Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) has announced that its Qinghua coal chemical project, located in the city of Bayannur in Inner Mongolia, successfully produced the first batch of qualified ...
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Chinese exported 310,000 mt of metallurgical and semi-finished coke in September, almost three times what it exported a year earlier, preliminary data released Saturday by the General Administration of Customs showed. In September 2012, ...
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It is reported that global production of stainless steel increased 4.6% in the first half of this year, compare to the same period in last year, setting a record high of 18.6 million tons. China is the main contributor of such increase, ...
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The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
India oil and gas companies are stocking crude and liquefied natural gas as Cyclone Phailin heads for India's east coast, federal oil minister Veerappa Moily said on Saturday. Shipments are being diverted to safer locations, he said. ...
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The surging shale energy output in recent years has been centering in North America, but it can also happen in other places like China, a U.S. energy expert said Friday. Shale gas will come to play a more important role in China's energy ...
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OZ Minerals Ltd. (OZL.AU) Monday cut forecasts for annual copper production for a second time this year after setbacks at its Prominent Hill mine in southern Australia. The Melbourne-based gold-and-copper miner said it now expects to ...
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China has set the 2014 crude oil import quota for non state-owned companies at 29.1 million mt (about 582,000 b/d), unchanged from this year, the Ministry of Commerce said Friday. Companies wishing to apply for crude import licenses ...
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China's daily imports of crude rebounded in September from the previous month to a fresh record, bearing out forecasts for the country to overtake the United States as the world's largest oil importer, as refineries restarted following ...
Mexican ferroalloy and manganese producer Minera Autlán announced Friday that it expects a 12 percent decrease in its sales for the third quarter of 2013 due to the low value of ferroalloys in international markets. However, in a ...
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Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending October 11, the US rig count declined by 13 to 1,743, compared to a 12-rig increase the previous week. The rig count was down by 92 from 1,835 rigs during the same week a year ago. The oil ...
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US Gulf Coast propane was at an 11-month high relative to the NYMEX front-month crude contract Friday morning as buying for the fall and winter heating season picks up and exports continued to drain US propane stocks. Mont Belvieu propane ...
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Natural-gas futures rose Friday, finishing at their highest level in nearly three months, as traders continued to look ahead to a projected increase in heating-fuel demand before the winter season. Natural gas for November delivery gained ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
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China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC) is expected to shutdown its Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant for maintenance turnaround this month. "The Da-Sheh based ACN plant is expected to remain off-steam for around 15 days from October ...
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