* Government hits targets for roads, airports; rail, power lag

* Shares are down about 80 pct this year (Adds details on expected loss, comments from Noble)

So what's become of the United States' national security investigation into steel imports?

Struggling Noble Group agreed to sell its Americas-focused oil liquids business to Vitol for a gross consideration of $1.4 billion, as part of its strategy to shrink its businesses to cut debt.

* China lithium battery waste to reach 170,000 tonnes next yr

U.S. forest products company Potlatch Corp is nearing an all-stock deal to acquire smaller peer Deltic Timber Corp, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Brazil's Petróleo Brasileiro SA has applied to federal environmental agency Ibama to provide environmental protection services in exchange for wiping out all its fines for environmental offenses, the state-controlled oil company said late on Saturday.

Oil exports from Iraq's Kurdistan via the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan were still flowing at sharply reduced rates on Saturday and Sunday, two shipping sources told Reuters.

* State planner pledges to cut more capacity in steel sector (Adds details and background)

China's top steel maker Baowusteel Group Co, formed in a mega merger last year, said the company will consider other merger and acquisition opportunities. In an email reply to Reuters on Sunday, Ma Guoqiang, president of Baowu said China's steel producers will not expand their production capacities in the future but will aim to improve efficiency of the sector and pursue higher quality products. (Reporting by Muyu Xu and Josephine Mason; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)