JXTG Holdings Inc

* Japanese oil and metals company JXTG Holdings said on Wednesday that first quarter earnings fell 88% from the same period a year earlier because of lower margins on petrochemical products and as a one-off gain from selling an asset booked last year set a high base of comparison...

Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and a consortium led by Japan's JXTG Holdings Inc are among the companies interested in buying a stake in India's Bina oil refinery, a source close to the matter said.

* Japanese oil refiners need to cut more production capacities as domestic demand is expected to decline further, the head of the Japan Petroleum Association (PAJ) said after JXTG Holdings Inc's plan to close its Osaka refinery.

JXTG Holdings, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said on Tuesday it plans to close a 115,000 barrel per day (bpd) Osaka refinery that it owns with PetroChina next year, amid falling demand for crude products in Japan.

JXTG Holdings, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said on Tuesday it plans to shut down its Osaka International refining venture with PetroChina after buying out the stake owned by its Chinese partner.

Japan's Jera Co Inc and JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp said on Friday they had signed a contract with two units of Toshiba Corp for construction of 2.34 gigawatt (GW) power generation facilities at the Goi thermal power station in eastern Japan.

JXTG Holdings, Japan's biggest oil refinery operator, has secured crude oil supplies from other countries such as Saudi Arabia to replace Iranian oil shipments that have been crimped by U.S. sanctions, its president said on Monday.

JXTG Holdings, a Japanese oil refiner and miner, on Monday declined to comment on a media report that it is exploring the sale of its majority-owned Caserones copper mine in Chile.

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and JXTG Holdings said on Friday they would build one of the world's biggest hydrogen stations in Tokyo by mid-2020, marking the entry of TEPCO to hydrogen fuel business.

* Japan's JX Nippon Mining & Metals, a unit of JXTG Holdings Inc , said on Tuesday that it aims to double the operating profit of its electronic materials business sometime during the 2020s from a planned profit of 35 billion yen ($314 million) during the fiscal year to...

Fujifilm Holdings said it would buy two biotechnology units of Japan's JXTG Holdings Inc for about $800 million, as it looks to boost its healthcare business.

Fujifilm Holdings said on Thursday it would buy two cell culture media units of Japan's JXTG Holdings Inc for about $800 million, aiming to beef up its healthcare business.

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Profits for Japanese oil refiners rose for the latest reporting period as they pushed their plants at the highest rates in 46 years amid high margins and after a government mandated industry consolidation.

Japan's JXTG Holdings has crimped the full-year target for copper concentrate output at its Caserones mine in Chile, hit by lower production in the first half after a blackout, company officials said on Friday.

JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said on Wednesday it will shut its Muroran petrochemicals plant due to falling demand for gasoline in Japan.

Japan's JXTG Holdings said on Friday its Caserones copper mine in Chile produced 91,000 tonnes in the fiscal year ended March, missing an earlier target of 98,000 tonnes, due to a power outage in the area and system glitch in February.

* Output levels stabilizing after cost overruns, delays (Adds details)

Japan's JX Holdings Inc expects to exceed the copper concentrate output target at its Caserones copper mine in Chile in the fiscal year ending March 31, reflecting robust output projected in January-March, an executive said on Tuesday.