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TABLE-North Sea gas maintenance schedule: Adds Perenco Bacton outage
Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following is a schedule of maintenance work on gas infrastructure, mainly in the North Sea.The table is arranged by outage start date.Volumes are in standard million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) or gigawatt-hours per day (GWh/d) unless otherwise indicated.OPERATORLOCATIONOUTA...Reuters
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ANALYSIS-Anglo-Teck merger to unlock Chile mine synergies, if Glencore signs off
Anglo American and Glencore each own 44% of Collahuasi copper mineTeck's Quebrada Blanca faces cost overruns, waste issuesCopper miners are seeking collaboration to offset lower ore gradesBy Daina Beth Solomon and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The proposed Anglo American-Teck m...Reuters
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COLUMN-Oil market blind spots give traders a nasty headache: Bousso
Chinese oil storage increasingly vital for market, but data is obscureIEA, OPEC offer widely divergent estimates for oil demand growthGrowing sanctions-busting fleet of tankers complicates oil trackingBy Ron Bousso LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Growing blind spots in the oil market driven by geopol...Reuters
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GRAINS-Chicago soybeans fall after disappointing US biofuels proposal; corn pulls back
BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures fell for a second straight session on Thursday, pressured by weaker soy oil prices following a disappointing U.S. biofuel blending proposal and a continued lack of demand from China.As of 0518 GMT, the most-active soybean contract on the Chicago B...Reuters
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Poland - Factors to Watch September 18
WARSAW, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):DRONE ATTACK ON POLANDThe object that hit a house in an eastern Polish village earlier this month was likely a missile fired by a Polish aircraft that w...Reuters
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PRECIOUS-Gold eases as dollar firms after Fed meeting, Powell comments
Powell describes rate cut as risk-management measureSPDR Gold Trust holdings fall 0.44% on WednesdayBy Brijesh Patel Sept 18 (Reuters) - Gold prices extended losses on Thursday as the dollar firmed after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an expected quarter of a percentage point and ...Reuters
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ANALYSIS-In Congo, army and rebels dig in for war Trump says is over
Army and rebels reinforce positions amid missed peace deadlinesU.S. and Qatari peace talks undermined by mistrust and broken promisesTalks deadlocked on prisoner release power-sharing demandsBy Sonia Rolley, Jessica Donati and Ange Kasongo KINSHASA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Congo's army and Rwanda...Reuters
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Australia's watered down emissions target draws ire of environmentalists
Australia's emissions target criticised for lacking ambitionGreen groups say target prioritises industry over vulnerable communitiesAustralia commits billions to clean energy, faces tension over gas projectBy Alasdair Pal and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Australia on Thursday se...Reuters
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Trump tariffs could fund bailout for US farmers, agriculture secretary tells FT
Sept 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is drawing up plans to use tariff revenue to fund a program to support U.S. farmers, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins."There may be circumstances under which we will be very seriously looking to and...Reuters
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Oil edges lower amid worries over US economy, market oversupply
Brent, WTI both down for a second day of declineFed rate cut of a quarter point already priced in, analyst saysMarket clouded by rising supply, US demand concerns By Katya Golubkova and Siyi Liu TOKYO/SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices declined for a second session on Thursday, after the F...Reuters
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Trump tariffs could fund bailout for US farmers, says agriculture secretary, FT reports
Sept 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is drawing up plans to use tariff revenue to fund a program to support U.S. farmers as they head into harvest facing falling export sales and rising input costs, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins."Th...Reuters
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TECHNICALS-CBOT soybeans may test support at $10.37-1/4
For more technical analyses, please click SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The CBOT soybean November contract SX25 may test support at $10.37-1/4 per bushel, a break below could open the way toward $10.31. A rising wedge has been confirmed as a top pattern, suggesting the completion of a bounce from $...Reuters
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PRESS DIGEST-British Business - September 18
Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Times - U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to Britain has generated 150 billion pounds ($204.1...Reuters
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Northrop spacecraft's ISS cargo delivery set for Thursday after software hiccup
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday night resumed plans to moor an uncrewed cargo craft to the International Space Station after resolving an early engine-shutdown issue it said was caused by a "conservative safeguard" in the vehicle's software settings.The arrival of the N...Reuters
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METALS-Shanghai copper hits over one-week low after Fed's rate cut
BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Shanghai copper futures hit a more than one-week low on Thursday, falling for a third straight session, following a 25-basis-point interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve and higher supply from top consumer China.The U.S. central bank cut the benchmark interest rat...Reuters
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GRAINS-Chicago soybeans fall on weak soyoil after US biofuels proposal; corn eases
BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures fell for a second straight session on Thursday, pressured by weaker soyoil after a U.S. biofuels proposal disappointed the market.Corn slipped on seasonal harvest pressure, while wheat traded flat. FUNDAMENTALS* As of 0136 GMT, the most active soy...Reuters
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PRECIOUS-Gold slips as dollar gains after Fed rate cut, Powell comments
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Gold prices extended losses on Thursday due to an uptick in the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, as expected, and adopted a measured rhetoric on further policy easing.FUNDAMENTALS* Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2% at $3,653....Reuters
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Oil prices little changed after Fed rate cut
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed on Thursday after the U.S. central bank lowered its key interest rate as widely expected, while an indication of more rate cuts before year-end raised the prospect of a demand boost spurred by falling borrowing costs.Bre...Reuters
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Gold falls after scaling record peak as markets digest Fed Chair Powell's comments
Spot gold scaled record high of $3,707.40/oz Fed delivers normal-sized rate cutDeutsche Bank raises average gold price forecasts for next year to $4,000/ozSilver, platinum, palladium each down over 2% By Ashitha Shivaprasad and Anjana Anil Sept 17 (Reuters) - Gold prices fell nearly 1% on Wednesd
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