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Sept 14 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc said it would stop production at its Suralco alumina refinery in Suriname due to dwindling bauxite ore supply.

The U.K. government rejected a 5.4 billion-pound ($8.3 billion) proposal to build a giant offshore wind farm in Navitus Bay, saying it would harm protected views from a coast designated as a World Heritage Site.

HOUSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Hidden in the haze of the petrochemical plants and beyond the seemingly endless traffic jams, a Texas city has grown so large that it is poised to pass Chicago as the third biggest in the United States in the next decade.

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc said it would cut remaining capacity at its Suralco alumina refinery in Suriname and take a related restructuring charge of $65 million-$75 million.

These developments, such as the Clean Power Plan (CPP) seem to be setting up another big boost to the renewable energy market, but they are going to both require and create huge amounts of data: data needed by the states to ensure CPP compliance, and market data on the clean energy deployed to meet the CPP’s goals.

(Repeats item issued earlier, with no change to text) --Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.

* Ethnic division, personal rivalries mean opposition cannot unite

ZURICH, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The office of Switzerland's attorney general is helping authorities in Oman investigate alleged corruption in the Gulf sultanate's national oil company and oil ministry, a Swiss law enforcement source familiar with the matter said.

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - OPEC on Monday predicted higher demand for its crude oil next year, sticking to its view that a strategy of letting prices fall will curb supply from the United States and other rival producers.

* Suggests $50-$55 oil price for 2016 state budget (Adds details, background)

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