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State Grid, 7 others interested in Eletrobras unit sale -source

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - At least eight companies have contacted Brazil's state-run utility Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA to express interest in the planned sale of its Celg-D power distribution unit, a source with direct knowledge of negotiations told Reuters on Monday.

Private equity, pension funds eye more metal streaming deals

VANCOUVER/TORONTO Dec 14 (Reuters) - Private equity and pension funds may provide the next wave of funding to the slumping mining sector through metal streaming deals as dedicated funding sources struggle to raise their own cash, industry sources said.

Refineries, renewables hold up Congress talks on U.S. oil exports

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Congressional leaders inched closer on Monday to agreeing to repeal the U.S.

Brazil prosecutors charge Lula friend with loan fraud

SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors on Monday charged Jose Carlos Bumlai, a friend of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with taking out a fraudulent loan from Schahin bank that they allege benefited the ruling Workers' Party.

Tepid pro-impeachment rallies give Brazil's president respite

BRASILIA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Low turnout at pro-impeachment rallies on Sunday provided some respite for President Dilma Rousseff but the real test of the popular mood will come when Brazil returns from its summer holidays in March to face a deepening recession and fewer jobs.

UPDATE 1-U.S. natural gas futures fall to 13-year low on weak heating demand

(Adds latest prices) Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures fell to a 13-year low in intraday trade on Monday on forecasts of continued unseasonably mild weather that is expected to keep heating demand low through late December. Front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell for a fourth day in a row on Monday, closing down 9.6 cents, or 4.8 percent, at $1.894 per million British thermal units. That kept the front-month in oversold territory for a sixth day

UPDATE 1-EU parliament panel rejects car pollution rules as too lax

* Some politicians call for full-scale enquiry (Updates with vote details, quotes)

W.House urges Congress to invest in renewable energy in spending bill

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - U.S.

UPDATE 1-Abengoa admits to lines construction halt in Brazil, eyes sales

SAO PAULO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Spanish conglomerate Abengoa told Brazil's power sector regulator Aneel that it has stopped work on concessions to build and operate new transmission lines in the country, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday.

Feuds and factions: no easy road to implementing Libya peace deal

ALGIERS/TRIPOLI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Fresh from a Rome summit on Libya's crisis, American, European and U.N.

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