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Thursday, July 31, 2014 UPDATE 1-Suncor to fill Montreal refinery with internal crude by early 2015 » Suncor Energy Inc anticipates being able to fill its 137,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Montreal, Quebec, from internal cr...
Thursday, July 31, 2014 Press Metal set to gain as LME aluminium prices peak » Press Metal Bhd’s (Press Metal) growth is set to gain stronger traction as London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices co...
Thursday, July 31, 2014 HeidelbergCement releases preliminary results for 4Q13 and FY13 » Cement sales volumes rose in 2013, in line with the outlook presented in the 2012 Annual Report, as a result of the contin...
Thursday, July 31, 2014 HeidelbergCement reports on strong 2Q14 » The continued recovery of the markets in North America, the United Kingdom and Eastern Europe, as well as the sustained gr...
Thursday, July 31, 2014 BORL defers 120,000 bpd Bina refinery maintenance to Q1 2015 » India's Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL) has postponed a maintenance plan for its Bina refinery in central India, likely...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 European Commission extends deadline for Cemex-Holcim decision » Reuters is reporting that antitrust regulators have extended the deadline for a decision on Cemex’s proposed acquisition o...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Gulf Coast holds oil from shale formations in abundance » The Gulf Coast is awash in oil from shale formations, so much light oil that the region’s refineries can’t process it all...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) KCBX's future plans » This is in response to "Petcoke firm threatens lawsuit over city rules; Company seeks to delay storage sheds until 2018, r...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 BP Whiting Refinery hits record heavy crude production level » The BP Whiting Refinery reached a new peak crude oil processing level of 270,000 barrels per day, helping the London-based...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Exclusive: Exxon eyes expanding Texas refinery into biggest in U.S. - sources » Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to expand its Beaumont, Texas, refinery into the country's larg...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 ExxonMobil Plans To Expand Beaumont Refinery, Making It Largest In US » ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM) is considering expanding its refinery in Beaumont, Texas, which has a current production capa...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Chevron’s Richmond refinery to limit sulfur, greenhouse gases » Chevron Corp. on Tuesday agreed to limit the greenhouse gases and sulfur produced by its Richmond refinery if the city cou...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Koch Industries says Chicago Tribune mischaracterized intentions in lawsuit story » Koch Industries is refuting a Chicago Tribune story, saying the article’s author mischaracterized the company’s intentions...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 CVR Refining confirms fire at Coffeyville refinery’s isom unit » CVR Refining LP, Sugar Land, Tex., has confirmed the outbreak and subsequent extinguishing of a fire at the isomerization...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Fire hits at Pemex’s Ciudad Madero refinery » The cause of an overnight fire on July 23 at Petroleos Mexicanos’s (Pemex) 190,000-b/d Francisco I. http://www.og...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Pemex predicts lowest output in 24 years as old fields dwindle » Petroleos Mexicanos cut its output forecast to the lowest in at least 24 years, as mature fields are shrinking faster than...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Aluminum Prices Finally Cross the $2k Mark » Aluminum prices struck a 17-month high this week, finally crossing the $2,000 per ton mark. The aluminum market has benefi...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 Pdvsa weighs sale of its 50% stake at Chalmette refinery » Venezuelan state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) has been pondering the sale of its refineries in the Unite...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 CORRECTED-EU extends deadline on Cemex's Holcim deal in Spain » European Union antitrust regulators will decide by mid-September whether to clear Mexican cement producer Cemex's proposed...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Saudi Arabian Mining targets Sept for start of ali smelter in Alcoa JV » Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) announced on Wednesday that 1st September 2014 would be the target date for the beg...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Missouri regulators indicate opposition to Noranda Aluminum request for reduced electric rate THE AS » A day after regulators said they opposed a request by Ameren Missouri's biggest customer for a rate reduction of about $50...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Petcoke firm threatens lawsuit over city rules » Escalating a fight with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a company that stores enormous mounds of petroleum coke on Chicago's Southeast...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Iran to invest over EUR 8 billion in aluminium sector - Imidro » Reuters reported that Iran plans to invest around EUR 8.5 billion in its aluminium industry as part of plans to nearly qua...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Aluminium Bahrain's second quarter net profit drops 25 percent » Second quarter net profit at Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) - owner of the world's No. 4 aluminium smelter - dropped more than 2...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Low metal prices halve Tajikistan H1 aluminium output » Reuters reported that Tajikistan Aluminium Company, central Asia's largest aluminium smelter, cut production by 47% in YoY...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Southeast Side Petcoke Company Seeks Exemptions From City Regulations » Officials with KCBX Terminals Company, one of the petcoke storage facility operators on Chicago's Southeast Side, are prep...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Increasingly Desperate Venezuela Makes Oil-for-Cash Deal With China » Venezuela is showing increasing signs of desperation as it takes out an additional $4 billion in loans from China in excha...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Report: Koch subsidiary threatening to sue Chicago over petroleum coke piles » The city of Chicago is imposing an "unreasonable hardship" on KCBX Terminals, the company's lawyers wrote in a request fil...
Monday, July 28, 2014 July 28 Community Meeting: Support Continues to Build for a Complete BAN of PETCOKE from Chicago » Support is growing from labor, community, clergy, and environmental activists, to call for an immediate ban of Petcoke in...
Monday, July 28, 2014 U.K. Economy Grows, Passing Precrisis Peak » Britain's economy finally surpassed its prerecession peak in the second quarter, more than six years after a global bankin...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Eurozone economy rebounds, but France lags: survey » The eurozone economy showed signs of a rebound in July after several months of sluggish activity, but France stood out as...
Monday, July 28, 2014 After six long years, Britain's economy is now back to pre-crash levels after the worst post-war rec » It has taken much longer for the UK economy to return to pre-crash levels than it did after recessions in the 1970s and 19...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Coal Reserves Offer No Relief for India's Fuel Crunch » India sits on one of the world's biggest coal reserves, yet its power stations are starved of the fuel with some idle and...
Monday, July 28, 2014 A rosy week for the global cement industry » The single most notable observation regarding the last seven days is that the cement industry news has been overwhelmingly...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Nigerian cement firms to double output by 2020 to 43m tons » Nigeria’s cement industry will continue its growth spurt into 2020, as investment in capacity continues in response to rap...
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