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Maersk meets Iranian officials over vessel, says no progress

COPENHAGEN, May 4 (Reuters) - Maersk Line said on Monday it has met again with the Ports & Maritime Organization (PMO) in Iran regarding the seizure of the vessel Maersk Tigris but the Danish shipping company has still not received any official documents from Iranian authorities.

REFILE-UPDATE 2-Brent inches towards $67, despite weak China factory activity

SINGAPORE, May 4 (Reuters) - Brent crude edged towards $67 a barrel on Monday, reversing earlier losses after weak Chinese data reinforced views that stimulus measures would be rolled out for the world's second largest economy.

Shell, Total align trading and refining units to drive profit growth

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Top oil firms Royal Dutch Shell and Total are bringing their refining and trading operations closer together, seeking alternative ways to drive profits as oil prices fall and independent trading houses expand into their territory.

S.Korea c.bank chief cautions on effects of further rate cuts - report

SEOUL, May 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank chief said on Monday the net effects of further interest-rate cuts on boosting consumer spending need to be reassessed partly due to heavy and rising household debt, local media reported.

COLUMN-Iron ore reality check shows small, but significant change: Russell

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.--

RPT--Former deputy's graft sentence casts shadow on Iran's Ahmadinejad

* Rahimi is most senior Islamic Republic official jailed for graft

Natural gas, renewables projected to provide larger shares of electricity generation

(Mon, 04 May 2015) EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) Reference case projects that electricity consumption will increase at an average annual rate of 0.8% from 2013 to 2040, nearly in line with expected population growth. Continuing a recent trend toward lower levels of carbon-intensive generation, natural gas and renewable generation meet almost all of the increase.

China says climate change threatens major projects

BEIJING, May 4 (Reuters) - Climate change threatens some of China's most important infrastructure projects, China's top meteorologist warned in a state newspaper, adding the country's rate of warming was higher than the global average.

Sahara and Al Waha completes maintenance program at Al Waha refinery

Sahara and Al Waha Petrochemicals Company announced completion of all the necessary maintenance works of Al Waha plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

BHP's South32 risks tough market debut, M&A talk swirls

MELBOURNE/LONDON, May 4 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton's shareholders are expected to approve the biggest ever spin-off in the mining industry on Wednesday, seeking to wring more value out of a string of long-neglected aluminium, manganese, silver and nickel assets.

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