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UPDATE 1-Two dead, 30 injured, dozens missing after dam bursts in Brazil

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Casualties from a collapsed dam at a Brazilian mine owned by Vale and BHP Billiton mounted on Friday after rescue teams worked through the night to find the dozens missing in mudslides that devastated a nearby village.

RPT-U.S. shale producers see big budget cuts for 2016

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil producers, having slashed fat from 2015 budgets after a 50-percent drop in crude prices, risk cutting to the bone next year as they pare spending further and get ready for a prolonged downturn.

REFILE-Japan's trading firms give bleak outlook for commodity prices

TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Japan's five biggest trading houses have given up hopes for a quick rebound in commodity prices, with top-ranked Mitsubishi revising its outlook for a recovery to 2018 from 2017.

UPDATE 1-U.N. climate fund approves first projects ahead of Paris summit

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A multi-billion dollar fund set up by the United Nations to help poor countries tackle climate change approved its first eight projects on Friday, a key step before a global climate summit starts on Nov.

Casualties rise after dam burst at Vale, BHP mine in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A burst dam at an iron ore mine owned by Vale and BHP Billiton left at least two people dead, more than 30 injured and dozens missing overnight, a spokesman for firefighters in the city of Mariana said on Friday.

Crippling power cuts fuel Zimbabwe's illegal logging trade

HARARE, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness.

UPDATE 1-Profits fall more than expected at Polish gas group PGNiG

WARSAW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest gas distributor PGNiG on Friday raised its 2015 core profit target thanks to cost cuts and increased production after it reported a bigger than expected 53 percent fall in third-quarter net profit.

UPDATE 1-EU asks members to investigate after VW admits new irregularities

* Letter asks EU members to investigate (Adds official comment)

Global emissions gap could still be 12 bln tonnes in 2030 - UN

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could still be up to 12 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Friday.

China should stop adding new coal-fired power plants -state researchers

BEIJING, Nov 6 (Reuters) - China should slow down its expansion plans for coal-fired power plants to take account of an expected decline in demand from energy-intensive industries such as steel and cement, said researchers at government-backed think tanks.

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