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Nitrogen and phosphate nutrients are among the biggest costs in cultivating algae for biofuels. Sandia molecular biologists Todd Lane and Ryan Davis have shown they can recycle about two-thirds of those critical nutrients, and aim to raise the recycling rate to close to 100 percent.

Aug 24 (Reuters) - U.S. power producer Southern Co said it will buy AGL Resources for about $8 billion in cash, creating the second-largest utility company in the country by customers.

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index fell sharply on Monday, with all individual stocks in the red and miners leading the slide on growing fears of a China-led global economic slowdown.

NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A key gasoline-making unit at PBF Energy Inc's 182,200-barrel-per-day (bpd) Delaware City, Delaware, refinery is expected to be shut for at least a month - and possibly much longer - following an explosion and fire on Friday, a source familiar with plant operations said on Sunday.

TORONTO/VANCOUVER/SYDNEY, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Many of the world's junior miners are laying down their picks and shovels to start new ventures ranging from egg exporting to medical marijuana farming, as they as try to survive a crash in metals prices by shifting away from exploration.

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The state-run corporations that have shaped South Africa's economy and been part of its every day life for nearly a century are mostly in a state of collapse, threatening to crush already weak growth.

BEIJING, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The Chinese oil rig at the centre of last year's standoff between China and Vietnam over oil exploration in the South China Sea has completed drilling of a well not far from Vietnam's coast, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Monday.

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Anglo American is to sell two Chilean copper mines to investment firm Audley Capital for $300 million, the company said on Monday, as it delevers its balance sheet to help combat a global slump in commodity prices.

TEHRAN, Aug 24 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he expected sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as Spring next year.

TEHRAN, Aug 24 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he expected sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as Spring next year.

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