LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Traffic on the U.S. rail network continues to weaken in a sign of the slowdown spreading across the industrial economy and efforts by firms to reverse the unplanned build up of inventories throughout the supply chain.
BEIJING, Dec 23 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday it would cut on-grid prices for thermal electricity by 0.03 yuan per kilowatt-hour, the second cut since April 2015, in a move that tracks the downward trend in coal prices.
BANGKOK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Thai oil refiner Bangchak Petroleum Pcl said on Wednesday it planned to invest at least 10 billion baht ($277.55 million) next year, including in renewable energy and petroleum exploration and production.
PHNOM PENH, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Cambodia's prime minister defended his government's energy policy on Wednesday and hit back at environmentalists opposed to hydropower plants by suggesting their electricity be cut off and they should use resin torches instead.<
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ABUJA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - South African mobile phone operator MTN will have to pay a $3.9 billion fine imposed by Nigeria for failing to disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards by Dec. 31, a source in the Nigerian telecommunications regulator said on Wednesday.
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