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Canada's Biggest Thermal-Coal Co Getting Out

Down 41% this year amid a consistent stock slide, putting shares at 1/3 early-2011 levels, Sherritt (S.T) is getting out of the coal business so it can focus on nickel. Canada's biggest thermal-coal producer is selling its operating assets to Westmoreland (WLB) for C$312M plus assumed leases while a group led by investor and royalty holder Altius (ALS.T) will pay C$481M for S.T's royalty portfolio and stakes in coal-development assets

Δεν Ανανεώνει Δύο Μακροπρόθεσμα Συμβόλαια για Ηλεκτρισμό από Συμβατικές Μονάδες η RWE

Η γερμανική RWE, μεγαλύτερη εταιρεία ηλεκτρισμού της Γερμανίας, δεν πρόκειται να ανανεώσει δύο μακροπρόθεσμα συμβόλαια για αγορά ενέργειας παραγόμενης με άνθρακα, όπως αναφέρει το Bloomberg.

Sherritt International Selling Coal Business for Nearly $900 Million

Sherritt International Corp. Tuesday said it will sell its coal business in two separate transactions for a total of about 946 million Canadian dollars ($892 million) in order to focus on its core nickel and oil operations

Northern Petroleum Reclassifies Adriatic Discoveries as 2C From 2P

Northern Petroleum PLC (NOP.LN) Tuesday said recoverable oil at its Rovesti and Giove discoveries in the Southern Adriatic Sea, Italy, will be classified as 2C contingent resource rather than 2P reserves, based on the interim findings of a review

Mass Grave Discovered In South Sudan's Unity State

The United Nations Tuesday said a mass grave had been discovered in Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan's oil-rich Unity State, following a surge of violence in the world's youngest nation. "We have discovered a mass grave in Bentiu, in Unity State, and there are reportedly at least two other mass graves in Juba," U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay said in a statement.

Μέρκελ: Αν Έβγαινε η Ελλάδα Από το Ευρώ θα Ακολουθούσαν Ολες οι Χώρες

Αν η Ελλάδα εγκατέλειπε τη ζώνη του ευρώ, τότε όλα τα μέλη της νομισματικής ένωσης θα ακολουθούσαν την ίδια πορεία σε «μεταγενέστερο χρόνο». Αυτό φέρεται να δήλωσε η Γερμανίδα καγκελάριος, Άνγκελα Μέρκελ στη Σύνοδο Κορυφής στις 19 Δεκεμβρίου, σύμφωνα με τη Le Monde

240.000 Σπίτια Χωρίς Ρεύμα στη Γαλλία Λόγω Κακοκαιρίας

Οι ισχυροί άνεμοι και οι βροχές που πλήττουν τη δυτική ακτή της Γαλλίας έχουν προκαλέσει σημαντικές ζημιές και έχουν γίνει αιτία να διακοπεί η ηλεκτροδότηση 240.000 σπιτιών, ανακοίνωσε η επιχείρηση ηλεκτρισμού της Γαλλίας ERDF. Η Βρετάνη και η Νορμανδία είναι μεταξύ των περιοχών που επλήγησαν περισσότερο από τους ισχυρούς ανέμους, η ταχύτητα των οποίων έφθασε χθες τα 130χλμ την ώρα

Shipyards In China, Japan Focus On Tankers

Japanese and Chinese shipyards have their sights on one of the few markets that isn't in the doldrums -- sophisticated tankers for liquefied natural gas -- hoping to challenge market leader South Korea. With demand for gas soaring in Asia and a North American gas export boom just over the horizon, China's technical skills are improving and Beijing wants importers to use more ships built at home. Meanwhile, despite political tensions, Japanese shipbuilders are preparing to build LNG tankers in China

Iberdola Agrees to Sell UK Nuclear Stake to Westinghouse

Iberdrola SA said Monday it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in U.K. nuclear consortium NuGeneration Ltd. to Toshiba Corp. unit Westinghouse Electric Co for GBP85 million ($139 million.) The deal resurrects a key project to build a new nuclear power station in England and boosts the Japanese company's ambitions to expand in Europe

Regency Energy to Buy Texas Midstream Assets for $1.3 Billion

Regency Energy Partners L.P. (RGP) on Monday said it agreed to purchase certain pipeline and processing-plant operations from Eagle Rock Energy Partners L.P. (EROC) for $1.3 billion. Regency, a master limited partnership that pays out much of its profits to shareholders through tax-free distributions, is already a major player in the natural-gas business in much of Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana

Obama: U.S. Will Take Further Action If Needed In South Sudan After Attack

Russia Fin Min Expects Ukraine to Get $3B from Eurobonds Tues

Ukraine will get the first $3 billion of proceeds from placing its eurobond as part of Moscow's bailout package, Russia's finance minister said Monday. "The deal was closed Friday, and according to our estimates the final transfer of the proceeds will happen Tuesday," Anton Siluanov told reporters

Enel and ArcelorMittal Abandon Romanian Nuclear Project

Italy's utility Enel and steelmaker ArcelorMittal are selling their entire stakes in Romania's long-delayed project to expand its nuclear plant in Cernavoda, leaving the state-run power company as the sole shareholder, news agency Mediafax reported. Nuclearelectrica said Monday it will move on with the EnergoNuclear project and is in talks to attract a majority shareholder