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Dec 29 (Reuters) - British wholesale gas prices snapped a months-long bearish spell on Tuesday with week-ahead prices jumping 13 percent on forecasts for colder temperatures that should bolster demand for the heating fuel.

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BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) - China expects its energy consumption to grow in 2016, the official Xinhua news agency of the world's largest energy consumer said on Tuesday.

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As drought continues to cripple its hydropower plants, Tanzania is struggling to produce enough electricity - and is moving toward using more fossil fuels to make up the shortfall.

MOSCOW, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Russia's government will spend 20 billion roubles ($275 million) to support the car industry in the first half of 2016, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said on Tuesday.

BEIJING, Dec 29 (Reuters) - China expects to consume 550 million tonnes (11 million barrels per day) of crude oil in 2016, 205 billion cubic metres of natural gas and 5.7 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to a report by the official Xinhua news agency.

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Dec 29 (Reuters) - British gas prices for working days next week jumped more than eight percent on Tuesday as forecasters predicted colder temperatures that should rekindle demand for the heating fuel.

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