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Monday, September 22, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Enviro-Backed Gary Peters’ Drill, Baby, Drill Investment Portfolio » Unlike many of his Democratic colleagues running in competitive Senate races, Michigan Rep. Gary Peters has touted his sup...
Monday, September 22, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Platts: Bakken and Eagle Ford shale production still climbing » Oil production from shale formations in North Dakota and Texas rose by more than 78,000 barrels per day in August London-b...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Shale Oil Production From Bakken, Eagle Ford Up 3.1% in August: Platts' Bentek Energy » Oil production from shale formations in North Dakota and Texas increased by more than 78,000 barrels per day (b/d) in Augu...
Monday, September 22, 2014 America's Fracking Boom Comes to China » Deep inside Beijing's campaign to wean the country off coal. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/ch...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Russia Warns Further Sanctions Could Mean Gasoline Shortages » Any further Western sanctions which may aim at technology for Russia's modernizing oil refineries could lead to gasoline s...
Monday, September 22, 2014 Deeper Saudi supply cuts needed to sustain high oil prices » Saudi Arabia will need to keep cutting oil output to sustain prices above $100 a barrel, even after the kingdom's largest...
Friday, September 19, 2014 Sohar Aluminium to boost production capacity » MUSCAT: Oman's Sohar Aluminium plans to spend $35 million over the next five years to boost production capacity, chief exe...
Friday, September 19, 2014 Chinese alumina prices rise as smelters push up aluminium capacity » Mr Xu Hongping, an analyst at China Merchants Futures said that “Smelters may restart about 300,000 tonnes of idled alumin...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Enbridge plans to bring more tar sands oil into Great Lakes region » There’s been a lot of controversy over TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. But there’s another company working to bring mo...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Pipeline permit deadline passes » PIERRE – A Canadian company that has been waiting for years to pipe more tar-sands oil from Alberta through the Grea...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 FREE Public Forum: Keystone XL Pipeline Discussion » CBC Calgary is teaming up with United States public broadcaster- America Abroad Media - for a very special discussion abou...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 THERMAL COAL-European physical front-month prices at two-month low » Thermal coal prices weakened further on Wednesday, with European physical front-month prices at a two-month low as concern...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Set to rebound coking coal at Bottom » The Australian reported that the outlook for coking coal prices seems to be picking up, with predictions for a price betwe...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Seminar highlights Qatalum’s ‘above capacity’ production » As part of efforts at developing a knowledge hub on aluminium in Qatar, Qatalum and partners hosted a seminar to facilitat...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Aluminium on the rise, again » The ultimate result of the 2008 global financial crisis was the end of the multi-year long commodity super cycle in base m...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Bosnia's Aluminij agrees USD 80 million debt settlement » Reuters reported that Bosnia's aluminium smelter Aluminij Mostar was on a path to recovery after a regional government app...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 PETCOKE STORAGE FACILITY REQUESTS MORE TIME TO MEET CITY'S REGULATIONS » A company that stores a by-product of oil refining, called petroleum coke or petcoke, claims it wants to be a good neighbo...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 Labor agrees to talks with government over RET aluminium concessions » LABOR appears open to negotiations with the Coalition on the treatment of aluminium in the renewable energy target as Indu...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 JEA requesting more time to comply with EPA regulation » Part of meeting new Environmental Protection Agency goals means JEA would have to move away from coal fired plants like th...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 JEA requesting more time to comply with EPA regulation » Part of meeting new Environmental Protection Agency goals means JEA would have to move away from coal fired plants like th...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Spanish cement consumption down 3% in August 2014 » Domestic Spanish cement consumption dropped by 2% y/y in January – August 2014, coming in at 7.1 million t. In the month o...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Lafarge Sells Russian Cement Plant to Buzzi for $134 Million » Lafarge SA (LG), in the midst of a $40 billion merger with Swiss cementmaker Holcim Ltd. (HOLN), plans to sell a cement pl...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Indian Oil Cuts Refinery Output as Rains Hit Fuel Demand: Report » Indian Oil Corp, the country's biggest refiner, has cut throughput at five key plants after heavy rains curbed demand for...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Senator: HOVENSA has agreed to bid 'in principle' » ST. CROIX - HOVENSA has reached an agreement in principle with a buyer interested in purchasing the shuttered refinery on...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Low Demand, Increased Supply Conspire To Push Crude Prices Lower » The price of Brent crude oil dropped to below $97 a barrel on Sept. 15, its lowest in 26 months, depressed by both a conti...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Canada oil-train boom may thwart winter crude price slump » Limited export pipeline capacity coupled with the end of the U.S. summer driving season led to oil gluts in Alberta, sendi...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Gary Peters refuses to sell pet coke interests, using dividends for retirement » Senatorial candidate Gary Peters told The Detroit News he will not be selling his stock in Total S.A., an oil company prof...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Pet coke could be top issue in 10th Ward campaign » CHICAGO \| Tenth Ward Alderman John Pope says the city's petroleum coke storage rules he supports are among "the most restr...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Rio Tinto Alcan celebrates 60 years of operations in Northwest British Columbia » Rio Tinto Alcan is celebrating its 60th year of operations in Northwest British Columbia. The occasion will be marked by e...
Monday, September 15, 2014 UPDATED: OPC files for rehearing in Noranda rate adjustment case » With the recent announcement of layoffs at Noranda’s New Madrid smelter in light of Public Service Commission (PSC) not gr...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Norsk Hydro to increase aluminum capacity » Europe's largest aluminum producer Norsk Hydro announced that Sunndal primary aluminum smelter's capability will be increa...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Environmental claims in U.S. Senate race call for closer scrutiny » Terri Lynn Land and her allies say Gary Peters is profiting from the very pollutant he railed against being piled next to...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Peters open to Southland smelter stake » New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he is open to a government stake in the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. http...
Monday, September 15, 2014 IGCC System for Tokyo Electric Power » A consortium led by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received an order from Tokyo Electric Power Company,...
Monday, September 15, 2014 Big Rivers Electric says it is now unlikely to idle Wilson coal-fired plant » Big Rivers Electric, a Kentucky-based generation and transmission cooperative, this week said it now unlikely to idle its...
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