US production slows, above USD 63 » Brent crude prices hit 2015 highs above US $63 per barrel on Thursday after a rally of more than 5 per cent the previous s...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Saudi Arabia adds half a Bakken to global crude oil market in a month » Saudi Arabia increased crude oil production by 658,800 barrels a day in March to an average of 10.294 million a day, accor...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Century, union reach tentative labor deal at Hawesville smelter » Century Aluminum Co and unionized workers at its Hawesville, Kentucky aluminum smelter reached a tentative agreement on a...
Friday, April 17, 2015 IEA points to divergent refining trends » The IEA says divergent trends have emerged in the world refining industry, with runs rising sharply in OECD regions but su...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Bashneft Boosts Production by 14.4% in the First Quarter of 2015 » Bashneft has released its preliminary operating results for the first quarter of 2015. https://www.oilandgaseurasia.co...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Croatia's INA to restart refining in Sisak this week » Croatian oil and gas firm INA , co-owned with Hungary's MOL, will relaunch production at its refinery in Sisak after a thr...
Friday, April 17, 2015 New Zealand Aluminium Smelters calls for cheaper power » New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) is the largest single electricity user in the country, accounting for almost 13 per...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Alba is Set to Grow with Line 6 Expansion Project » Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) held recently a Management meeting review to give an update on the status of Line 6 expans...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Middle East aluminium industry under global spotlight Aluminium Middle East - 2015 opens in Dubai » The UAE is the presently the world's fourth largest aluminium producer, accounting for over 50 per cent of the Arabian Gul...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Bank of America Merrill Lynch cuts 2015 price forecast for Aluminium to $1,800 a ton » Bank of America Merrill Lynch has cut its this year price forecast for aluminium to $1,800 a ton and remained unchanged fo...
Friday, April 17, 2015 China’s aluminium exports peak » Aluminium shipments from China, which climbed 43 percent in the first quarter, have probably peaked in the near term as th...
Friday, April 17, 2015 Outotec to deliver technology to aluminum smelter in the United Arab Emirates » Outotec has been awarded an order by Emirates Aluminium Company Limited PJSC (EMAL) to deliver anode carbon plant technolo...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 China’s Crude Imports Slow to 4-Month Low as Storage Tanks Fill » China’s record pace of crude imports is easing as its refiners fill commercial stockpiles and new tanks for holding emerge...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Central, southern Taiwan seek ban on factory use of coal, petcoke » Representatives of six cities and counties in central and southern Taiwan signed a petition Tuesday to support a draft law...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Ban on coal, petcoke to impact power supply: economics minister » Taipei, April 15 (CNA) The plan by the governments of six counties and cities in central and southern areas of Taiwan to b...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Holcim, Lafarge draw up 14-member board for merged company » Holcim Ltd and Lafarge SA, pushing ahead with a merger to create the world’s top cement maker, nominated 14 board members...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Holcim chairman defends Lafarge merger at AGM » Holcim Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle on Monday defended plans to combine with French cement giant Lafarge SA (LG.FR), as a han...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Sohar Aluminium eyes major expansion » Oman's Sohar Aluminium (SA) plans to expand smelter capacity to one million tonnes by 2020 from the current 375,000 tonnes...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 THERMAL COAL-Coal prices fall to levels last seen before 2008 credit crunch » Australian physical coal prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the 2008/2009 financial crisis after Japanese...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 India to the Rescue as Australia Eyes Coal’s Crown » Australia will usurp Indonesia to reclaim its title as the world’s biggest coal exporter by 2017, according to government...
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