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…
Agriculture
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…
Weekly Rubber Report – 11 Jul 2022
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) crossed above the 106.00 level and created a 20-year record high last week. General commodities have sunken after Gold and Crude prices waned in prices before …
Vietnam’s leading dairy company Vinamilk commits to sustainable development with “Green farm” – the ecological dairy farm system at Global Dairy Congress
At the 15th Global Dairy Congress held from June 14-16 in France, Vinamilk, representative of Vietnam’s dairy industry, shared about sustainable development direction with Vinamilk Green Farm mo…
How Malaysia is stitching together a vibrant agritech tapestry
The famous Chinese poem “Min Nong” narrates the practical hardships faced by peasants and praises the fastidious care they shower onto their crops. But while farming used to exclusively be a manual la…
Weekly Rubber Report – 4 July 2022
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) is very toppish at 105.50 level and prone to turn down soon. Gold and Crude prices may bottom out this week with general commodities as the Dollar wanes. Monso…
Weekly Rubber Report – 27 Jun 2022
Market Fundamentals: Dollar Index (USDX) remains firm and puts a lid on general commodity demand. Last week, Rubber prices declined slightly as Crude waned, thus pressuring the TOCOM and SICOM Rubber.…
Michelin fully acquires Indonesian sustainable rubber project
Michelin has become the sole owner of Royal Lestari Utama (RLU), a joint venture with Barito Pacific Group. The tire maker, which previously held 49% of shares, has acquired a further 51%. The RLU pro…