* Copper output to increase after smelter fire last year * Demand at home, abroad seen flat in H1 (Adds comment, detail) TOKYO, April 6 (Reuters) - Japan's Pan Pacific Copper (PPC) plans to boost its April-September output of refined copper by 4.1 percent from the same period last year, when a fire at a local plant crimped production, it said on Wednesday.
April 6 (Reuters) - Global miner Glencore said it had agreed to sell a 40 percent stake in its agricultural business to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for $2.5 billion.
CAIRO, April 6 (Reuters) - Egypt's outstanding arrears to foreign oil companies rose to $3.2 billion at the end of March from $3 billion at the end of December, an official at the ministry of petroleum told Reuters on Wednesday.
SANTIAGO/WINNIPEG, April 6 (Reuters) - As slumping metals prices force miners to scale back production, the scramble by some to sell idled equipment at a discount is producing bargains for healthier players.
NEW YORK, April 6 (Reuters) - Big airlines are making waves in the oil market for the first time since prices went into a tailspin nearly two years ago, betting this may be their best chance to lock in cheap jet fuel for years to come, industry and market sources say.
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