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Diamond Pipeline, a joint venture between Plains All American Pipeline and Valero, has submitted an order for more than $47m in coated 20-inch pipe to Welspun in Little Rock, Ark.

SYDNEY, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to have
a strong start on Monday following a positive lead on Wall
Street and an expected boost to mining stocks from a jump in
iron ore prices.
Global miner BHP Billiton is expected to open 1.8
percent higher, tracking a gain in its U.S. ADRs.
Local share price index futures rose 0.6 percent to
5,489 points, but that was still an 8.4-point discount to the

TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Japan has filed a protest to
Beijing after the discovery that China installed radar equipment
in a gas exploration platform close to disputed waters in the
East China Sea, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said on
Sunday.

SAO TOME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Voters in Sao Tome and Principe
went to the polls on Sunday in the second round of the country's
presidential election, with ex-speaker of parliament Evaristo
Carvalho guaranteed victory after incumbent Manuel Pinto da
Costa boycotted the race.

LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Some tax proceeds from shale gas
developments in Britain could be given directly to residents,
Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday, in a bid to help
clear the path for an industry hampered for years by local
opposition to fracking.

BRASILIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Jailed Brazilian construction
magnate Marcelo Odebrecht has told prosecutors he contributed
illegally to the election campaign of now-interim President
Michel Temer in 2014, Veja newsweekly reported on Saturday.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Earl was expected to
dissipate over Mexico later on Saturday after it was downgraded
from a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Earl moved inland early on
Saturday over southeastern Mexico where torrential rains could
produce deadly flash floods and mudslides, the U.S. National
Hurricane Center said.

ISTANBUL/MOSCOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - As Turkey's relations
with Europe and the United States are strained by the fallout
from its failed coup, President Tayyip Erdogan travels to Russia
on Tuesday to meet Vladimir Putin in a trip he may hope will
give the West pause for thought.

ANKARA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and
three others injured in an Iranian gas pipeline explosion early
on Saturday near the town of Gonaveh in the southern province of
Bushehr, a local official told state news agency IRNA.

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