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* Also to be launched in Italy, U.S., Britain (Adds details on product, context on industry)

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday plans to build a new pipeline to pump Russian gas to Germany bypassing Ukraine is dictated by politics rather than economics and undermines the European Union's solidarity.

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday plans to build a new pipeline to pump Russian gas to Germany bypassing Ukraine is dictated by politics rather than economics and undermines the European Union's solidarity.

SINGAPORE, Jan 18 (Reuters) - An end to sanctions on Iran has driven global crude futures to 12-year lows and brought sub-$20-a-barrel oil in sight, although for some producers that is already a painful reality.

WARSAW, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Poland will consider foregoing dividends from its stakes in power companies to help them invest in the country's troubled coal mines, the treasury minister said in a newspaper interview.

ALMATY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The weighted average of the Kazakh tenge fell to an all-time low of 374.31 per dollar on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange on Monday from 360.90 the previous trading day.

* Expects to see cost cutting benefits in 2016 (Adds detail, context)

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - ChemChina has agreed to buy a stake in Swiss energy trader Mercuria, the companies said on Monday, cementing its role as one of China's most acquisitive firms as its expands in new areas and as Beijing opens its oil markets for more imports.

KIEV, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A cyber attack on Kiev's main airport was launched from a server in Russia, Ukraine's military spokesman told Reuters on Monday, as the state-run Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) warned of the threat of further attacks.

QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Five Pakistani soldiers were killed on Monday when a bomb exploded next to their vehicle in Baluchistan province, officials said, the latest attack in a region that will be home to the planned route of the $46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor.

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