MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican mining and metals concern Industrias Penoles SAB (PE&OLES.MX) said Friday it has declared force majeure on contractual commitments as a strike at its silver and lead refinery continues into its second month.
Year: 2009
PetroChina, Venezuela to build refinery (UPI)
CARACAS, Venezuela, March 13 (UPI) — PetroChina said it had received government permission to build a new refinery in southern China to process heavy crude oil from Venezuela.
Holly refinery workers win new labor pact (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Workers at the Holly refinery in Woods Cross have reached an accord on a new labor contract that calls for them to receive a 3 percent increase in their wages for each of the next three years.
Fire erupts Friday afternoon at East Tennessee corn refinery plant (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
A fire ignited Friday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. at the Tate and Lyle corn refinery plant in Loudon, according to Loudon Police.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-13 15:43 UPDATE 1-Conoco restarting 139,000 bpd L.A.-area refinery (Interactive Investor)
HOUSTON, March 13 (Reuters) – ConocoPhillips said Friday it was restarting its 139,000 barrel per day Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California after the plant was shut by a power outage on Wednesday. “The refinery is in restart mode and plans to resume normal operations over the next few days,” Conoco spokesman Bill Stephens said in a statement. The refinery was safely shut down after …
Ivory Coast Plans to Build $7 Billion Refinery, Fraternite Says (Bloomberg)
March 13 (Bloomberg) — Ivory Coast is in talks with Venezuela-based Arevenca to build a $7 billion refinery in the western port of San Pedro, Fraternite-Matin reported.