Новости за 16.07.2015

Global mining company Anglo American expects to take a writeoff of between $3 billion and $4 billion in its first-half results. As Hayley Platt reports it's largely due to the slide in prices for iron ore and coal.

BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - As Iraqi forces prepare to try to recapture the city of Falluja, tens of thousands of civilians find themselves trapped between Islamic State militants ready to use them as human shields and a government suspicious of their loyalties.

ROME (Reuters) - Italian farmers are installing showers and air conditioning in cowsheds and pigsties to allow the animals to freshen up in the baking summer heat, an agriculture group said on Thursday.

July 16 (Reuters) - Pipeline company Genesis Energy LP said it would buy Enterprise Products Partners LP's Gulf of Mexico pipelines and services business for about $1.5 billion to expand its offshore pipelines business.

MOSCOW/PRAGUE, July 16 (Reuters) - Russia's plans to drop Ukraine as a route for pumping natural gas to Europe will still leave state-run Gazprom facing about $1 billion in annual transit fees to Slovakia and Bulgaria for years to come, analysts and industry sources say.

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Espanyol striker Cristhian Stuani will join English Championship side Middlesbrough in a reported three million euro ($3.27 million) deal, the La Liga club said on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay will not face action over discriminatory text messages because he had a reasonable expectation that they would remain private, the FA announced on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Pop singer Robbie Williams has turned auctioneer at a charity sale of his belongings and raised some $226,000 for a British children's hospice.

LONDON (Reuters) - Tata Steel, Britain's largest steelmaker, may cut up to 720 UK jobs in a revamp of its speciality and bar business, which has been hit by cheap imports and high energy costs, it said on Thursday.

Pop star Robbie Williams makes a surprise appearance at Bonhams auction house in London, at a charity sale of some of his possessions. Rough Cut (No Reporter Narration)

Pop star Robbie Williams makes a surprise appearance at Bonhams auction house in London, at a charity sale of some of his possessions. Rough Cut (No Reporter Narration)

Pop star Robbie Williams makes a surprise appearance at Bonhams auction house in London, at a charity sale of some of his possessions. Rough Cut (No Reporter Narration)

PARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - French Energy Minister Segolene Royal capped a planned rise in household electricity prices on Thursday, overruling regulatory recommendations designed to compensate power provider EDF for earlier controls.

LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland defender Santiago Vergini has joined Spanish La Liga side Getafe on a season-long loan deal with a view to a permanent transfer, the Premier League club reported on their website (www.safc.com) on Thursday.

July 16 (Reuters) - Pipeline company Genesis Energy LP said it would buy Enterprise Products Partners LP's offshore Gulf of Mexico pipelines and services business for about $1.5 billion.

LONDON (Reuters) - The government said on Thursday it would step up efforts to boost competition in banking and rejected criticism that its tax changes would leave the sector worse off.

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Thursday it would step up efforts to boost competition in banking and rejected criticism that its tax changes would leave the sector worse off.

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Thursday it would step up efforts to boost competition in banking and rejected criticism that its tax changes would leave the sector worse off.

AMSTERDAM, July 16 (Reuters) - Rotterdam, Europe's largest port, said on Thursday that plans to build an oil storage terminal for 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) had been cancelled after its Russian partner raised concerns over the project's feasibility.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The architect who oversaw the selection of plans for Japan's new Olympic stadium defended the controversial design on Thursday, saying ballooning costs were not his fault even as the government appeared poised to consider cost-cutting changes.

KATOWICE, Poland, July 16 (Reuters) - Kompania Weglowa (KW), the European Union's biggest coal miner which is on the brink of bankruptcy, needs to find investors by the end of August, its chief executive said on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Singapore-based APS Asset Management said on Thursday that investors would be able to buy into its Greater China focused hedge fund or redeem their holdings from July 20, following a suspension.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - French luxury goods maker LVMH will launch a rival product to Apple Inc's Apple Watch costing 1,400 euros ($1,526), Jean-Claude Biver President of the LVMH Watch Division told German daily Handelsblatt.

(Reuters) - Brazil forward Robinho has joined former Selecao coach Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande on a six-month deal, the club said on Thursday.

July 16 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the second Test between England and Australia on Thursday in London, England Australia won toss and decided to bat England: Adam Lyth, Alastair Cook (capt), Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson Australia: Chris Rogers, David Warner, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke (capt), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Ha