LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Glencore stuck with its
target for broadly higher output in 2017 on Thursday after
reporting falls in copper and zinc which led overall production
lower last year.
LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell,
Europe's largest oil major, missed analysts' profit expectations
for the fourth quarter after booking $500 million of
impairments.
DHAKA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A protest against a $2.4-billion
Chinese-backed power plant in Bangladesh turned violent, killing
one person and injuring about a dozen, risking delay to a
project seen as a symbol of warming ties between the two
nations.
(Thu, 02 Feb 2017) Japan is one of the largest global importers of hydrocarbons as a result of limited domestic energy resources and a high level of energy consumption. After the Fukushima nuclear incident in early 2011 and delays in returning nuclear power generation, the country has become more dependent on fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, renewable energy for its electricity use.
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