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Outflows from energy ETPs continue in May -BlackRock

* Total commodity outflows at $749 mln for May * Energy outflows slow to $540 mln; up $6.3 bln YTD * Agriculture attracts bumper $143 mln on weather worries By Claire Milhench LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Investors continued to pull money from energy exchange-traded products (ETPs) in May after a rebound in oil prices stumbled as the global supply glut showed no signs of eroding. Some $540 million exited energy ETPs globally last month, following net withdrawals of $1.2 billi

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 37 near northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri

MAIDUGURI, June 12 (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 37 people in raids on five villages around Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a military source and a local village defence group said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Indian oil min says met Cairn India over Vedanta merger

NEW DELHI, June 12 (Reuters) - India's oil minister met executives from oil company Cairn India this week to discuss its potential merger with parent Vedanta Ltd, the operating unit of London-listed mining and energy group Vedanta Resources Plc.

Trust improving in complex UN climate talks, officials say

BONN, Germany, June 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The latest round of U.N. climate talks in Bonn helped build trust among countries and kept the long trek to a new global climate deal on track, despite a lack of substantive progress over the past two weeks, officials and experts said.

Few positive signs for steel and iron ore at mid-year point

Platts editor Paul Bartholomew talks about the steel market's weakness as it continues to weigh on both iron ore demand and prices.

UPDATE 1-Rio Tinto faces $300 mln charge for aborted uranium project

June 12 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto may have to book a $300 million provision after its subsidiary Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) decided to shelve a uranium project due to weak market conditions.

Weaker commodity stocks, Greece concerns hit Britain's FTSE

* Greek debt jitters hurting market sentiment (Adds detail)

UPDATE 1-Rich nations in stalemate over coal subsidy phase-out

* No deal would be an embarrassment ahead of U.N. climate talks (Adds OECD comment)

Lonmin under pressure after Glencore stake transfer to shareholders

LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Shares in Lonmin fell by 5 percent on Friday and were set for their biggest weekly loss in almost three months after Glencore handed over its stake to its shareholders this week, highlighting investor concern over South Africa's troubled platinum sector.

UPDATE 2-South Korea's GS Caltex makes rare purchase of West African crude

* Vessel chartered by Unipec (Adds GS Caltex comment, clarifying volume it will receive)

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