Top Industrial Market News Stories for the Fifth Week of July 2014, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Aug 1, 2014) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Here are Industrial Info's most-read stories from the past week. Browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.com.

July Brings U.S. Refining Records
U.S. refineries have been running at record levels in July. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that for the weeks ending both July 11 and July 18, U.S. refinery inputs were more than 16.8 million barrels per day (BBL/d), eclipsing the previous record. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News.

Oil Sands, Fresh Policies Drive Canada's Metals & Minerals Industry to $313 Billion in Project Spending
Thanks to abundant natural resources and an increasingly favorable political atmosphere, Canada's Metals & Minerals Industry is spurring heavy project investments. Industrial Info is tracking 473 projects in Canada that have a total value of more than $313 billion. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News.

U.S. Distillers Pour More than $550 Million into Capacity Expansions
Industrial Info is tracking more than $550 million of capital projects in the distillery segment of the Food and Beverage Industry. Individual projects range in value from $1 million to $115 million. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News.

U.S. Ethylene Producers See Costly Outages in Second-Quarter 2014
Second-quarter ethylene unit outages -- planned and otherwise -- have cost U.S. producers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to earnings results. Refiner and chemicals producer LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) was the latest to report costs associated with an ethylene unit outage. Industrial Info is tracking 60 LyondellBasell projects worth $2 billion. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News.

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