Gold prices recovered slightly but resisted at USD1875 /oz. This week, we project the trend to be prone to corrective while the price movement might drawdown to test USD1825 /oz again. The overall ran…
Featured
Weekly Rubbr Report – 6 Jun 2022
Market Fundamentals: Rubber prices recovered last week as Crude demand strengthened again. Wintering seasons also limit the supply and have helped in the Rubber demand. On Friday, the American payroll…
Bangladesh fails to exploit full potentials of green energy
Though the production cost of renewable energy, especially the solar power, had substantially dropped in recent years, its share in the country’s power generation saw no jump. The dismal picture was p…
Nearly 200,000 foreign tourists visited Nepal in the first 5 months of 2022
A total of 190,739 foreign tourists visited Nepal in the first five months of 2022. Referring to the data from the Department of Immigration, the Nepal Tourism Board said that 53,608 tourists arrived …
First Bangladesh city climate plan targets industrial-hub pollution
As pale fumes billowed from a factory in the Bandar neighbourhood of Narayanganj, clouding the afternoon sky, tea-stall owner Riad, 21, explained how dust and other pollution from local industries is …
In Singapore, a Chicken Ban Is a Serious Threat
It feels like Singapore has only just switched from combating the pandemic, with some of the developed world’s strictest curbs, to plunging headlong into a fight against inflation. The central bank ti…
ADB approves $250m loan to help Philippines’ climate ambitions
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $250 million policy-based loan to support the Philippines in adapting and mitigating climate change. This will help the Philippines deliver its Nationally Det…
To Ban or Not To Ban? How Indonesia Can Overcome the Global Food Crisis
Indonesia’s knee-jerk export ban on crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives epitomises the changing political winds in the national and global food trade amidst an imminent global food crisis. Althou…
Commodity Market Report – 30 May 2022
Gold prices have returned to test USD1850 /oz last week. Moving forward, the market may correct again as the trading sentiment remains uncertain. This week, we target the range to contain from USD1810…
Weekly Rubber Report – 30 May 2022
Market Fundamentals: Last week, the Dollar Index (USDX) fell from the 103.00 level to the 101.00 regions. General commodity prices have recovered in demand. Crude prices resurged and lifted the Rubber…