COMMODITIES

Severstal sells Colombus plant to Steel Dynamics, while its Deaborn Plant is sold to AK Steel.

Anglo American Platinum to exit Union and Rustenburg Mines and Pandora JV.

Brent contract finishes flat for the week while US contract gains.

Commerzbank predicts gold prices to rise to $1,350 per troy ounce by end-2014.

WTI crude for spot delivery traded near $103/bbl at 15:50 GMT on Friday, up more than 2.3% from last week's close.

Shell set to end investment after drilling a dry well in Qatar's North Field.

Oil ministry estimates Kurds pumping 20,000 - 25,000 barrels a day.

Trafigura to invest between $200m and $300m in Lykos over twelve months.

Deching Mining accused of counting metals stocks multiple times to secure finance.

Alexandria gas fields could produce 20% of Egypt's daily gas needs in 2017.

Isis expel rebels from Deir Ezzor city, capital of the oil-rich Deir Ezzor province.

KRG representatives anger Baghdad by seeking oil export agreements and access to revenues for oil already sold.

Libya's largest oilfield, El Sharara, where Spanish firm Repsol is a partner, has resumed production.

US Fed chief Janet Yellen's Congress testimony next week could also influence prices.

The two oilfields have a combined output capacity of around 400,000 barrels a day.

Jaitley says New Delhi has to be watchful of India's current account and fiscal deficits.

Opec predictions for 2015 show US boosting its own oil production by 7%.

Import tax on gold remains at record-high 10%.

Rebels in Syria control much of the country's oil production facilities.

Kremlin chief of staff sharpens rhetoric with no end in sight to long-running gas dispute.

Spot silver has performed the best against the US dollar compared to gold and major currencies while palladium has rallied to a new 13-year high.

The KRG is hopeful oil output could spike in the next few years to one million barrels of oil per day.

Palladium rallies most in group, ending week 2.65% higher while platinum strengthens 1.63%, silver 0.91% and gold 0.26%.

Opec and IEA to release their first estimates for 2015 next week.

India could ease gold import curbs as Narendra Modi puts public and trade over economics.

World Bank to provide $400 million for gas storage facility at Tuz Golu.

The Islamic State declared an Islamic caliphate straddling Iraq and Syria in early July.

A new investigation in Tianjin has heightened concerns over how far the scandal will spread.

EU's Gunther Oettinger said European countries have right to sell on Russian gas.