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Oct 7 (Reuters) - U.S. mining and energy company Freeport-McMoRan Inc, bowing to pressure from its largest shareholder, said on Wednesday it added two new directors to its board under an agreement with activist investor Carl Icahn.

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - German copper producer Aurubis has just rung the bell on the start of the "mating season", the annual negotiation of term contracts for shipments in the following year.

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Environmental lobby groups on Wednesday urged French President Francois Hollande to force state-owned utility Engie to stop investing in coal projects in Turkey.

KIEV, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine might start buying natural gas from Russia before a final winter gas agreement is signed, news agency Interfax Ukraine quoted Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn as saying on Wednesday.

Enphase Energy Inc., the California-based solar technology company, is making Australia the first market for its new home energy storage systems and is looking at countries including the U.K. and France next.

BERLIN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Volkswagen has assured the German Transport Ministry that it will meet Wednesday's deadline to spell out plans on how to make its diesel vehicles comply with emissions laws, a spokesman for the ministry said.

GlassPoint Solar Inc will begin work on one of the world’s largest solar park this month, with completion planned for late 2017.

* Total boss says looking at areas of cooperation such as in CCS (Recasts, updates throughout)

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Malaysian state fund Khazanah Nasional and state energy firm Petronas will be largely exempted from Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) regulations, as Malaysia is ready to allow some exceptions, the trade minister said on Wednesday.

The Minnesota Department of Commerce in September released environmental reviews for two utility-scale solar projects totaling about 163 MW.

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