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Friday, September 5, 2014 Deal forged on Southland smelter » Meridian Energy says a $30 million one-off payment from the Government was a vital part of a deal to keep the Tiwai Point...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 Smelters need support to survive » SMELTERS and foundries need support if they are to survive. As a start, Eskom has to sort out its electricity supply probl...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 EURO COAL-Prices dip on weak demand but market getting tighter » Thermal coal prices fell on Wednesday as weak European and Asian demand weighed on the market, but the Ukraine crisis, a l...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 China readying coal import curbs to help sickly miners-sources » China, the world's top coal importer, is expected to soon put curbs on shipments of low-quality coal, responding to calls...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 These 2 Charts Show How the U.S. Shale Revolution Has Been a Game Changer » As late as the mid-2000s, prominent experts pontificated that the U.S. would remain a major importer of crude oil and natu...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 U.S. oil pipeline output increasing » Commodities moving through the pipeline system in North America grew by its largest percentage in June because of increase...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 US crude exports- mired in domestic politics » US crude exports are a long way from becoming a reality, a leading US-based consultancy said. http://www.tankeroperator....
Thursday, September 4, 2014 PacWest: Considerable Growth Expected for US Shale Formations » “Robust activity” is seen for drilling and completion markets in shale plays in North America into 2016, according to the...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 EIA: Tight Oil Stabilizes Brent Crude Prices » World events that threatened global oil production and distribution are scarcely having an effect on oil prices in the Uni...
Thursday, September 4, 2014 Petronas heads to Argentina on shale hunt » YPF and Petronas, state-controlled companies from Argentina and Malaysia, signed a $550m accord to develop shale oil at th...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Coal, petroleum coke debris found in Plaquemines marsh restoration projects » Pieces of coal and petroleum coke – some as large as fists – have been found dotting mile-long stretches of elevated marsh...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Marathon Petroleum Interested in Citgo Refineries, Acquisitions » Marathon Petroleum Corp. expressed interest in Citgo Petroleum Corp. refineries that are being shopped by Petroleos de Ven...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 China aluminium prices rise as Xinfa smelter said hit by outage » A partial closure of capacity at an aluminium smelter in China has driven up domestic prices of the metal by as much...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 NEWS ANALYSIS: Aluminium market looking up, but China confounds » For hard-pressed aluminium producers the outlook at the moment is the rosiest in many years. Russian giant Rusal, for exam...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Trimet increases the recycling content in aluminum production » The percentage of recycled aluminum in the production of the light metal aluminum is becoming increasingly important at Tr...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 HOVENSA requests more time to sell refinery » Daily News File Photo The future of the HOVENSA oil refinery on St. Croix has been uncertain since it was announced in Jan...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 CVR Refining's Coffeyville Refinery Resumes Normal Operations » CVR Refining, LP (NYSE: CVRR), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that its Coffeyville refinery re...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Reliance's Third Refinery on Drawing Board » Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries (RIL), India’s largest private company by revenues, is set to build its third...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Achinsk refinery resumed crude refining on tight schedule » Achinsk Oil refinery, suspended after the incident of June 15, 2014 has recovered the processes of primary crude oil proce...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Achinsk refinery resumed crude refining on tight schedule » Achinsk Oil refinery, suspended after the incident of June 15, 2014 has recovered the processes of primary crude oil proce...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Regulation & Environment: Tax changes facing Russia’s oil sector » Russia’s refineries are facing a change in domestic taxation that is expected to have a significant impact. Platts’ Moscow...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 RIL counts expansion gains » Reliance Industries Ltd expects to save at least $1.5 billion in costs annually over the next two years as it looks to rea...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 Oil-rich Venezuela to import oil for first time » Faced with rapidly declining oil production in the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela oil company (PDVSA), Venezuela, the...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 U.S. pipeline startups will ease crude prices, displace imports » The Flanagan South and Seaway Twin Pipeline startups will begin transporting incremental volumes of heavy sour and light s...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Chalco sees further headwinds for aluminium market » Primary aluminium production at Aluminium Corporation of China dropped 19.7% to 1.63 million tonnes in the first six month...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Aluminium firms look to secure new markets as capacity rises Sesa Sterlite, Hindalco are working wit » India’s aluminium capacity will rise to about 4.36 million tonnes (mt) by the end of this fiscal year from 1.71 mt in 2012...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Noranda laying off employees, suspending expansion » Franklin-based Noranda Aluminum Inc. announced Tuesday that it is laying off up to 200 employees and suspending an expansi...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 As aluminum market shifts to deficit, all eyes on China » For the world's hard-pressed aluminum producers the current outlook is the rosiest in many years. http://www.reuters.com...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 SHFE Aluminum Prices Surge on Expectations for Easing Oversupply » It is rumored that explosion at an aluminum smelter has caused hundreds of thousands of aluminum capacity to be closed....
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Ma’aden, Alcoa joint aluminum plant starts commercial operations » Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma’aden) said on Monday its joint aluminum smelter with US-based Alcoa has started commercial ope...
Thursday, August 28, 2014 Panama Canal to hit US West Coast? » Los Angeles and Long Beach ports have long been in a primary position to receive goods from South America and Asia. Howeve...
Thursday, August 28, 2014 Global Supply Chain News: As West Coast Port Labor Talks Drag On, Some Shippers Getting Nervous, Whi » It is now almost two months since the contract between the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents West Coast ports...
Thursday, August 28, 2014 Sacramento leaders question Benicia’s crude oil rail project » Sacramento leaders will send a letter to Benicia today formally challenging the Bay Area city to do a better job of studyi...
Thursday, August 28, 2014 BP says Whiting refinery still in production after fire » BP Plc said its largest U.S. refinery, at Whiting, Indiana, continued to operate on Thursday morning following a blaze the...
Thursday, August 28, 2014 Abbott must balance jobs and the environment » OBS, or the environment? Or can you have both? That’s the argument the Abbott Government is having with itself as it tries...
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