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MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Metals and mining group Mechel
on Tuesday reported a third-quarter net loss of 2.8
billion roubles ($43 million) as a surge in the price of its
main product coking coal came too late to bolster its earnings.

BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) - China will spend at least 1.2
trillion yuan ($174 billion) on hydro and wind energy
infrastructure between 2016 and 2020, the National Energy
Administration (NEA) said in blueprint document for the two
industries.

* Taliban directs fighters to aid in security of projects

(Adds presidential spokesman's comment)

Taiwan Power Company has chosen GE’s Power Conversion business to provide upgrades to two sets of startup frequency converter control systems at its 1,602-MW Mingtan pumped storage plant.

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Europe will be able to meet
higher-than-normal electricity demand this winter even if
nuclear safety checks tighten France's power supply further, the
ENTSO-E European power grid lobby said on Tuesday.

KABUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday
offered to protect major government projects, such as the mining
of a big copper deposit and an international natural gas
pipeline project, to allow them to get off the ground after
years of delay.

SYDNEY, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission is investigating a $3 billion impairment charge
booked by miner Rio Tinto in 2013 on the value of a
Mozambican coal asset, two sources familiar with the matter said
on Tuesday.

DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Qatar Navigation's
purchase of Qatar Petroleum's stake in oilfield
services firm Al Shaheen Holding has been delayed, the chairman
of the shipping firm known as Milaha told Reuters on Tuesday.

BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it hoped
for a "clear" message to be sent with new UN sanctions on North
Korea over its nuclear programme, but would not comment on the
draft, saying there had been too much speculation about the
details.

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Rosneft should
submit proposals to the government by Dec. 1 about how it thinks
its privatisation should be conducted, Kremlin economic aide
Andrey Belousov told reporters on Tuesday.

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