Prices for commodities from natural rubber to coal have plunged in February because of decreasing demand from China, where the new coronavirus outbreak is expected to further drag down prices. The cha…
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Malaysia relies on sustainable palm oil to keep entry into European market
Malaysia is to send a delegation to Europe by the end of February to present its newly adopted measures to make palm oil production sustainable, in a move that aims to circumvent a progressive Europea…
Commodity Market Report – 3 Feb 2020
Gold prices have been rising slowly last week as Dow market weakened. This week, we expect the trend to be firm and probably will cross above USD1600 /oz again. Overall range will be contained from US…
Weekly RUBBER Report – 3 Feb 2020
Market Fundamentals: The Dollar Index (USDX) topped off 98.00 last week and dived on Friday. The long-awaited BREXIT has finally been executed on Friday and ended the 47-year U.K. membership in Europe…
Commodity Market Report – 2 Dec 2019
Gold prices have been trading in narrow sideways trend and exhibited a recovery on Friday. This week, the trend might move into a recovery while Dollar weakens. Yellow metal is prone to climb higher b…
Weekly RUBBER Report – 2 Dec 2019
Market Fundamentals: The Dollar Index (USDX) behaved firm last week but topped off 98.50 level on Friday. Rubber prices have been submerging last week but prone to recover in coming week. The meeting …
Commodity Market Report – 4 Nov 2019
Gold prices traded in sideways last week while trapped within the large range of USD1475 – USD1525 /oz. This week, we aim for no change in this market sentiment as the market is caught in mixed activi…
Commodity Market Report – 15 Jun 2019
Gold prices have been trading sideways last week in mixed sentiment. Traders are speculating in market as rising expectation of FED fund rate cut in September. However, we are still adopting a neutral…
New game plan in Malaysia to overcome challenges on palm oil
MALAYSIA is banking on its people as part of the government’s new game plan to combat the issue of perception on palm oil. Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok (picture) said Malaysia has to raise t…
Asia cleans up commodities industry with transparent trading
LAUSANNE, Switzerland/TOKYO — Moves to improve transparency in commodities trading are spreading in Asia as resource-exporting countries make efforts to tackle deforestation and corruption. Japa…