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Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Slim’s Elementia Said in Talks to Buy Out Lafarge in Mexico » Elementia SA, the Mexican cement maker backed by billionaires Carlos Slim and Antonio del Valle, is in talks to buy out pa...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 JEA taking big generating unit offline in response to declining sales, upcoming regulations » JEA is taking its oldest and largest generating unit at the Northside Generating Station offline in December 2015 in respo...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Russia's Rusal seen unlikely to start BEMO aluminium project in 2014 » Russia's Rusal, the world's largest aluminium producer, is unlikely to start production at its Siberian Boguchansk alumini...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 PDVSA's Citgo to Issue New Bonds to Send Venezuela $300 Million » CITGO, the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), intends to refinan...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Aluminum market to see renewed pressure from additional supply: Macquarie » Aluminum prices are likely to come under renewed pressure after capacity additions and restarts of idled capacity come on...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 ThyssenKrupp Industries bags deals worth Rs 1,000 cr » As part of the contract with Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Kochi Refinery, TKII will provide complete bulk material handli...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Even in Canada, booming U.S. oil and gas elbowing out Alberta’s crude » The dramatic rise of U.S. crude oil and natural gas production is disrupting even long-established trade flows inside Cana...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Canada and U.S. to lead global oil production in 2015 amid supply risks: IEA » Global oil demand growth will accelerate next year as the world economy expands and will again be met by rising supplies f...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 U.S. overtakes Saudi Arabia, Russia to become world’s biggest oil producer: report » The U.S. overtook Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world’s biggest producer of oil as extraction of energy from shale...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) B.C. claims privilege on Kitimat report » In an ongoing tussle over the Kitimat Airshed Study, lawyers representing two women in an Environmental Appeal Board case...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Oil prices halt slide as turmoil in Libya threatens restoration of exports » The price of oil paused Tuesday after tumbling last week as a deteriorating security situation in Libya raised questions o...
Monday, July 14, 2014 Exxon Plans To Boost Its Downstream Profitability With Belgium Refinery Upgrade » Exxon Mobil recently announced plan to invest over $1 billion in the upgrade of its Belgian refinery. The company pla...
Monday, July 14, 2014 The new plant of Italcementi "Devnia cement" will be ready in September » The complete reconstruction of the plant "Devnia cement" (part of "Italcementi Group Bulgaria"), which began in the summer...
Monday, July 14, 2014 European Commission objects to Cemex's acquisition of Holcim's Spanish units » Europe's antitrust regulator has objected to Cemex's plan to acquire Holcim's Spanish units, a person familiar with the ma...
Monday, July 14, 2014 Rusal decries lack of progress over ALSCON’s gas supply challenge » UC Rusal, the Russian firm with 85 percent stake in Nigeria’s Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) in Ikot Abasi,...
Friday, July 11, 2014 EU antitrust regulator objects to Cemex, Holcim deal in Spain: source » Europe's antitrust regulator has objected to Cemex's (CMXCPO.MX) plan to acquire Holcim's (HOLN.VX) Spanish units, a perso...
Friday, July 11, 2014 Sinochem commissions Quanzhou refining complex » Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinochem Group, has commissioned its 240,000-b/d re...
Friday, July 11, 2014 European refining margins are likely to remain weak for at least the next one to two years-fitchrati » European refining margins are likely to remain weak for at least the next one to two years due to overcapacity, demand and...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 States Already Benefiting From Southern Leg of Keystone » Oklahoma and Texas increased their economies by a combined total of $5.7 billion due to the southern leg of the Keystone p...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 Pipeline in Kansas part of a much bigger story » Backers of the Keystone XL Pipeline are gearing up for (yet) another showdown in the five-year-long fight over whether to...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 State moves to improve safety in transporting oil by rail » A year after rail tanker cars carrying crude oil in Canada exploded and killed 47 people, California is stepping up effort...
Thursday, July 10, 2014 Global Partners and Kansas City Southern Announce Agreement to Develop Unit Train Crude Oil Terminal » Global Partners LP and Kansas City Southern today announced plans to develop a unit train terminal in Port Arthur, Texas....
Thursday, July 10, 2014 Impala Terminals Burnside Completes Its First Export Shipment » Burnside - Impala Terminals, the global terminals operator that provides port, warehousing and multi-modal logistics servi...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Russia Oil Exports Fall to Six-Year Low as Refiners Process More » Russian crude oil exports declined to the lowest level in at least six years as the nation’s refiners carried out less mai...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 HeidelbergCement considering US cement plants » HeidelbergCement might buy the US and French cement plants that Lafarge and Holcim want to divest in order to receive the...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Alcoa sees bigger aluminum deficit on China cutbacks » The U.S. aluminum producer expects demand to outpace supply by 930,000 tonnes this year, up from its previous estimate of...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Oil Production: The U.S. is Looking at Saudi Arabia in the Rearview Mirror » As Americans, we naturally strive to become number one. Our country has already dominated a handful of categories an...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach halted as longshore workers temporarily strike » The flow of goods through the nation’s two busiest seaports was halted for up to two hours Tuesday when dozens of longshor...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Crude oil train protests planned in Sacramento, Davis » The protests, on the anniversary of an oil train crash and explosion that killed 47 people in the Canadian city of Lac-Meg...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Hydro Buys Out Rio Tinto Alcan’s Stake in Soral Aluminium Plant » Aluminium company Hydro and Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) have signed an agreement for Hydro to take over RTA's share of the alumi...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Alouette becomes the first aluminum smelter to earn Élite certification - Entreprise en santé » Having met the requirements of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ – Québec standards bureau), Aluminerie Alouette,...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Environmental Groups File Appeal Against Port of Long Beach's Decision to Extend Coal Exporting Agre » Four environmental groups have filed an appeal against the Port of Long Beach’s recent decision to extend two export agree...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 JEA signs 20-year contract with Georgia nuclear plant » To abide by new Environmental Protection Agency guidelines, JEA will be turning to nuclear power. http://www.bizjournals...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Lafarge, Holcim lay out asset sales needed for merger » Cement makers Lafarge SA and Holcim Ltd on Monday proposed a series of asset sales across Europe, including all of Holcim’...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Why producers have lobbied to export US crude oil » The major reason cited for lifting the ban is that the crude being produced in the U.S., also called tight or light sweet...
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