BEIJING -- China's economy began showing signs of a gradual slowdown last month as tighter environmental rules dented industrial output and rising market interest rates discouraged manufacturing investment. Read more

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The U.S. Justice Department has accused California-based Perfectus Aluminum Inc of illegally importing aluminum from China, evading $1.5 billion in tariffs, the Wall Street Journal reported citing a government complaint filed on Thursday. Read more

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Residents of a Chinese city were horrified on Monday when they discovered a river in their town had turned blood-red with a pungent smell. Footage shows how bright red water burst out from a pipe at the side of the waterway and ran into the Lianxi river in Jiangxi Province, south-east China. Read more

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CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 14 (Reuters) - China’s CNOOC Ltd said on Thursday it will end the feasibility study for its (LNG) export terminal on British Columbia’s coast due to low global commodity prices, in the latest setback for Canada’s energy industry.  Read more

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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda signed an oil exploration deal with Australia’s Armour Energy Limited (AJQ.AX) on Thursday, the first under a protracted competitive licensing round launched in 2015. Read more

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LAUNCESTON, Australia, Sept 14 (Reuters) - When is rising Chinese demand for your natural resources not a good thing? When you are Australian and higher prices for coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are causing domestic shortages and soaring electricity prices. Read more

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel’s StoreDot, which is developing fast-charging battery technology, said on Thursday it raised $60 million in a third round of financing led by the truck division of Germany’s Daimler (DAIGn.DE). Read more

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China posted a rare flurry of disappointing data on Thursday -- including its slowest growth in investment in nearly 18 years -- suggesting the world’s second-largest economy is finally starting to lose some momentum as borrowing costs rise. Read more

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PARIS (Reuters) - Toshiba-owned nuclear reactor maker Westinghouse expects to make progress soon in its plans to build a nuclear plant in Turkey, it said on Thursday.  Read more

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BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion late on Wednesday at a small coal mine in China’s northern province of Heilongjiang killed nine workers, the official Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday. The incident occurred at the Yuchen coal mine, which has 60,000 tonnes of annual production capacity, located in the city of Jixi. Read more

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BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) - China Minmetals Corp said on Thursday it had successfully extracted its first batch of industrial grade lithium carbonate from a salt lake in northwest China, in a boost to its bid to supply the country’s booming battery sector. Read more

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s non-ferrous metal output fell to a one-year low in August, in a sign that Beijing’s environmental crackdown is curbing supplies of base metals, with aluminum also hit by efforts to rein in output. Read more

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