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Sept 30 (Reuters) – Shanxi Coal International Energy Group Co Ltd: * SAYS MENG JUN RESIGNED AS CHAIRMAN DUE TO CHANGE IN JOB ROLE Source text Further company coverage: (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom)

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Sept 30 (Reuters) – Epicon Bhd: * UNIT ENTERED INTO CONDITIONAL JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH NCT NOBLE SDN BHD * DEAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE-STOREY TERRACE HOUSES IN SELANGOR * PROPOSED DIVERSIFICATION OF BUSINESS OF CO TO INCLUDE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES * ESTIMATED GROSS DEVELOPMENT VALUE 347.7 MILLION RGT Further company coverage:

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* 19.5 mln bbls of crude delivered via S&P Platts MoC process * Mercuria is top seller while Vitol, Gunvor among biggest buyers * Unsold Mideast cargoes, more Russian exports weigh * Wide dated Brent discount to Dubai open arbitrage By Florence Tan and Siyi Liu SINGAPORE, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Spot premiums for Middle East crude oil unexpectedly slumped at the end of September despite stockpiling demand from top importer China, as there were ample supplies in Asia from Russia, and producers in the Gulf and other regions, traders said. The sudden weakness in benchmarks – Dubai, Oman and Murban – could put Saudi Arabia in a quandary, they said, as the world's top exporter is expected to raise official selling prices next month for November-loading supplies to Asia. A total of 39 cargoes, or 19.5 million barrels of crude, were delivered via trades during the S&P Global Platts Market on Close process that assesses the Dubai benchmark, a tally by Reuters based on trade data as of Monday showed. Trading firms Vitol, Gunvor, PetroChina and North Petroleum International snapped up the cargoes, traders said, keeping spot premiums for benchmark Dubai firmly above $3 in the first half of this month. Dubai's premium hit a six-month high of $3.63 a barrel in mid-September. Concerns about disruption in Russian oil exports from Ukrainian drone attacks and possible U.S. sanctions provided support for the market, in addition to China's oil stockpiling demand, they said. TOP SELLER MERCURIA Trading house Mercuria emerged as the key seller during the MoC process this month. The European trader sold 36 cargoes, including one Oman crude, two Qatari al-Shaheen crude while the rest are Abu Dhabi's Upper Zakum grade, trade data obtained by Reuters showed. Mercuria delivered more Upper Zakum crude than was available in the spot market as it bought some cargoes from Asian refiners including Formosa Petrochemical and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd, three of the sources said. Cash Dubai premiums slumped to 88 cents on Monday, losing more than two-third of its value in the past three sessions, Reuters data showed. One of the sources said there are many unsold November-loading cargoes available in the market, mostly Upper Zakum crude. Another said Russia is exporting more crude as its refineries were damaged by Ukrainian drones. There are also plenty of cargoes from producers in other regions such as Brazil and Europe, traders said. The arbitrage had opened when dated Brent slipped to an unusually wide discount of $3 a barrel against Dubai, they added. Low-sulphur Brent crude is typically priced at a premium to high-sulphur Dubai. "Come late-October/early-November, we see Asia starting to feel bloated by the surge of inbound Atlantic Basin arb flows," analysts at consultancy FGE said in a note. "With Asia's appetite for crude waning and as the circa 2 million barrels per day global oil surplus starts to materialise in stocks, we see contango creeping into the market." Contango refers to the market structure where prompt prices are lower than those in future months, indicating comfortable supplies. (Reporting by Florence Tan and Siyi Liu; Editing by Leroy Leo)

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Sept 30 (Reuters) – 1398.HK: * APPROVED APPOINTMENT OF YAO MINGDE TO SERVE AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Further company coverage:

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SPOT GOLD FALLS OVER 1% TO $3,792.79/OZ

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Sept 30 (Reuters) – CVC Capital Partners PLC: * CVC DIF TO DIVEST PORTUGUESE HIGHWAY CONCESSIONS NORTE LITORAL AND ALGARVE TO IGNEO INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS * NORTE LITORAL CONCESSION COVERS A27 AND A28 HIGHWAYS (113KM) AND RUNS UNTIL 2031 Source text: here Further company coverage: (Gdansk Newsroom)

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SPOT SILVER FALLS NEARLY 2% TO $45.92/OZ

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TOKYO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Japan's Nippon Steel said on Tuesday it had bought a 30% stake in Canada's Kami iron ore project, forming a joint venture with Australia's Champion Iron and Sojitz to secure high-grade ore supplies for direct reduced iron. Japan's top steelmaker paid C$42 million ($30.2 million) of the total C$150 million consideration through its unit NS Canadian Resources, with the remaining C$108 million to be paid pending an additional investment decision based on a feasibility study. The deal follows a December agreement under which Nippon Steel and trading house Sojitz agreed to buy a 49% interest in the project from Champion Iron for C$245 million. Under a new joint venture, Kami Iron Mine Partnership, the companies will advance a feasibility study for the project in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is under consideration for development. The project's iron ore is a high-grade, scarce resource suitable for producing direct reduced iron, Nippon Steel said. Direct reduced iron, along with high-quality scrap, is needed for the production of high-grade steel from large electric arc furnaces, which Nippon Steel aims to build to reduce carbon emissions. The Japanese steelmaker, which has recently acquired U.S. Steel, has been expanding stakes in coking coal and iron ore mines to ensure a stable supply of essential raw materials. ($1 = 1.3908 Canadian dollars) (Reporting by Yuka Obayashi. Editing by Mark Potter)

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HAMBURG, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Turkey's state grain board TMO has provisionally bought animal feed barley in an international tender seeking to purchase and import about 255,000 metric tons of the cereal, European traders said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Michael Hogan, writing by Gus Trompiz, editing by Sybille de La Hamaide)

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DOLLAR/YEN EXTENDS LOSSES TO SESSION LOW OF 147.835; LAST DOWN 0.47% AT 147.875

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