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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Why loosening the crude export ban will impact oil producers » Restrictions on crude oil exports had been undermining the potential of the U.S. oil economy. Much of the oil produced in...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Output cuts expected to shrink China aluminium surplus » Rising demand and the closure of some 2 million tonnes of aluminium capacity are likely to shrink an expected surplus of t...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Impala completes first export shipment » After three years and $300 million in new equipment and refurbishment, Impala Terminals completed its first overseas load...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Sale of En+ Podgorica aluminum smelter’s assets halted by court » A Cyprus court has granted an injunction on transactions involving the assets of a Montenegrin aluminum smelter, KAP, incl...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Chinese aluminum surplus likely to contract in 2014, say analysts » The expected Chinese aluminum surplus in 2014 is likely to get reduced, according to most recent analysis. The robust dema...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Marathon Oil Schedules Second Quarter 2014 Earnings Release and Conference Call » Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE :MRO) announced today it plans to issue its second quarter 2014 earnings news release on Mo...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 PDVSA lets contract for Puerto La Cruz refinery project » Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) has let a contract to a consortium led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Alcoa to Host Webcast of Second Quarter 2014 Results » Alcoa (NYSE:AA) will hold a conference call on Tuesday, July 8 beginning at 5:00 p.m. EDT to discuss second quarter 2014 r...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro Signs Long-term Power Contract With Axpo Trading - Quick Facts » Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHYDY.PK, NHYKF.PK,NHY: Quote) Wednesday said it's unit Hydro Energi AS has e...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro Signs New Long-term Power Contract With Agder Energi - Quick Facts » Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA (NHYDY.PK,NHYKF.PK,NHY: Quote) Monday said it has signed a long-term power con...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Venezuelan state-run companies faced with operative problems for two years » Financial restrictions, lack of raw material, transport deficiencies, lack of equipment and machinery, and undertrained st...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Norsk Hydro: Hydro takes control of 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...
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Oxbow Carbon Acquires Majority Interest in Yantai Xiangyu » Oxbow Carbon LLC (Oxbow) and Yantai Xiangyu Co. Ltd. (YX) announced Oxbow’s majority acquisition of the petroleum coke and...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 European renewable energy investment set to surge by 2030 on back of nearly $1 trillion of investmen » The next decade and a half will see renewable energy raise its share of European electricity generation capacity from 40%...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Basis for EPA Clean Power Plan Cuts A ‘Mystery' » Texas emits more carbon dioxide from electric power plants into the atmosphere than any other state, and Washington State...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Nine states join lawsuit against EPA climate rule Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-env » Nine states are joining coal company Murray Energy in suing the administration for its proposal to cut carbon pollution fr...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 European refining margins tick up, led by cheaper crude » Profit margins for European refineries have recovered over the past few weeks, according to Platts data Tuesday, while sta...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Russian refinery modernization to continue despite tax uncertainty » Despite uncertainty surrounding Russia's oil export duty reform, Russia will follow through with its massive refinery mode...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Asian oil refiners risk long spell of reduced operating rates » Asian refiners are set to miss out on a traditional summer sales boost, as weak demand for oil products coupled with exces...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Dockworkers' contract expires, but trade continues » The contract that keeps thousands of dockworkers on the job at West Coast ports from San Diego to Seattle is expiring, but...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Renewable energy target: MPs lobby Coalition to exempt aluminium » The Alcoa aluminium smelter at Point Henry in Geelong. The industry is known for its intensive use of electricity during p...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Calls for aluminium to be exempt from the RET » Prime Minister Tony Abbott's cabinet is facing new pressure over its commitment to the Renewable Energy Target (RET), with...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Global viewpoint: African cement sector » Some of the key facts emerging at the World Economic Forum in January were: Africa’s population is projected to grow to 2...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Lafarge seeks approval to use plastic waste as alternative fuel » Lafarge is moving ahead with an attempt to use plastic waste instead of coal at its Brookfield cement plant in Nova Scotia...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Asia refiners shun Iraq crude in spot markets on conflict worries » Many Asian refiners say they are shying away from buying the flagship grade of Iraqi crude in spot markets, worried that t...
Monday, June 30, 2014 Redefining Refining & U.S. Government Policy: Analysis » A recent WSJ article and BIS permits raise questions and highlight the debate as to what constitutes processing, or refini...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Longshoremen Contract Threatens U.S. West Coast Port Trade » Business groups are urging longshoremen and their employers to avoid a dispute that could cripple ports along the West Coa...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Germany’s New Coal Plants Push Power Glut to 4-Year High » Germany is headed for its biggest electricity glut since 2011 as new coal-fired plants start and generation of wind and so...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Green energy generation surges to 20 per cent of all UK electricity in first quarter » One fifth of all electricity was generated in Britain by wind farms or other green technologies in the first three months...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Capturing Carbon Drives up Energy Costs » Claims by Roger Meiners -- a Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Arlington -- that "the latest salvo [by...
Friday, June 27, 2014 India Hoping Aluminum Demand Bounces Back » It may have plateaued in the last three years, but analysts are hoping that India’s aluminum demand will grow in the curre...
Friday, June 27, 2014 After 125 years, Alcoa looks beyond aluminum » Alcoa Inc, the company that helped create the aluminum industry more than a century ago, is reinventing itself as a manufa...
Friday, June 27, 2014 UK economy more balanced, GDP revisions reveal » Britain's economic recovery has been more balanced than previously thought, latest official figures have shown. http://w...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Ifo raises German economic forecasts a notch, domestic factors help » Germany's economy will grow by 2.0 percent this year, Ifo institute said on Thursday, slightly raising its previous foreca...
Friday, June 27, 2014 Traditional Economy Rebounds Could Threaten Emerging Markets » It was only a few short years ago that the emerging markets, especially the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
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