Gold prices rose from USD1775 /oz last week and closed slightly above USD1800 /oz on Friday. This week, the trend is prone to encounter USD1825 /oz resistance before the bulls fizzle out. Downside sup…
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Weekly Rubber Report – 15 Aug 2022
Market Fundamentals: General commodities in metals and energies recovered last week. Rubber prices traded sideways after they have stabilized from recent fall. Last week, both inflation data in U.S. a…
Smart farming as a service 5G in PH agriculture: a transformation in waiting
Is it possible to take a slow-growth industry ravaged by natural disasters, urbanization and COVID-19 and transform it into a profitable, growing sector that creates value for business owners and cust…
Weekly Rubber Report – 8 Aug 2022
Market Fundamentals: Rubber prices performed badly last week following a slump in Crude oil. Inflation remains as a major concern as the Bank of England (BOE) raised its interest to 1.75 per cent. How…
Make Malaysia “a biomass hub” via circular economy says PM Ismail Sabri
The development of a circular economy in Malaysia, in line with its status as the world’s second-largest exporter of palm oil, could make the country a biomass hub, according to prime minister D…
Commodity Market Report – 25 July 2022
Gold prices recovered from below USD1700 /oz last week. Moving forward, we predict the support will emerge at USD1700 /oz this week and is prone to rise further. The bulls might aim at USD1770 /oz bef…
Weekly Rubber Report – 25 Jul 2022
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) retreated from a recent high above 109.00 and settled at 106.40 on Friday. This has helped the commodity prices to recover last week. Global traders are waitin…
Kenya offers vast farmland to Bangladesh for agriculture
Kenya has offered Bangladesh to take advantage of the African nation’s vast farmland for food production as Bangladesh has developed good expertise and demonstrated immense success in the field.…
Weekly Rubber Report – 18 Jul 2022
Market Fundamentals: last week, the Dollar Index (USDX) reached a new 20-year high above the 109.00 level and retreated slightly. Many commodity prices waned and U.S. inflation for June was reported a…
Breaking new ground: Sustainability in Malaysia
“We’re dealing with a crisis here, folks.” The warning from John Kerry, the US president’s top climate envoy, to global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos in May 2022 couldn’t have been clea…