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BHP Billiton to cut 380 jobs at Australia's Olympic Dam

SYDNEY, Aug 9 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said on Sunday it would cut 380 jobs at its Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in Australia, citing global market conditions in the resources sector and a desire to ensure the project was sustainable.

Russia, Saudi foreign ministers to talk energy markets, Syria on Tuesday

MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Saudi and Russian foreign ministers, Adel al-Jubeir and Sergei Lavrov, will meet in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss global energy markets and the Middle East crisis, including the war in Syria and the threat of Islamic State, Russia's foreign ministry said.

Firms linked to Revolutionary Guards to win sanctions relief under Iran deal

BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Dozens of companies tied to Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a military force commanding a powerful industrial empire with huge political influence, will win sanctions relief under a nuclear deal agreed with world powers.

UPDATE 1-Alberta probing heron deaths at Syncrude oil sands site

Aug 8 (Reuters) - Alberta's energy regulator is investigating the deaths of 30 blue herons at a Syncrude Canada oil sands site in the northern part of the Canadian province, the agency and company said on Saturday.

Brazil's Rousseff reappoints top prosecutor in Petrobras probe

BRASILIA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Saturday appointed a top prosecutor investigating a massive corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras to remain on the job for another two years.

Suspected pirates attack military base in Nigeria's southern delta, kill five

YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Suspected pirates travelling by speedboat killed four soldiers and a policeman and stole weapons in a raid on a military base in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta region, the police and armed forces said on Saturday.

German trade surplus to rise to new record in 2015 - magazine

BERLIN, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Germany's trade surplus is expected to rise to a new record in 2015 thanks to falls in the prices of imported oil and gas, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.

Mongolian premier replaces cabinet members amid instability worries

ULAN BATOR, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Mongolian Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg has replaced six members of his cabinet, a change the president said could hurt an already limping economy and further deter foreign investors worried about political stability.

UPDATE 1-China July coal imports at 8-mth high as domestic supply dips

* Iron ore, crude oil, soy also beat expectations amid low prices (Adds detail, wraps in other commodities)

Valero Memphis production cut back due to unit outages -sources

HOUSTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Production at Valero Energy Corp's 180,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Memphis, Tennessee, refinery has been cut back during the week due to unit outages and disruptions, according to people familiar with plant operations.

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